It's been 25 years since La Femme Nikita was released

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Makes me feel older. I went hiking with some late 20 something friends this week and it reminded me of that too.

If you haven't watched this movie in a while, you should.
 
You guys are seriously so brain dead that you can't respond to this?

Sharon, thank God for you.
 
I was about to make a comment about Gary Oldman, and then I remembered that was a different Besson+Reno film. It's hard to remember that shit when you get old.
 
originally posted by BJ:
I went hiking with some late 20 something friends this week and it reminded me of that too.
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They say hanging out with the Millenials can keep us young, but I find it tires instead of inspires. At least it's easier finding hipster wine!
 
I am, without a doubt, brain dead. Firing all these neurons at the same time seems like a herculean task. Unassisted, mind you.
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
Wasn't it called Nikita? La Femme Nikita was the US remake, no?
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The French film is called both Nikita and La Femme Nikita. I don't know what title it was originally released under. The American remake was Point of No Return. I believe there are two TV serieses, one called Nikita and one called La Femme Nikita. That's a lot of spin-offs for a basically OK action thriller.
 
The original French title was simply "Nikita." It was renamed "La Femme Nikita" for the US release in order to tip off the public that it wasn't a Russian film, but rather a French one.
 
Somehow this movie failed to make an impression on me.

More importantly for me, it is also 25 years since People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Fear of a Black Planet, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, One for All and countless other classic hip-hop albums were released. A great year.

And there I was, a naive young teenager soaking it all in.

Those were the days!!!
 
Well, I had to look up Anne Parillaud and then read the review. I remember it being very slick in a good way, and then running out of gas toward the end. And by golly, Janet Maslin wrote: "Mr. Besson...betrays his initial conception of Nikita as brutal and remorseless by letting her melt into an ordinary figure, even a mundane one."
 
I didn't realize it was the same male actor as in Full Moon in Paris. That guy has the skill of early Pacino in guiding the viewers gaze with his own.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
Somehow this movie failed to make an impression on me.

More importantly for me, it is also 25 years since People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Fear of a Black Planet, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, One for All and countless other classic hip-hop albums were released. A great year.

And there I was, a naive young teenager soaking it all in.

Those were the days!!!
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The golden age of hip-hop. Speaking of Native Tongue, I'm assuming you've seen Beats, Rhymes and Life?
 
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