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Colombiana

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Colombiana

dir. Olivier Megaton (2011)

Film poster: Colombiana (2011)

A straightforward action revenge film reworked from Luc Besson’s script for the unmade Léon: The Professional sequel Mathilda. Deprived of a counterpoint character with whom to duet, Zoe Saldaña instead performs a flawless solo as orphaned Colombian girl turned contract killer Cataleya.

Léon

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Léon

dir. Luc Besson (1994)

Film poster: Leon, dir. Luc Besson (1994)

A moving friendship tale that stops just short of Lolita-ism and owes its impact more to the acting talents of Jean Reno, Natalie Portman (on debut) and Gary Oldman than to writer-director Luc Besson’s attempts to bring French sensibilities to American film-making.