La Femme Nikita (Special Edition)
by Luc Besson
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Actor: Alain Lathi?re, Anne Parillaud, Laura Ch?ron, Marc Duret, Patrick FontanaDirector: Luc Besson
Cinematographer: Thierry Arbogast
Producer: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson
Producer: Claude Besson
Producer: Mario Cecchi Gori
Producer: Patrice Ledoux
Producer: Vittorio Cecchi Gori
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of La Femme Nikita (Special Edition)
Movie Review: So Much Better Than The Point of No Return
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie seems a bit familiar in the first five minutes. Then I realized I had seen the American remake, Point of No Return with Bridgette Fonda.
The remake is so similar that it ruined all the plot twists for Le Femme Nikita. However, if you want to see what the derivative could have been with stellar acting and exquisite camera work, this is the movie for you.
The actress is very gifted. She goes from junkie street urchin to sophisticated woman about town far better than Fonda did. The scenes with her in training are far better than the derivative. There is a great supporting cast and they are very compelling.
The ending is more ambiguous than Point. That's fine as well. Point is a 3 star (at best) bit of derivative cotton candy. Le Femme Nikita is strongly conceived and carried out.
Summary of La Femme Nikita (Special Edition)
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). Tch?ky Karyo is also good as the cop mentor who develops feelings for her. --Tom KeoghAction & Adventure DVD Video
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