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After killing a cop, a street-tough Nikita (Anne Parillaud) must choose to be executed or trained to be an assassin. With a new identity and lethal training, Nikita becomes "Josephine," a seductive, sophisticated killing machine. Powered by some of the mo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20686 in DVD
• Brand: LA FEMME NIKITA
• Released on: 2008-12-02
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: French, English
• Subtitled in: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 117 minutes

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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

From The New Yorker
The end of French cinema as we know it. Written and directed by Luc Besson. With Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo, and (in a cameo) Jeanne Moreau. In French. -Terrence Rafferty
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