#luke besson

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Lera Abova in Anna (2019)

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After another rewathing 5th Element

Timeless movie!

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Entertainment Round-Up: Why the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off didn't happen, Agent Carter is LA-bound, Matt Fraction heads to Late Night, Valerian to get the big screen treatment

Entertainment Round-Up: Why the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off didn’t happen, Agent Carter is LA-bound, Matt Fraction heads to Late Night, Valerian to get the big screen treatment

For us, we get to see Mad Max: Fury Road with the rest of the critics who are getting it screened tonight, for you, it is Tuesday. Did I just nail that Street Fighter reference or what? No? Okay…onto the news…

– Television talk continues to dominate most of the online discussion today, and in a recent conference call with the press, ABC President Paul Lee explained why the proposed Agents of…

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LUCY

Actually, it turned out to be a bit deeper than expected. In a really good way.

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Colombiana - Zoe Saldana / Luc Besson

I liked Colombiana  a lot.  I’ve been waiting for Besson to make another movie with an ass kicking female lead for a long time. Adèle Blanc-Sec  was okay but she was no Nikita. For those who don’t know who Luc Besson is; he’s a French action film director, writer and producer. I am a HUGE fan. His movies are one of the reasons I overcame my fear of subtitles. 

In addition to directing Nikita (the original movie), Leon / The Professional and the Fifth Element; Besson has written and produced some pretty awesome action movies such as:

Unleashed / Danny the Dog - with Jet Li

District 13 / Banlieue 13 - French parkour/free-running classic 

Kiss of the Dragon - with Jet Li & Bridget Fonda

Taken - with Liam Neeson 

Taxi 1, 2 & 3 - with Samy Naceri

The Transporter 1 & 2- with Jason Statham

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Colombiana was a mix of everything Besson does best:

Ass kicking female becomes a professional killer

Awesome Parkour and action scenes

Slightly incompetent cops

corruption

Unexpected Humour - the cinema was in hysterics 

Some elements seemed a bit like Besson was recycling characters and themes from his earlier movies but that could be because I’ve watched so many of his movies.

As a Londoner, it made my smile to watch UK veteran Lennie James and Callum Blue (Smallville’s Zod) playing Yanks.

Amandla Stenberg delivered a stellar performance as the younger version of Zoe Seldana’s character.

Zoe's was awesome in all her ass kicking glory playing the titular Colombiana. The film has a lot of humour and it’s well directed if a bit improbable at times.  It’s good  popcorn movie.

Oh and for men who don’t like watching women kick ass, there’s a lot of “watch Zoe be sexy scenes”.

Oh and Micheal Vartan is there as Colombiana's love interest so the men in that audience don't feel emasulated..JOKES.

It's a good movie.