Colombiana: Blu Ray review
Colombiana
Rating: M
Released by Roadshow Entertainment
Zoe Saldana heads into the territory of the vengeful female, a
trail which has been blazed by the likes of La Femme Nikita and
Leon.
She stars as Cataleya, who, as a young girl growing up in Colombia,
saw her mother and father killed off by a Colombian cartel. So
ending up in the USA, she takes up with uncle Tio (Cliff Curtis)
who decides to help when she pleads with him to become a
killer.
However, as Cataleya edges ever closer to wiping out targets from
the cartel to draw out Mr Big, she attracts the attention of Lennie
James' FBI agent - and an artist who falls in love with her.
If you're after a kick ass babe with guns and an attitude but
little emotional depth, then Colombiana is for you. I'm actually
surprised how much I bought into this film despite the at times
ludicrous plot developments.
That's because Zoe Saldana delivers a focused performance which
delivers the action but little emoting - and also because Luc
Besson was involved too.
Colombiana is a taut action thriller, with the prerequisite bangs
and whistles - and explosions - and is perfectly serviceable for
these rainy summer days we're getting. And it scores for the Xena
reference subtly thrown in too.
Rating: 7/10
