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Date Posted: 15:39:37 07/24/01 Tue
Author: Richiey
Subject: La Femme Nikita the movie voted Movie of the day by IMDB.com

IMDb MOVIE OF THE DAY

Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita is ludicrous (I disagree!). It is stylish and slick, hip and post-punk, violent and sentimental, full of cheesy music and bad haircuts (okay that's true)--very, very French. It is also, if you will pardon the colloquialism, awesome! Nikita (Anne Parillaud) is a street junkie, amoral and feral, so much so that she seems inhuman. Sentenced to death for killing a cop, she finds herself instead in the care of a secret government program where she is to be trained as an assassin. Her keeper Bob (Tchéky Karyo) looks on (with growing love) as her will is broken and she is taught to be
both deadly and feminine (French legend and once-sex-symbol Jeanne Moreau guides her through this latter process). When she is released, she discovers that her new femininity is a double-edged sword--she falls promptly in love with a grocery clerk (Jean-Hugues Anglade), but is repeatedly called upon for "missions" and forced to deceive him. Surprisingly touching, the film ends on a melancholy, thoughtful note. Watch for a priceless cameo by Jean
Reno as The Cleaner, a role he would reprise for Besson in the equally awe-inspiring The Professional.

Please excuse my comments. ;-)

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[> Richiey, thank you for sharing this. I am always happy to see that fine movie getting the attention it deserves. -- Susan W, 23:02:53 07/26/01 Thu


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