Columbiana
Columbiana
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.
2.3 out of 5 based on 7 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
15 |
| Genre |
Action / Adventure, Drama |
| Director |
Olivier Megaton |
| Cast |
Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Cliff Curtis Zoe Saldana |
| Studio |
Entertainment UK |
| Release Date |
September 2011 |
| Running Time |
107 mins |
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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.
Reviews
The Scotsman
Alistair Harkness
"[Luc Besson] creates a framework for Catalaya to get from point A to point B in the most exciting fashion possible, and if that requires some cornball romantic entanglements, a dash of government corruption or more coincidences than a session with a mystic then so be it. "
10/09/2011
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The Daily Telegraph
Tim Robey
"An amusingly stupid action-vendetta flick that splices Nikita with Salt"
09/09/2011
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Time Out
Tom Huddleston
"A thriller undone by its own dramatic pretensions."
08/09/2011
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The Sunday Times
Edward Porter
"The fact that its deadly protagonist happens to be a woman...has no novelty value."
11/09/2011
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Empire Magazine
David Hughes
"Director Olivier Megaton attacks the material with all of the subtlety his surname suggests, leading every scene to thud to the floor like slabs of meat — sometimes overcooked, sometimes undercooked, always rotten."
13/09/2011
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
"[A] fantastically ridiculous, toweringly humourless action-thriller."
08/09/2011
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The Observer
Philip French
"It's as slick as an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as fast-moving as hurricane Emily and as memorable as an episode of The A-Team."
11/09/2011
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