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Did you say violence?
This original Besson' s movie caves in relief once more the slender difference between the violence motor and violence victim. The film scrupulously analyzed and seen in perspective has undeniable shadows of the Clockwork orange but seen from other perspective. Many issues are put on the table for a further discussion: Who wins with the violence? Is the violence by itself a cause or a consequence of the established order? Is the violence condemnable when you are an outlaw placed on the opposite side of the Status Quo, but it's accepted and even prized when you are part of the good team? Does it really innocence exist in the human being? . Do you still believe the world is composed by good and bad guys? . <
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>The man denies due he' s weak; those words come from Rashomon when the wife talks to the members of the Jury. Define violence is the crude answer of a character in that Wender's film : The end of the violence. <
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>Our starring Nikita will experiment a dramatic change of forced attitude; she will be exerting the violence for cleaning the world of certain worms and precisely in that brutal re adaptation process she will feel in own flesh the violence in its most elemental nature. A woman without love and searching it unconsciously . The film will play with the ancestral codes of victim and executioner immersed in a complex and cold world with the pragmatic approach. The enemy of today may be my future fellow friend depending who bets in the casino. <
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>"The civilization does not eliminate the barbarism ; it excels it". Voltaire. <
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My Kinda Gal...
Anne Parillaud is perfect as Nikita, the cop-killing, drug-addicted street rat, picked by a secret government agency to become their next assassin extraordinaire. Nikita is now dead to all but her new "employer". She even missed her own funeral! We go along with her on her trials and tribulations, her arduous training in martial arts and target practice. We are with her as she rises to become a supreme killer with a political purpose. Her first job comes as a total shock. She is put into a situation that will either kill her, or make her survive. She proves herself worthy of the government's investment. Nikita has a lot of down-time between assignments, which allows her to live a somewhat normal life. She falls in love and gets engaged. Well, of course, her next hit comes along at a most inopportune time! Tcheky Karyo is Bob, Nikita's mentor and nemesis. Jean Reno is menacing and coldly efficient as Victor the "Clean-up Man". LA FEMME NIKITA belongs right there with THE PROFESSIONAL, PULP FICTION and KILL BILL on your DVD shelf...

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Row 8, Plot 30
Luc Besson (The Transporter, The Fifth Element, The Professional) directs this masterpiece. To be honest, I do not even know why he made Point of no Return, and should have instead force fed the public La Femme Nikita. I guess he felt the need to cater to his American audience, I will never know why. Leon, The Professional was a brilliant movie, no need to dumb it down for us Americans, just release what you intended to us. <
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>Speaking of Leon, the Professional, Jean Reno is in a fifteen to twenty minute sequence where he appears as "the cleaner." He is brilliant, fast, and strait to the point. Then as quickly as he is in the movie, he's out of the movie. Though he was under utilized, it was still a brilliant performance. <
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>Anne Parillaud (Innocent Blood and The Man in the Iron Mask) plays the title character Marie/Josephine/Nikita, and plays the role to perfection. She starts off as a drug addict, and very strongly looks the part. Her transformation half way through the movie was beautiful, as she was, surprisingly, if you saw her look as a drug addict, you would have never thought she was pretty. Nikita quickly develops into a love story, and her show of emotion looks extremely real, not over done, and not fake. She was brilliant in this role. <
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>Marc Duret plays Rico, the man who saves Nikita from death, sets her up for training, and transforms her into what she is. He also wishes to be her love interest, as well as her commanding officer, but she shuts that down almost from the beginning. He does a fabulous job in his role though. <
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>This is a very, very good movie, and extremely under rated. As much as I would say Leon: The Professional is one of the most under rated action movies ever, La Femme Nikita is even more under rated then The Professional. This movie deserves one good viewing, or rental, but it belongs in my DVD collection, exactly where it is. <
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