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La Femme Nikita is the born child of the Sarah Connor/Ellen Ripley legacy, that became the staple to any quality female-led action hero of late 20th century onwards, even despite current detractors love to point all its dated flaws, while its small cultural impact over a western-mainstream action market is quite undeniable to see.
La Femme Nikita (1990) La Femme Nikita, [a] also called Nikita in France, is a 1990 French-language action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. The film stars Anne Parillaud as the title character, a criminal who is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering policemen during an armed pharmacy robbery.
When drug-addicted teen Nikita (Anne Parillaud) shoots a cop in a robbery gone wrong, her sentence is death. But behind prison walls, she is given a secret u...
"La Femme Nikita" begins with the materials of a violent thriller but transcends them with the story of the heroine's transformation. It is a surprisingly touching movie with the same kind of emotional arc as "Awakenings"; the character is in a trance of deprivation and poverty, neglect and drugs, until she is awakened by her violent act and its unexpected results.
Nikita, also called La Femme Nikita (French pronunciation: [la fam nikita], "The Woman Nikita"), is a 1990 Franco-Italian action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. The film stars Anne Parillaud as the title character, a teen who robs a pharmacy and murders a policeman. She is sentenced to life in prison, where her captors fake ...
When drug-addicted teen Nikita (Anne Parillaud) shoots a cop in a robbery gone wrong, her sentence is death. But behind prison walls, she is given a secret ultimatum: harness her penchant for violence, or face her executioner. After three years of martial arts, weapons and etiquette training, Nikita is reborn as Josephine, a sexy, sophisticated assassin, released back into normal society with ...
Apr 1, 1991 · 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. Luc Besson. Reviews. Written by talisencrw on January 19, 2016.
