In this Americanized remake of Luc Besson's 1991 cult hit LA FEMME NIKITA, Bridget Fonda takes on Anne Parillaud's role as a street junkie turned undercover government assassin.
After killing a policeman during a drug store robbery, Maggie (Fonda) is tried, convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection. After undergoing what appears to be death and burial, she awakens in a secret government high-tech training facility. There she is told by Bob (Gabriel Byrne)
that she can either undergo training and carry out covert assassinations for the state, or be put six feet under for real. Naturally, Maggie chooses door number two. She remains tough and funky, ho...
Released:
1993
Rated:
R
Length:
109 mins