Fresh
Begins with the materials of a violent thriller but transcends them with the story of the heroine's transformation.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Overview
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
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89%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[Besson] seems to like playing off the generic, though he probably thinks of it as working with the mythic, the classic.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Fresh
If Luc Besson's latest goes into absurd overdrive, it does so with entertaining finesse.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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