The Assassin (1993)
(Point of No Return)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/Panavision 108m
Director: John Badham
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Keitel, Olivia D'Abo
Synopsis:
A delinquent druggie on death row is given a reprieve on condition that she work for a secret government agency as a highly trained killer.
Review:
Hollywood remake of Besson's Nikita, completely missing the requisite darkness of tone. The result is that the violence comes across as cynical exploitation when taken alongside the sentimental premise: that the central character can become a sensitive moral being by virtue of wearing designer clothes and having a few nice words spoken to her. One of the worst films of its year.
(Point of No Return)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/Panavision 108m
Director: John Badham
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Keitel, Olivia D'Abo
Synopsis:
A delinquent druggie on death row is given a reprieve on condition that she work for a secret government agency as a highly trained killer.
Review:
Hollywood remake of Besson's Nikita, completely missing the requisite darkness of tone. The result is that the violence comes across as cynical exploitation when taken alongside the sentimental premise: that the central character can become a sensitive moral being by virtue of wearing designer clothes and having a few nice words spoken to her. One of the worst films of its year.
(Point of No Return)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/Panavision 108m
Director: John Badham
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Keitel, Olivia D'Abo
Synopsis:
A delinquent druggie on death row is given a reprieve on condition that she work for a secret government agency as a highly trained killer.
Review:
Hollywood remake of Besson's Nikita, completely missing the requisite darkness of tone. The result is that the violence comes across as cynical exploitation when taken alongside the sentimental premise: that the central character can become a sensitive moral being by virtue of wearing designer clothes and having a few nice words spoken to her. One of the worst films of its year.