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Colombiana is a 2011 French English-language action thriller film co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton. The film stars Zoe Saldaña with supporting roles by Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis, Lennie James, Callum Blue, and Jordi Mollà. The film is about Cataleya, a nine-year-old girl in Colombia whose family is killed by a drug lord. Fifteen years later, a grown Cataleya seeks her revenge.

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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.

Released: 2011-07-27108 minDir: Olivier MegatonAction, Thriller, Crime, DramaBudget: $40.0MBox office: $71.5M

Cast

  • 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)

Themes

  • street gang
  • uncle
  • female assassin
  • witness to murder

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Ratings

IMDb

6.4/10

114,741 votes

Year
2011
Runtime
108 min
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama

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Key facts

Film.name
Colombiana
Film.image
Colombiana.jpg
Film.alt
A woman holding a gun in two hands, as if in prayer.
Film.caption
French theatrical release poster
Film.director
Olivier Megaton
Film.writer
Luc BessonRobert Mark Kamen
Film.producer
Luc BessonAriel Zeitoun
Film.cinematography
Romain Lacourbas
Film.editing
Camille Delamarre
Film.music
Nathaniel Méchaly
Film.studio
EuropaCorpTF1 Films ProductionGrive ProductionsCanal+
Film.distributor
EuropaCorp Distribution
Film.runtime
108 minutes
Film.country
France
Film.language
English Spanish
Film.budget
$40 million
Film.gross
$63.5 million

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Plot
  • Cast
  • Production
  • Reception
  • Critical response
  • Controversy
  • Box office
  • Sequel
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Colombiana is a 2011 French English-language action thriller film co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton. The film stars Zoe Saldaña with supporting roles by Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis, Lennie James, Callum Blue, and Jordi Mollà. The film is about Cataleya, a nine-year-old girl in Colombia whose family is killed by a drug lord. Fifteen years later, a grown Cataleya seeks her revenge.

The film had a generally unfavorable reception from critics, but Saldaña's performance and action sequences were praised. It grossed $63.4 million against a $40 million production budget.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colombiana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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