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La Femme Nikita (1990)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:32
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A strung-out sociopath, sentenced to death for shooting a cop, is instead turned into an assassin by the French government in this exciting, yet thoughtful slant on the "Pygmalion" story. Trained... A strung-out sociopath, sentenced to death for shooting a cop, is instead turned into an assassin by the French government in this exciting, yet thoughtful slant on the "Pygmalion" story. Trained in martial arts and coached by her mentor, she is slowly transformed into a cultured, sophisticated feminine killer. But when she re-enters the real world and falls in love, she finds it impossible to reconcile her new feelings with her profession. [More]
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Jeanne Moreau, Tcheky Karyo, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Jeanne Moreau, Tcheky Karyo, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Director: Luc Besson
Director: Luc Besson
Reviews for La Femme Nikita
Just another action movie, with the usual tenuous-at-best grip on reality.
[Besson] seems to like playing off the generic, though he probably thinks of it as working with the mythic, the classic.
Excessively violent, empty-headed, contrived and full of gaping plot holes.
My attention never fails to drift from Besson's first international smash when his film detours into James Bond mediocrity...but [the picture] ends strongly.
None of this would be nearly as interesting if it weren't for the startling central performance by Anne Parillaud as Nikita and the stylish direction of Luc Besson.
An exciting and entertaining actioner that tests the plausibility of its story with an unreality check.
If Luc Besson's latest goes into absurd overdrive, it does so with entertaining finesse.
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