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La Femme Nikita (1991)
Starring: Anne Parillaud Director: Luc Besson
La Femme Nikita
- 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.
The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, "parental controls," optional English soundtrack (dubbed) or subtitles, optional Korean subtitles.
La Femme Nikita (1991)
Encoding: Region 1 (US and Canada only)
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby
Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
Studio: Mgm/Ua Studios
DVD Features:
Theatrical trailer(s)
Booklet
Widescreen letterbox format
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