(spoilers from the beginning of the movie only)
Being a fan of Nikita (the original movie), a fan of Besson's work and open-minded to whatever remake Hollywood want to make from a good story, I had some expectation for this movie; a great writer, a good director, some very good actors, what could go wrong? Well everything!
Don't hear me wrong. I have nothing against Hollywood remakes of foreign movies. I liked a lot True Lies for example, which have not much in common with the original French movie except roughly the underlying story. But it was fun and entertaining.
First I was surprised to watch the beginning of the movie almost identical frame by frame to the French movie. Okay, why not. As I said I'm open-minded. The first scene, where Bridget Fonda Character Nina is supposed to kill a cop in cold blood well we don't see it. It is suggested only because she is later condemned to death for murder. Why? Is it too harsh to see a female kill a cop!? It makes no sense to cut that that's the whole point! Second noticeable scene again almost identical frame by frame to the original after being beaten by a cop, Nina ask for a pen to fill her confession and she is supposed to strike the pen through the cop's hand as a revenge. Well, she asks for a pen all right smiling and that's it. Nothing more! Too violent? Come on Third major scene She tries to escape, and when cornered his captor his supposed to put a bullet in her leg to calm her down. Well, she took the bullet all right as we discover a bandage later but we don't see the scene happened in the remake! Again, is it to difficult for the audience to see someone take a bullet in the leg!!?? Last scene before I collapsed when her karate instructor asks her to keep her guard high and try to hit him, she immediately slap him in the face in the original movie. That's the character. Not playing with the rules, unpredictable, and hitting the guy by pure surprise. But instead, I painfully watched Nina doing some silly karate movements, then when the instructor became suddenly and conveniently distracted she hit him. It makes no sense at all that way!!!!
What a joke! It is not that this movie was badly played it is just that after a while I was thinking that I was watching a censored version of the movie I liked. Because it was a copy almost frame by frame, but all the punch that made the scenes and the story interesting where missing. Censored by people that had really no idea of what they where doing to a very original and very well written story!
That was too much for me, a complete waste of time. I stopped watching the movie after this karate scene, completely disgusted. Now those are small spoilers as you still have a whole lot of stupid movie to digest if you really feel up to it. But if you want my advice, clearly, watch the original!
Being a fan of Nikita (the original movie), a fan of Besson's work and open-minded to whatever remake Hollywood want to make from a good story, I had some expectation for this movie; a great writer, a good director, some very good actors, what could go wrong? Well everything!
Don't hear me wrong. I have nothing against Hollywood remakes of foreign movies. I liked a lot True Lies for example, which have not much in common with the original French movie except roughly the underlying story. But it was fun and entertaining.
First I was surprised to watch the beginning of the movie almost identical frame by frame to the French movie. Okay, why not. As I said I'm open-minded. The first scene, where Bridget Fonda Character Nina is supposed to kill a cop in cold blood well we don't see it. It is suggested only because she is later condemned to death for murder. Why? Is it too harsh to see a female kill a cop!? It makes no sense to cut that that's the whole point! Second noticeable scene again almost identical frame by frame to the original after being beaten by a cop, Nina ask for a pen to fill her confession and she is supposed to strike the pen through the cop's hand as a revenge. Well, she asks for a pen all right smiling and that's it. Nothing more! Too violent? Come on Third major scene She tries to escape, and when cornered his captor his supposed to put a bullet in her leg to calm her down. Well, she took the bullet all right as we discover a bandage later but we don't see the scene happened in the remake! Again, is it to difficult for the audience to see someone take a bullet in the leg!!?? Last scene before I collapsed when her karate instructor asks her to keep her guard high and try to hit him, she immediately slap him in the face in the original movie. That's the character. Not playing with the rules, unpredictable, and hitting the guy by pure surprise. But instead, I painfully watched Nina doing some silly karate movements, then when the instructor became suddenly and conveniently distracted she hit him. It makes no sense at all that way!!!!
What a joke! It is not that this movie was badly played it is just that after a while I was thinking that I was watching a censored version of the movie I liked. Because it was a copy almost frame by frame, but all the punch that made the scenes and the story interesting where missing. Censored by people that had really no idea of what they where doing to a very original and very well written story!
That was too much for me, a complete waste of time. I stopped watching the movie after this karate scene, completely disgusted. Now those are small spoilers as you still have a whole lot of stupid movie to digest if you really feel up to it. But if you want my advice, clearly, watch the original!
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