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French director Luc Besson broke the commercial taboo against female-driven action movies with Nikita, his 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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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play.
After being convicted of killing a cop, street-tough Nikita must choose between her own execution or training with a top-secret government agency to become an assassin. Given a new identity, new skills, and a new life by her mentor Bob (Tcheky Karyo), Nikita becomes "Josephine," a seductive, sophisticated knockout who's also a brutally efficient killing machine.
Luc Besson's Nikita is the stylish, high-voltage thriller that revolutionized the action genre with a sexy, gun-wielding woman as its main character. Starring Jean Reno, Jean-Hughes Anglade, Jeanne Moreau and Anne Parillaud in the title role (winning her a 1991 Best Actress Cesar Award), Nikita achieved cult status worldwide,… more » inspiring an American remake and a hit U.S. television series.
Powered by some of the most adrenaline-pumping action scenes ever filmed, Nikita redefined femme fatale for a new generation.
- Actors
Anne Parillaud, eky Karyo, n Reno, an-Hugues Anglade & Jeanne Moreau
- Director
Luc Besson
- Certificate
18 years and over
- Year
1990
- Screen
Widescreen
- Languages
French
- Subtitles
English
- Region
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By fussy
Format:Blu-ray
Great film but the American release has a english dub ,also a 5.1 dts sound track my vertion is 2.0 .Shame, why cant these companys sort these difference out, we all have to pay the same and often get an inferior product.But the film is very good.
49 of 55 people found the following review helpful
By Lyle
Format:DVD
I've loved Luc Besson's Nikita since the first time I saw it - even with the abysmal American dubbing. The second time I saw it, I was lucky, and caught the original language version - still visually stunning, but so much better without shonky dubbing.
The DVD is more of the same - Nikita is a beautiful film, absolutely fantastic. The storyline is well, there, and the rest of it is just pure entertainment.
But be warned, the DVD is the shonky dubbed version. It's still a good film - but try to keep an eye open for a subtitled one if possible.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Ryan S.Cord
Format:Blu-ray
First time i saw this film on tv, many years ago it had me repeating scenes in my mind. So i watched it again and it still impresses me with it's style and flow. Screenplay is very well paced, like most of Besson's films and captures your attention so well. Many films today do not have that directorial talent to draw you into a film aswell as Besson does, and Nikita is no exeption despite it's age.
The action scenes flow so fluidly, mounting tension, with moving cameras and fantastic score, thanks to Eric Serra who scores most, if not all of Besson's films. Besson loves the style and power of guns and this film is a good example of that, although he knows when to stop and when to pick up the pace. In all his films though, the emotion of LOVE is always there to finally blossom in the later scenes. Nikita has all of this and is a stylish thriller that has inspired and copied, but never bettered. Just a shame he hasn't directed any more films like this, as opposed to the kids films he has directed recently. Nikita should be in everybody's dvd collection.
The action scenes flow so fluidly, mounting tension, with moving cameras and fantastic score, thanks to Eric Serra who scores most, if not all of Besson's films. Besson loves the style and power of guns and this film is a good example of that, although he knows when to stop and when to pick up the pace. In all his films though, the emotion of LOVE is always there to finally blossom in the later scenes. Nikita has all of this and is a stylish thriller that has inspired and copied, but never bettered. Just a shame he hasn't directed any more films like this, as opposed to the kids films he has directed recently. Nikita should be in everybody's dvd collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great film noir
A super atmospheric movie with an almost surreal element to it, especially at the start.
Certainly far superior to the more US version
Certainly far superior to the more US version
Published 19 days ago by B J Blewitt
5.0 out of 5 stars
excited
I couldn't believe at last Nikita is available to buy. this is the original film not series. Funny saw this years ago. not quite as shocking anymore but still an amazing movie.
Published 1 month ago by Mark Twain
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant film
Superb film far better than the American film Assassin, it would be good if you advised that it was in French with sub titles but don't be put off by that its a fabulous thriller
Published 1 month ago by John Freeman
5.0 out of 5 stars
NIKITA
the acting in this film is superb and the use of light in the scenes brilliant it shows what the french filmindustry can do
Published 1 month ago by Roger Ljungdahl
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great classic
The film was another gripping production of Luc Besson,and fabulous performance by Anne Parillaud. Way better than the US version which followed. Great photography and film score. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Zakman
1.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable film but irritated by the poor quality transfer to Blu Ray
Dated in parts the film is undoubtedly made by the screen presence of Anne Parillaud (Nikita).
However good the film is the transfer to blu ray was clearly just a money... Read more
However good the film is the transfer to blu ray was clearly just a money... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Nigel D. Freeney
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good bluray
Anne Parillaud stars in this action thriller directed by Luc Besson. Its a fine film, which made sufficient impact when it came out for Luc Besson to remake it in Hollywood as The... Read more
Published 2 months ago by S J Buck
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb
Superb Luc Besson film with Anne Parillaud absoutely stunning as the nihilistic drug-taking young woman who is turned into a state killing machine. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. D. A. Isaacs
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant
Far Far superior to the remake. Brilliant acting excellent story and a classic. A definate buy for people who love good films.
Published 3 months ago by kennedy6996
5.0 out of 5 stars
pure and Brilliant
Forget Hollywood.They make good films, but re makes are not there best work at times especially when it came to Assassins.
Nikita was perfection. Read more
Nikita was perfection. Read more
Published 4 months ago by sick note
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