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Line 1: {{work}} ~~{{quote box\|~~[[File:nikita1_6881.jpg\|frame]]}} {{quote\| '''Bob:''' You died Saturday at 5:00 p.m. The prison doctor confirmed suicide after an overdose of tranquillizers. You're buried in Maisons-Alfort, row 8, plot 30. ...I work, let's say, for the government. We've decided to give you another chance.~~<br />~~ '''Nikita:''' What do I do?~~<br />~~ '''Bob:''' Learn. Learn to read, walk, talk, smile and even fight. Learn to do everything.~~<br />~~ '''Nikita:''' What for?~~<br />~~ '''Bob:''' To serve your country.~~<br />~~ '''Nikita:''' What if I don't want to?~~<br />~~ '''Bob:''' Row 8, Plot 30. }} '''''Nikita''''' is a 1990 French film by [[Luc Besson]] (director of ''[[The Fifth Element]]''). Released in America as ''La Femme Nikita'' (just so everyone would understand it was in French). Nikita (Anne Parillaud) is a young junkie who (along with her friends) holds up a pharmacy and ends up killing a police officer. She's sent to prison and finally sentenced to death via lethal injection. Strapped down to a chair, she's injected...and wakes up to another life. A life working for a shadowy government agency. She will be taught how to kill, how to be a lady, how to be a spy, all in the service of her country. Remade in America as ''Point Ofof No Return'' with Bridget Fonda in the Nikita role. There have been two television adaptations so far: ''[[La Femme Nikita]]'' with Peta Wilson and ''[[Nikita (TV series)\|Nikita]]'' with Maggie Q. ~~----~~ ~~=== Tropes included in this film are: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Ax Crazy]]: Victor the Cleaner. His idea of salvaging an operation gone wrong is simply to shoot as many people as possible. ** And he only gets worse when he suffers a [[Villainous Breakdown]]. Line 25 ⟶ 23: * [[Career Killers]] * [[Cold Sniper]]: In one memoral scene, Nikita has a conversiation with her boyfriend and then carefully snipes a target from within the bathroom of their hotel suite. * [[Contract Onon the Hitman]] * [[Determinator]]: Victor the Cleaner. He doesn't give up, period. {{spoiler\|Which gets him killed.}} * [[The Dog Shot First]]: If you just know the [[La Femme Nikita\|tv show]], then you'll think Nikita was wrongly framed for murder. In the movie, ''she isn't''. * [[Femme Fatale]] * [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: Victor the Cleaner. * [[Impaled Palm]]: ''Nikita'' does this to a policeman early in the film. * [[One -Scene Wonder]]: Jean Reno as the creepy Victor. * [[Pistol Pose]]: One of the posters. * [[Spiritual Successor]]: The character of [[Jean Reno\|Victor the Cleaner]] has a spiritual successor in the later Luc Besson movie ''[[Leon]]'' (although Leon is more sympathetic). * [[The Un -Smile]]: When Nikita is told to smile. * [[~~Womanin~~Woman in Black]]: Nikita herself. A straight example and a subversion at the same time. {{reflist}} [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] [[Category:~~Nikita~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:French Cinema]] [[Category:Luc Besson]]