John Travolta Gets Back in Action With I AM WRATH

John Travolta has had a bit of a rough decade. In the past ten years, he starred in Wild Hogs, Old Dogs, From Paris With Love (which was one of the worst action movies of the past two decades), and the forgettable remake The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. But Quentin Tarantino resurrected his career once before by giving him a lead role in Pulp Fiction, and it seems Travolta is looking to get back on top yet again. The Wrap reports that he's in talks to join I Am Wrath, an action film previously set to star his Face/Off co-star Nicolas Cage.

I Am Wrath follows "a man out for vigilante justice after a group of corrupt cops are unable to catch his wife’s killer." That's about as generic as it gets, so it's tough for me to really get excited about this. It seems like Travolta is just trying to cash in on the "old guy stars in an action movie" fad that's going around right now: Liam Neeson with Taken, Kevin Costner with 3 Days to Kill, Sean Penn in The Gunman...the list goes on. Chuck Russell (Eraser, The Mask, The Scorpion King) is set to direct, and a supporting cast is expected to be hired soon.

Filming begins next month in Columbus, Ohio, which for some reason seems like a fitting place for a movie that sounds this forgettable to shoot. (Apologies to any Columbus-based readers out there.)