Nikita (1990)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Luc Besson

Guionista:

Luc Besson (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

abril 1991 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Romance | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

The Hit of Paris and London Has Come to America. [US Poster]

Plot:

Convicted felon Nikita, instead of going to jail, is given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.

Plot Keywords:

Kill | Murder | Hitwoman | Black Dress | Venice Italy

Premios:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Spontaneity starts here

Reparto

Anne Parillaud	...	Nikita
Marc Duret	...	Rico
Patrick Fontana	...	Coyotte
Alain Lathière	...	Zap
Laura Chéron	...	La punk
Jacques Boudet	...	Le pharmacien
Helene Aligier	...	La pharmacienne
Pierre-Alain de Garrigues	...	Flic pharmacie
Patrick Pérez	...	Flic pharmacie (as Patrick Perez)
Bruno Randon	...	Flic pharmacie
Vincent Skimenti	...	Flic pharmacie
Roland Blanche	...	Flic interrogatoire
Joseph Teruel	...	Stagiaire flic
Jacques Disses	...	Avocat
Stéphane Fey	...	Président tribunal (as Stephane Fey)

También conocida como:

La Femme Nikita (USA)
Nikita (UK)
Nikita - La cara del peligro (Argentina) [es]
Nikita, dura de matar (Spain) [es]

Duración:

115 min | Portugal:118 min | Spain:112 min (DVD edition)

País:

France | Italy

Idioma:

Italiano | Francés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Italy:T | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Old Seita factory, Paris 12, Paris, France

Compañía:

Gaumont

Trivialidades:

Característica del director: [Luc Besson] [intro]

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: The cameraman is reflected in the bathtub when Mary takes a bath after returning from the embassy.

Citas:

Amande: There are two things that are infinite: femininity and means to take advantage of it.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (2000) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

The Dark Side of Time

Spontaneity starts here

Nikita lived in my mind as an action movie with lots of blood, aggression, fear, all kinds of things I'm not very fond of to watch in a cinema. But I have seen this film more than ten years ago and things change and now Nikita is not that cruel movie anymore.

I came back to re-watch Nikita after a lecture I heard about spontaneity and creativity. The speaker cited Nikita as an example for spontaneity. He told about the scene when Nikita gets the guns in the red box as a present and is told to kill a man behind her in the restaurant, run out of the room, look for the men's toilet, check the last cabinet and climb out on the small window there with place only for a women of her size to get through; the car is waiting for her for 5 minutes outside. Nikita does as told, shoots, runs, searches, opens the window - but then the windows is walled. And here starts spontaneity - what to do now? In fact, I watched the entire movie to see this scene - wow I learned again something!

Otherwise, Nikita is rather a 'sweet action movie' by my standards of today. The storyline is interesting, the playing is OK, just the whole is unpolished and a bit rough to me. However, no question, back then, this movie was the starter for a whole series of story lines and Luc Besson merits credit for his originality. 7/10