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Columbiana

Release Date 09 Sep 2011 09 Feb 2012

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This Autumn vengeance is beautiful as Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek) stars in action adventure Colombiana, produced & written by Luc Besson (The Transporter 1-3, Taken and Leon) and directed by Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3). 1992. Colombia. Nine-year-old Cataleya witnesses her parents’ murder. Barely escaping the massacre herself, she takes refuge in the United States with Emilio, her gangster uncle…Fifteen years later, Cataleya works for him as a hit woman. Her calling card — an orchid drawn on the chests of her victims — is a message to her parents’ assassins. For Cataleya is determined to see her vengeance through to the bitter end… even if it means losing everything she loves.

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    • Currently 2/5 Stars.

    Mr_Twist

    Watchable.... just about

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    vu1999uk

    Although a little slow moving and dull in places, there is still enough action to please throughout. Just could have been so much better. What it does have going for is a "hero" who is not always painted in the best light which is rare enough in this type of film.

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    Randy

    The film was much less than what I expected. Although Saldana is brilliant, she was not used to her full potential. Although there are a couple of great action sequences, the film never troubles itself too much with the back-story and a repititive motif. The fact that a woman is an assassin should not make the movie less enjoyable.

    • Currently 3/5 Stars.

    mart

    Colombiana is every bit as slick and silly as you'd expect, but Saldana pulls off her far-fetched assassin with panache, whether wriggling through a police station's air ducts in a latex cat suit or dispatching a crook with his own pet sharks.

    • Currently 3/5 Stars.

    filmbuff2011

    Given that Colombiana is both written and produced by Luc Besson, this could easily have been a sequel to Leon. There's a similar story set-up and Zoe Saldana and Natalie Portman are similar in age. Anyway, it's an efficient enough revenge thriller that will pass the time, but won't leave you wanting more. I would personally love to see Mathilda - a sequel to Leon. Maybe if Luc Besson would stop making kids' films and producing other people's films...

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