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A gang of armed drug-addicts break into a chemist shop to try and steal drugs to fuel their habit. However, the police arrive too fast and all addicts but one are killed. She, Maggie, is sentenced to ...( read more 
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MCT:July 28, 2008The remake of the French movie La Femme Nikita is enjoyable.Good performance by Bridget Fonda & great choice of having Harvey Keitel playing a cameo for the role as The Cleaner.
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MCT:July 23, 2008
I'm pretty sure ive seen this film even since it had exact same front cover. It was called "The Assassin". It has the 70s written all over it and it's got the style. Meaning: it's very cheezy and has many one liners that made Arny famous. This movie is a no-brainer though it is somewhat entertaining.
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MCT:July 11, 2008
American version of La Femme Nikita. It has been a while since I've seen the Nikita series, so I can't do a lot of comparing. The story is somewhat bland. Druggy rehabilitated as government killer does her job. However she falls in love and wants out of her assassin role.
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MCT:July 9, 2008
Another great flick with Bridget Fonda...this movie is actually an American re-make of a French movie called La Femme Nikita which was directed by Luc Besson.....who also directed my absolute fav...The Big Blue....now you all know what a movie freak I am...are you scared yet?? I also really dig Garbriel Byrne in this movie
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MCT:May 26, 2008
Fonda and Bynre are very good in this atypical assasin movie. I thought is was better than the original european version.
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MCT:March 8, 2008
even though its regarded as a poor remake of the original french film,this is still a good action film.fonda is supremely sexy as nina..the woman turned around to an assassin.its pretty violent and there's plenty of gun play and steamy scenes.
keitel is great as the cold cleaner....his scene is very unnerving and chilling really..no emotions.
bancroft is perfect as the classy elegant female who must teach nina to become a lady and deadly at the same time and byrne is good as her boss.
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MCT:February 29, 2008
I thought this was pretty cool. Seen it a few times but have never seen the original that it was a remake of.
One of the things that really annoys me about the movie was the world got really into Nina Simone around this time and prior to that I was the only cool bloke in my neighbourhood who dug her sound. Oh well.. -
MCT:February 25, 2008Point of No Return - The Government gave her a choice. Death. Or life as an assassin. Now, there's no turning back..
Plot: A gang of armed drug-addicts break into a chemist shop to try and steal drugs to fuel their habit. However, the police arrive too fast and all addicts but one are killed. She, Maggie, is sentenced to death by lethal injection for killing a police officer, but she wakes up after the execution to find that she has been spared in order to train her as a government assassin. After a dramatic transformation, she is allowed to leave and start a new life for herself, on the condition that she always be on call for the government. However, she begins to discover that there is more to life than she previously thought and soon begins to wish she could escape from her obligation. But the government aren't so easy to evade...
I haven't seen the original "Nikita" so i wasn't sure what if was good or not..but i did like it so am happy with that..
Fonda does a credible job and makes a convincing action hero and a standout performance from Harvey Kietel as the Vicious Cleaner..Gabriel Byrne was great as Bob and the chemistry between him and maggie/Nina was overwhelming..
As a thriller, "The Assassin" is a fast-paced and exciting one... i recommend.. -
MCT:February 13, 2008A terrible remake of a Euro hit. Why can Hollywood never get their remakes right? Why do they cast Bridget Fonda? Why am I still writing about this pile of crap?
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MCT:February 3, 2008
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MCT:January 25, 2008
There are a lot of haters for this movie - now I won't say it's as good as La Femme Nikita, but it's the same story told in a different way. I found it to be pretty good and entertaining.
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MCT:January 21, 2008LOVE THIS FILM! Im sorry if this sounds sexist but htere is nothing sexier then a chick that can kick your ass. Ann bancroft and bridgets scenes a perfection, there is nothing better then a good bitch on screen....accept when there is two and they bitch at each other!
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MCT:January 15, 2008
US version of LaFemmeNikita, some changes were made, and harvy Keitel added in...Could have been worse...
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MCT:November 27, 2007
bridgette fonda is a crack head and almost killed in a hold up she is taken to a place where she is rehabilitated and taught to be an assassin
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MCT:October 15, 2007as always with remakes, see the original especially if the first was a foreign film that became a worldwide hit.
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MCT:October 13, 2007
I am against re-makes in general - if the original was good, what's the point of repeating it, if it was bad, little can be done to improve it. But this particular remake of a really good French movie "La Femme Nikita" made me cringe. All the charm of the original, all the subtle effects, everything that made that movie a great enjoyment was destroyed in this fucked up version. I understand that for a certain type of audience subtitles may be a hard concept to grasp, but sadistically twisting a cool thriller into an action-romance hybrid just so some popcorn-chewing imbeciles could have the pleasure of watching it in their own language, is may be going a little too far. Assholes.
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MCT:September 15, 2007
One of my ALL TIME favorite movies!! Don't know why -- I just love it!! Superb acting & I loved the ending. . .
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MCT:September 4, 2007Ugh, i got excited when i saw the name x= thought it was something to do with phantom of the opera.
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MCT:August 4, 2007Want to see it, but only because I'm sure they screwed it up. La Femme Nikita, on which this is based, is a really good flick. I'd hate to see it butchered. But it probably was.
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MCT:August 2, 2007
This is the first Bridget Fonda movie I ever saw and ever sense I have loved her and anything shes in.
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MCT:July 12, 2007
This is great movie. It was just a little sad though in the end where she has to dissapear and live the man she loves. But at least she's free....
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MCT:June 28, 2007
This piece of shit is solely responsible for me complete revulsion of American remakes of foreign movies - even more so if I have seen the original. It is a cartoon of the original. Just look at the character who is running Section. He is a snot-nosed prick in a tie.
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