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La Femme Nikita

Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)

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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. --Tom Keogh

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Thème classique de la science-fiction, la robotisation de l'être humain, ici par manipulation psychologique, a inspiré à Luc Besson un film qui vise à une certaine ambition philosophique en posant le problème de l'intégrité individuelle face au totalitarisme. Malgré quelques faiblesses de détail et une évidente maladresse dans le registre strictement psychologique, Nikita possède une force expressive qui rend son propos convaincant. La réussite de cette fable tient, d'une part, à un sens visuel assez peu commun dans le cinéma français, d'autre part, à l'interprétation très maîtrisée d'Anne Parillaud qui trouve probablement là son meilleur rôle. Elle confère à son personnage une ambiguïté fascinante, et au film une sensibilité humaine à laquelle Besson ne nous avait guère habitués. --Michel Marmin

Synopsis
Nikita est une junkie. Durant le casse désespéré d'une pharmacie, elle assiste au massacre sauvage de ses compagnons par la police. Hébétée, en manque, elle tue un policier. Condamnée à vie pour meurtre, elle va avoir la chance de se racheter en signant avec l'État un pacte sanglant et implacable, une nouvelle identité, une relative liberté si elle devient un assassin à la solde du gouvernement.

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La Femme Nikita Dec 28 2011
Format:DVD
Good picture quality but the voice sound is ovewhelmed by the background music. I would not recommend this product to a friend.
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The original is still the best July 31 2003
Format:DVD
After years of remakes and cable shows, I see this film today and there is a combined sense of romance and danger that can't be recreated by anyone but Besson. BLACK CAT was decent, POINT OF NO RETURN was sickening and the cable show constantly cheapens and makes light of the character's weaknesses and sexuality. The story, yes. The action, yes. The cinematography, you know it. But the one thing that keeps me coming back for this film is it's aura and Anne's unique and powerful screen presence.
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La Femme Nikita is a MASTERPIECE July 10 2003
By Bob
Format:DVD
This film is incredible. If you have seen Point of No Return starring Bridget Fonda, you have seen a Hollywood-ified scene by scene interpretation of this piece of art. The french original has a mood all its own, a very sexy, foreboding and enticing attitude that grabs you by the balls and refuses to let go for over two hours...but you enjoy it so much that it seems like much less.It is a must see for anyone into action, feminist, artistic, creative, stylized,and critical films.
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Most recent customer reviews
Excellent, but American version is better.
I hate to disagree with so many well written reviews, but as much as I love Le Femme Nikita, I prefer Point Of No Return. Read more
Published on Oct 1 2006 by Paul Christy
Nikita
After a bloody shootout at a pharmacy where all of her gang memeber friends are killed, Nikita (Parillaud), high on drugs, kills a policeman in cold blood and is captured and... Read more
Published on Jan 27 2004 by Rodrigo Llamozas
sensitive and dangerous
Sensitive, sophisticated, violent, and exquisite are some of the adjectives that could best describe this tour de force movie by Luc Besson. Read more
Published on Sep 4 2003 by Lloyd Greg
A lot better
The "Nikita" hardcore can celebrate MGM's rerelease of the French action film, a single-disc affair that should erase memories of the studio's botched first DVD, from... Read more
Published on Aug 23 2003 by Flipper Campbell
A great movie--smart and sexy!
This is yet another wonderful Luc Besson film. I only wish I hadn't seen "Point of No Return" before seeing Nikita--the American version was not very good and took away from my... Read more
Published on July 30 2003 by cj_prof
Merde! Special edition fails to correct picture problems
The movie gets five stars, but this new special edition disc gets one. I own the previous MGM release of this movie which was widely known to have many picture and subtitle... Read more
Published on July 1 2003 by Eugene Wei
Excellent film. A presence hard to find in "action" films
I saw this movie after I had seen its American copy, Point of no Return. I had not been expecting much, but was blown away. Read more
Published on Jan 2 2003 by Bufford D. Moore
Do you speak French?
If not then stay away from this thing. It does not translate at all. Jeez, you would think we'd at least get an accent or two considering that the setting is obviously somewhere in... Read more
Published on Dec 9 2002 by Ghenghis
The real one
This is the original movie. With spirit, not just big explosion like it's american copie...
Published on Oct 15 2002
The real one
This is the original movie. With spirit, not just big explosion like it's american copie...
Published on Oct 15 2002 by Mathieu Gregoire
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