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As a producer, Luc Besson (The Transporter series, Taken, District B-13) has made extremely profitable B-movie hay out of a fairly strict formula incorporating whisper-thin femme fatales, parkour, Gaultier, and guns. Colombiana, another Besson collaboration with director Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3), doesn't exactly blaze new trails, but the combination of Zoe Saldana's fierce performance and a dash of oddball surrealism sure makes the running time zoom by. Purportedly beginning as a sequel to The Professional, the story follows a beautiful South American assassin bent on rubbing out the murderers of her parents. Unfortunately, the closer she gets to her drug lord prey, the more her own loved ones (including Michael Vartan and an amusingly hambone Cliff Curtis) are put at risk. Things go boom, frequently. Director Megaton handles the action with the rapid-cut, blue-filtered zing common to the Besson factory, but things receive a definite boost via the efforts of Saldana, whose performance combines the intensely physical with an appealing soulfulness. Whether slithering through air ducts in a skin-tight cat suit or using a toothbrush as an impromptu weapon, she somehow manages to maintain an air of beyond-the-call gravitas. Also of note are the scenes of the heroine plying her lethal trade, some of which bear the funky logic-defying influence of Mario Bava's great fugue-state caper movie Danger: Diabolik. Ultimately, although the story elements and secondary character motivations rarely hang together, Colombiana's distinguishing marks help place the film somewhere above the level of guilty pleasure. When pitted against the likes of a mobster with a glass-paneled shark tank for a dance floor, reality can take a seat, frankly. --Andrew Wright
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1992. Colombia. Nine-year-old Cataleya witnesses her parents’ murder. Barely escaping the massacre herself, she takes refuge in the United States with Emilio, her gangster uncle… Fifteen years later, Cataleya works for him as a hit woman. Her calling card--an orchid drawn on the chests of her victims--is a message to her parents’ assassins. For Cataleya is determined to see her vengeance through to the bitter end… even if it means losing everything she loves.
Colombiana stars Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek), is produced and written by Luc Besson (The Transporter 1-3, Taken and Leon) and directed by Olivier Megaton (The Transporter 3).
Colombiana stars Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek), is produced and written by Luc Besson (The Transporter 1-3, Taken and Leon) and directed by Olivier Megaton (The Transporter 3).
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Flashy loud fun that is best not examined too deeply or you may plummet through its plot holes
26 Feb 2012
Format:Blu-ray
Columbiana's biggest asset is Avatar's Zoe Saldana (the big blue girl, Neytiri? That's her).
Lithe, with a very expressive and sympathetically likeable face and amazing physique, she convinces as agile and dangerous enough to pull of most of the insane stunts and vicious combat that goes into this aggressive and speedy actioner.
The film has her as the lone survivor of a massacre when her mother and father are executed by the local drug dealer, and she flees to the U.S. to be raised by distant family where she chooses to become an assassin. So far, so ludicrous - but this is produced by Luc Besson, the man who gave us Bruce Willis as a futuristic cab driver who saves the world, and Jason Statham as a criminal courier who can kick-arse while covered in motor oil and dancing about on bike pedals. As a result, we get a plot where a girl outraged at the execution of 2 people happily kills 23 just to get the attention of the drug cartel, and the Police fail to consult a botanist despite the flower drawing at each scene, instead getting their best clue from a bizarre and unlikely source.
Despite such bonkers silliness, when it works, Columbiana does work excellently as a firing-on-all cylinders gun-fest. The violence is uproarious and over the top, the direction solid and slick (much better than Megaton's slightly limp 'Transporter 3'), and the effects are terrific.
Don't bother watching this if you're annoyed by the lack of a sensible plot, as it will bug the hell out of you. If you're more forgiving of a film as long as it delivers bag-loads of fantastic action, then this is a viable option. Go enjoy.
Lithe, with a very expressive and sympathetically likeable face and amazing physique, she convinces as agile and dangerous enough to pull of most of the insane stunts and vicious combat that goes into this aggressive and speedy actioner.
The film has her as the lone survivor of a massacre when her mother and father are executed by the local drug dealer, and she flees to the U.S. to be raised by distant family where she chooses to become an assassin. So far, so ludicrous - but this is produced by Luc Besson, the man who gave us Bruce Willis as a futuristic cab driver who saves the world, and Jason Statham as a criminal courier who can kick-arse while covered in motor oil and dancing about on bike pedals. As a result, we get a plot where a girl outraged at the execution of 2 people happily kills 23 just to get the attention of the drug cartel, and the Police fail to consult a botanist despite the flower drawing at each scene, instead getting their best clue from a bizarre and unlikely source.
Despite such bonkers silliness, when it works, Columbiana does work excellently as a firing-on-all cylinders gun-fest. The violence is uproarious and over the top, the direction solid and slick (much better than Megaton's slightly limp 'Transporter 3'), and the effects are terrific.
Don't bother watching this if you're annoyed by the lack of a sensible plot, as it will bug the hell out of you. If you're more forgiving of a film as long as it delivers bag-loads of fantastic action, then this is a viable option. Go enjoy.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
This is a very well constructed revenge thriller with a brilliant story thats well paced and action packed from start to finish, very gritty and well directed with some great editing during the action like you expect from any film produced by Luc Besson, the cast is amazing Zoe Saldana plays a believable assassin and a very elegant beauty she is too, this type of film has certainly been done before but Colombiana still finds itself being original and very smart and slick and certainly is very entertaining and worth every penny.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Don't believe the reviews. This is actually an enjoyable actioner. The film is slick and fast which is fortunate as it does'nt give you time to dwell on the ridiculousness of the plot. It moves breathlessly between adrenalised set pieces and Zoe Saldano is easy on the eye as she athletically despatches bad guys in her underwear. Undemanding but engaging fun.
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colombiana
very good film plenty of action i would recommend this film good story line with good actors it was better than i expected
Published 1 month ago by Mr. S. Ablett
Watchable but lacking
The story of a young girl witnessing her parents' death and returning years later as a highly trained and focused assassin holds great promise with this film but generally fails to... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dismal Angel
Solid Action with a Strong Heroine Protaganist
This is the first film i've seen with Zoe Saldana (Star Trek[Uhura]) as a lead Actress, i've seen her in plenty as a Co-star or support, and i think it's deserving that she has... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jules
Revenge films kick ass!!
Don't be confused why the main character thinks its appropriate to kill 23 people, as revenge for the death of two. Kill Bill sees over a hundred killed for less. . . Read more
Published 2 months ago by HITMAN
Its all been done before...
Firstly this was written by Luc Besson, so since hes the writer of possibly the best Assassin movie ever I went in to this movie with high hopes... Read more
Published 3 months ago by shane lynch
style over substance
A good revenge story works best if you can really feel the righteous anger of the vindictive main character. Therefore the perpetrators must be really really, very bad people. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jan-Paul
un original
I like a film with a kick ass woman like the next bloke but why are they mostly all the same,family get killed,do some training then take revenge,cue quick cut fights,over the top... Read more
Published 3 months ago by agent smith
Brutal
"Colombiana" is a vicious revenge film about a young girl who flees to America after her gangster parents are gunned down in Bogota on the orders of some gangster godfather. Read more
Published 4 months ago by L. Davidson
Just buy it!
I approached this film apprehensively, especially considering the clichés which abound in most revenge type films. Read more
Published 4 months ago by AA_student
dros
Utter rubbish effort of a revenge flick, the best thing about it was the title of the film and opening sequences another than that its cliched clap trap of revenge genre film... Read more
Published 4 months ago by C. J. P
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