After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
Colombiana isn't the last word in action movies, but it's a fun ride.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
28 Aug 2011
rotten:
There's bad acting all around, but you can't fully blame the performers. The dialogue needed a writer to come in and punch it up - the lines sound like placeholders.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
29 Aug 2011
rotten:
Possibly worth seeing if you are 13.
– Nick Pinkerton,
Village Voice,
31 Aug 2011
fresh:
Often improbable, sometimes ludicrous, but frequently exciting.