Product Details

• Actors: Michele Amiel, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Maurice Antoni, Mathieu Archer, Jean Bedin
• Directors: Luc Besson
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: French, English
• Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Spanish
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: December 2, 2008
• Run Time: 117 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001GF8WP8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,113 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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From director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) comes this "wild and irresistible" (New York Post) thriller about a vicious street punk turned sexy, sophisticated and lethally dangerous assassin. Starring Anne Parillaud, Jeanne Moreau and Jean Reno, La Femme Nikita is "slick, stylish and tremendously entertaining" (The New York Times)! Rescued from death row by a top-secret agency, Nikita (Anne Parillaud) is slowly transformed from a cop-killing junkie into a cold-blooded bombshell with a license to kill. But when she begins the deadliest mission of her careeronly to fall for a man who knows nothing of her true identityNikita discovers that in the dark and ruthless world of espionage, the greatest casualty of all...is true love.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now we're talking!, January 20, 2009

By	Matt Stevens (NYC) - See all my reviews

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I'm not going to say anything about the film itself because we all know how good it is. It's Besson's best ever.

What I will say is that watching it in High Definition on Blu-Ray is a real treat. Picture and sund are truly amazing and blow away the prior DVD's, all of which had lackluster picture quality at best.

And yes, this release has the properly translated subtitle track. Some DVD releases had a word for word transcription of the terrible English dubbed track. Not so here, so no worries.

However, extras are nowhere to be found. Is it too much to ask that this film finally receives a special edition?

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should You Bother with the Bluray if you Have the DVD?, February 17, 2009

By	Dr. Elaine O. Chaika "hotoldlady" (Eastern New England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Super Bluray. The film, of course, is excellent, although it never has been clear to me why the authorities would want a criminal to become their agent. However, once you swallow that incongruity, it is an engrossing film. The Bluray transfer is excellent, rich colors, sharp definition, action remains crisp, but that is probably because my HDTV's have the requisite fpm's. If you like action films, and if you've liked the previous recordings of this, you will love the Bluray version. Definitely worth updating from DVD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars violent, yes but with a story!, April 14, 2009

By	Sixto Reynoso "Sixto Reynoso" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

La femme Nikita, is one of those movies you HAVE to see. written and directed by Luc Besson, the guy that brought you the professional, and the 5th element. it tells the story of a girl doing the wrong thing, and polished by the government to do the wrong things for them. they pretty much create a James Bond kind of character out a punk in the streets.

Of course, this is not a James Bond movie, because, a. withing the fantasy of the movie there is a crude realism in the violence, that makes it more of a drama than an action film, but in a good way. and B. this movie has more of a personal story with a character that goes trough a transformation, which you follow, and you see her suffer the consequences of t=her actions, and the reactions to what she does.

This is an excellent movie and I would recommended to anyone that likes action flicks, and a good story driven drama!