La Femme Nikita

Parillaud delivers a breakthrough performance as the title character, a convicted murderer whom the government gives a second chance in exchange for using her as an assassin and spy. The action scenes are memorable and top-notch. It's hard to know whether to like or dislike the characters, since they're not quite three-dimensional enough to feel something for nor are they that unlikable to despise. The romance may be appropriate to establish feeling, but the characters' interaction with each other seems dry and lacks chemistry. Jean Reno is extremely underused as Victor The Cleaner. Very stylish to say the least and is a good enough film to make the must-see lists of anyone who likes action and/or foreign films. Remade as "Black Cat" in Hong Kong, and "Point of No Return" in the USA.