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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792856153
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792856155
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 01, 2003
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 18157
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1991-04
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
French director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) broke the commercial taboo against female-driven action movies with this 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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - So Much Better Than The Point of No Return
This movie seems a bit familiar in the first five minutes. Then I realized I had seen the American remake, Point of No Return with Bridgette Fonda.
The remake is so similar that it ruined all the plot twists for Le Femme Nikita. However, if you want to see what the derivative could have been with stellar acting and exquisite camera work, this is the movie for you.
The actress is very gifted. She goes from junkie street urchin to sophisticated woman about town far better ... Read More
Rating:  - Great spy/babe flick
Maybe spinoffs say a lot about a movie's success - in that case, a remake with Bridget Fonda and a few years' worth of TV serials clearly indicate success. It's easy enough to summarize the plot: a street punk, a vicious killer, turns into an agent for a shadowy government agency, and a vicious killer again. The wholy assassin-babe thing works very well with Ann Parillaud in the title role. Slender, willowy, and deadly - movies have been made with less as a premise.
If you want to get past ... Read More
Rating: - An Amazing, Great Foreign Film!!
I probably would have given this movie 5 stars if the ending didn't suck!! It was absolutely terrible, didn't explain anything, and it was a real disappointment because the entire movie was so phenomenal until the very end.
Aside from the atrocious ending, I really enjoyed "Nikita." It had it's very humurous parts, but it was all unintentional humour, but it was very entertaining. The acting was very good, and the plot was very cool, but with quirky parts here and there.
Overall, ... Read More
Rating: - No Point of No Return
This movie is far superior to the American remake. Sure I'm American and like the remake, but it is not near the visceral impact as this original version made by the French. I also think Anne Parillaud is better suited to the role than Bridget Fonda. I liked the way Parillaud looks a mess and then becomes drop dead gorgeous. Better than the Fonda transition. Not to mention Parillaud does some cute comedic bits that endear her more. Luc Besson made one of his best with this movie. Although I don't speak French, ... Read More
Rating: - La Femme Nikita
Besson's flashy "Nikita" was a huge hit for the French director in 1990, inspiring several remakes and even a TV series. But those versions lacked an essential component of the original's success: the feral, leggy, crazy/cool/beautiful Parrilaud, Besson's then-wife. (He even landed the great Jeanne Moreau, who cameos as Nikita's femininity coach.) Combining elements of the Pygmalion story with vivid visuals, high-fashion costumes and sets, and the cold brutality of classic noir, Besson concocted a female-driven ... Read More
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