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Nikita
She murders. So she can live.
She murders. So she can live.
Action, Thriller - 1990
Nikita
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A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Director:
Léon: The Professional
Léon: The Professional
(1994)
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
Point of No Return
Point of No Return
(1993)
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.
Colombiana
Colombiana
(2011)
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.
The Lady
The Lady
(2011)
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
Grindhouse
Grindhouse
(2007)
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers pre...

Details

Runtime:
117 min
Release date:
21 Feb 1990
Country:
FR, IT
Languages:
English, French, Italian
Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$5,018,604
Awards:
6 wins & 17 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Begins with the materials of a violent thriller but transcends them with the story of the heroine's transformation.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
[Besson] seems to like playing off the generic, though he probably thinks of it as working with the mythic, the classic.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
If Luc Besson's latest goes into absurd overdrive, it does so with entertaining finesse.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
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