Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Michael Ledo Zoe's parents are killed by a fellow drug dealer in Columbia. As the assassins confront this 10 year old girl, she makes a daring "Spiderman" escape. She ends up in Chicago where she is raised by her uncle. "I want to be a warrior-princess," she says. She wants to be a killer.We flash forward to her adulthood. Zoe has become a killer and she leaves a calling card by drawing a rare orchid on the victim, a sign of her family. Her goal, to the dismay of her uncle, is to draw out the man who killed her parents...who has the backing of the CIA.Lennie James plays Ross, a sharp FBI investigator, who is in charge of finding the the rare orchid killer.Zoe's ability reminded me a bit of Jolie in "Salt." While Zoe is leggy and sexy, don't get you hopes up, as the camera angel remains pure while she showers and changes. I found the action scenes to be 5 stars. The scenes with Lennie James were also excellent. The filler drama material of Zoe's life outside of the action scenes was not well scripted and I lost interest waiting for something to happen.Eventually the plot and subplot comes together in a most entertaining way as we find out that Zoe knows how to take charge.The biggest disaster of the movie was the closing soundtrack. I mean really. That was the best they could do?Good action, fair drama

mmpatriot We just bought this movie and WE LOVED IT! Oh.... my... gosh! My husband and I are always looking for a movie that really get to us and this movie did just that. This is exactly the type of movie that we enjoy. We got rid of our satellite TV connection and we only watch movies. No commercial TV. We invest in movies that we believe that we can watch over and overZoe, this was YOUR movie. You were so good. You should have been Catwoman. You were SO GOOD. I loved the way the movie played out and the situations. I LOVED not knowing HOW you (your character) did what you did. You are beautiful and I loved your determination. This was such a great movie and I want everyone to see it. If you have a brain in your head. . . WATCH THIS MOVIE.Oh, my gosh, I really loved it.

davekeanu I was a fan of Zoe she is beautiful and great for an actress. She was great in Star Track and about arravege in Guess who. When I saw this movie when I was on a holiday in Bali Aka south east Asia it appeared on TV. Since I had nothing else better to do I diced to watch at I thought It was going to be boring but I kind of liked it. I don't get it why this movie is so much hate I think its a great movie and one of the better movies I seen so Think you give this movie another chance because it will surprise you in many different ways. Overall another great film you should go and watch it won't let you down 8/10

brchthethird COLOMBIANA, while a highly entertaining revenge film with a strong female lead, is let down by clichéd storytelling and lack of character development. The story is about Cataleya, a woman whose parents were murdered when she was a child. She then becomes an assassin who sets out to avenge her parents' deaths. As far as the action is concerned, I was pleasantly surprised that Olivier Megaton reined in his tendency to over-shoot and edit. The action sequences were all well put-together and comprehensible, although a final act fight scene in a bathroom kind of dipped back into what I generally don't like about modern action sequences. As far as acting was concerned, nobody gave a bad performance (even the actress who played young Cataleya), but it's a shame that they had such a poor script to work with. The weakest part of this movie, and what really does it in, is the story. The audience is never given a window into who Cataleya is or even care aside from the fact that her parents were murdered in front of her. As an adult, she is emotionally distant and has very little personality. Sure, you could say that it's part of the character but I didn't find it very compelling. There's also the issue of everything in the plot being implausible and convoluted. Again, this is escapist entertainment but a lot of those elements really took me out of the movie. Ultimately, though, I had a decent time. The film is by no means boring, but there are a lot of better ones which tackle similar subject matter, e.g., Luc Besson's Leon, to which this is perhaps too similar.