Rent Nikita (1990)
3.7 of 5 from 242 ratings
1h 52min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- After being convicted of killing a cop, street-tough Nikita (Anne Parillaud) must choose between her own execution or training with a top-secret government agency to become an assassin. Given a new identity, new skills, and a new life by her mentor Bob (Tcheky Karyo), Nikita becomes "Josephine", a seductive, sophisticated knockout who's also a brutally efficient killing machine.
- Actors:
- Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Jacques Boudet, Helene Aligier, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Patrick Pérez, Bruno Randon, Vincent Skimenti, Roland Blanche, Joseph Teruel, Jacques Disses, Stéphane Fey, Philippe Dehesdin, Michel Brunot, Rodolph Freytt, Pavel Slabý, Tchéky Karyo
- Directors:
- Luc Besson
- Producers:
- Patrice Ledoux
- Writers:
- Luc Besson
- Aka:
- La Femme Nikita
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films By Year, Top 10 Films Set in Venice, Top 10 Films Turned Into TV Series, Top 10 French-Language Remakes, Top Films, Top Films of 1990: Vol. 1
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/09/2009
- Run Time:
- 117 minutes
- Languages:
- French LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- The sound of Nikita featurette
- Making of
- Production footage
- Karyo on Besson
- Trailer
- Interview with Luc Besson
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/09/2024
- Run Time:
- 157 minutes
- Languages:
- French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- At the Heart of 'Nikita' - Making Of
- Nikita Tour
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Reviews (4) of Nikita
the original - Nikita review by CP Customer
brilliant better that any american 'hollywood version.
Edgy, violent, aggressive (and they are different) and spellbinding.
A wonderful night in with a bottle of wine and good chats afterwards.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Lipstick, Lethality, and the Illusion of Liberation - Nikita review by griggs
La Femme Nikita is Luc Besson fulfilling his "Pygmalion-with-a-pistol" fetish. It’s slick, stylish, and occasionally brilliant—but let’s not pretend it’s feminist cinema. Nikita’s transformation from junkie to state assassin only “succeeds” once she can shoot a man and apply eyeliner. It’s less about empowerment, more about male fantasy: unruly women as wild things to be dressed up and broken in.
Strip away the gloss, and what’s left is more troubling. Besson flirts with themes of rebirth and control. Still, Nikita never really owns her narrative—she’s sculpted, surveilled, and shaped by others, including the camera. Even her romance feels like an assignment.
Yet it works—just. The pace zips, the set-pieces land, and there’s enough bite to stop it slipping into total style-over-substance. It’s fun, but faintly sour.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Great Story, Terrible Dubbing - Nikita review by CP Customer
An excellent story ruined by terrible dubbing. I'd far rather watch this movie in the original French language with subtitles. The voice overs were so inappropriate that it was laughable.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.