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La Femme Nikita (1991)
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French director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) broke the commercial taboo against female-driven action movies with this seminal, seductively slick film about a violent street punk (Anne Parillaud) trained to become a smooth, stylish assassin. Though it amounts, in the end, to little more than disposable pop, the film has a cohesiveness in style and tone--akin to the early James Bond films--that gives it a sense of integrity. Parillaud is compelling both as a wild child and chic-but-lethal pro (trained in good manners by none other than Jeanne Moreau). Tchéky Karyo is also good as the cop mentor who develops feelings for her. ...
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A Luc Besson (Léon, The Fith Element, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. Angel-A) film with Anne Parillaud (Innocent Blood), Tchéky Karyo(The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The Patriot, Kiss of the Dragon) and Jean Reno (Léon , The Crimson Rivers, Godzilla). It doesn't get better than this.
The photography by...
(complete La Femme Nikita review by B Movie Ben)
| La Femme Nikita Movie Review by Mitch (8/22/2006) |
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Nikita and her friends try to steal drugs from a pharmacy and get caught. She is tried and convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Before her sentence can start the government fakes her death and for three years trains her to be an assassin. She is given a cover identity and allowed to live her own life, but...
(complete La Femme Nikita review by Mitch)
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(8/1/2008)
