Surprisingly touching.
Besson is an accomplished technician, and his choice of shots-with an emphasis on bizarre, low angles, darting camera movements and large, abstract color fields-is consistently entertaining if not particularly expressive.
It's like "The Terminator" as reimagined by the editors of French Vogue.
Ludicrous. Its logic flies out the window like a rocket. It's unbelievable and ridiculous... But fascinating it is.
The film, like Nikita herself, becomes more conventionally sleek and less interestingly bizarre as it moves along.
Best Foreign Film
Awards of the Japanese Academy (1992)
Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1992)
Best Actress (Meilleure actrice)
César Awards, France (1991)
Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
David di Donatello Awards (1991)
Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globes (1992)
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