So very, very dated. Hey why not throw some more of those zany SAX SOLOS in there? Reno was this movie's only saving grace.

Stylish, extremely enjoyable.

Movie from back when Besson's name was synonym to great tracking shots, style that was cooler than Antarctica and synth soundtracks by Serra. This movie was remade, referenced and ripped off so many times that seeing it now for the first time it's hard to fully appreciate the story. Nikita is a modern femme fatale, and there are enough action and style to please even the biggest snob.

Though a minor work in comparison to his own more emotionally rich Leon, Besson's Nikita is precisely the kind of fluid, lucid, vibrantly aestheticised thriller the filmmaker's perfect for. It isn't especially deep, but damn does it fly by with flair and intrigue. It hardly feels as long as it is.

Only slightly disappointing; Parillaud is electric in the lead role, and Tcheky Karyo is awesome.

That Besson-inherent cheese is present in any sort of intimacy this movie tries to attain. It's pretty uninsulting stuff, though. Harmless. Seeing a 70 mm print of this was a pleasant experience

Liked it but didn't love it. The psychological elements of it are interesting enough, how Nikita loses her individuality because of a coersive government. I think the blue tint works well enough, but there were some quirky parts I didn't care for that made it all seem just... really silly and it didn't really seem like the right movie for that. The action, when it happens, is pretty good too. Jean Reno = Awesome.

Jean Reno single-handedly elevates this to being good. That guy is a badass. All of the attempts to establish Nikita as this "wild" character were pretty laughable. Random outbursts of anger, her unintimidating gang and let's not forget the cliched drug addiction. Despite all this, it has some solid action scenes and the Jean Reno scenes alone make it worth watching.