Nikita
by Luc Besson (1990)
A young heroin addict kills a police officer during a robbery attempt. She will gain her freedom and a new identity after agreeing to become an assassin for the state.
“𝘕𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦: 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪,
𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢’ 𝘦 𝘪 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪 𝘥𝘪 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦.”
(𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝐚 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚)
𝐔𝐍𝐀 𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀 𝐍𝐔𝐎𝐕𝐀.
Imagine what it would mean for your mental health to wake up in an anonymous room with a guy you’ve never seen before, informing you that you have been officially declared dead.
Then, shortly after, to discover that you have only one way to start over and leave behind a less-than-exemplary past: to agree to be trained by the intelligence services and become a kind of killer acting in the shadows, in the name of the state.
Of course, in exchange, you would gain a new identity and avoid serving a life sentence for murder. You would be free to start a new life, have a home, go to the supermarket, and maybe even fall in love.
But you would also be aware that the price to pay would always come due, as punctual and precise as your worst nightmare.
A nightmare that takes the form of a ringing phone and a voice on the other end asking the usual and unmistakable question: 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦?
𝐋𝐮𝐜 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧
Nikita is inspired by the song of the same name by 𝐄𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 and introduces the film world to a damned fascinating antiheroine, a sort of misfit with a history of drug addiction coming from the outskirts, who is constantly out of society and its rules.
In doing so, it traverses and blends various genres, creating a kind of wild hybrid that cannot leave one indifferent: it smoothly transitions from spectacular action scenes with shootouts and explosions to sequences where romance takes center stage.
The lead is played by the beautiful 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝 (then the director’s wife), who brilliantly brings the various facets of her character to life: physical, athletic, ruthless, and determined when necessary, sweet, and even shy at other times.
But it’s the entire cast that shines, without distinction, including a pre-𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐨, who plays Victor, a cold and icy eliminator.
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