“Bastille Day” (*** out of four) was an edge-of-your-seat thriller about a former C.I.A. agent (Idris Elba) who is forced to team up with a young con artist (Richard Madden) to prevent terrorist attacks in France. Explosive action movie offers plenty of hand-to-hand combat and international intrigue. Elba is terrific as usual and commands the screen, and him and Madden make a solid team as they race the clock to save the world. This controversial movie was delayed multiple times and barely released because of its unfortunate similarities to the recent attacks in France but deserves to be seen and find an audience.

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