Rotten
Possibly worth seeing if you are 13.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Colombiana
Revenge is beautiful.
2011 · 1h 48m · PG-13
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Olivier Megaton
Overview
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
Director and cast
- Olivier Megaton Director
- Zoe Saldaña as Cataleya Restrepo
- Cliff Curtis as Emilio
- Callum Blue as Richard
- Michael Vartan as Danny Delanay
- Lennie James as Special Agent Ross
- Amandla Stenberg as Cataleya Restrepo (Age10)
- Graham McTavish as Head Marshall Warren
- Jesse Borrego as Fabio
- Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Alicia
- Ofelia Medina as Mama
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Colombiana isn't the last word in action movies, but it's a fun ride.
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Often improbable, sometimes ludicrous, but frequently exciting.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Tiresome and unconvincing.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Rotten
There's bad acting all around, but you can't fully blame the performers. The dialogue needed a writer to come in and punch it up - the lines sound like placeholders.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
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