Convicted felon Nikita isn’t going to jail; she’s given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.
Written and directed by Luc Besson, this is the movie that started his big boy career and put him on the map of renowned cinema-makers. It tells the story of a disturbed girl, a rough coal and her transformatiotion into a diamond. Sharp, ruthless, efficient. The movie is pretty slow paced in the begining, but it ramps up and becomes one of the best movies made by Besson. This is so good Americans remade this (Point of No Return in 1993, with Bridget Fonda), and spun off two TV series that successfully ran, one in 1997-2001 (starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis), as well as one in 2010-2013 (starring Maggie Q). Five popcorns for this cult classic.
