
This is a neat setup but really made no sense. However, something odd happens-her death in prison is faked and she wakes up in a training center for assassins and spies. Not surprisingly, she's sentenced to a very lengthy prison term. She is nasty, violent and completely antisocial. Throughout the next 20 minutes or so, the surviving druggie, Nikita, behaves like she is either psychotic or possessed. One of the druggies survives and is indicted on several counts of murder. The police arrive and several of them are also killed.

Some druggies break into a pharmacy and soon a bloodbath ensues. The film begins with a very violent and senseless crime. Still, I recommend you see it because the story is quite original. Well, I liked it.but didn't love it mostly because of some logical problems early in the film. And, it's correct to say it's a bit of a cult film and a lot of folks like this film.

"La Femme Nikita" spawned an American remake and a television series. Reviewed by MartinHafer 7 / 10 A lotta folks loved this one. Now-with a new set of skills, a new identity, and lethally sophisticated looks-Nikita is the ultimate weapon and the perfect puppet for doing the government's dirty work however, what happens if this trained killer chooses love over death?-Nick Riganas

Hopeless, Nikita is given a new lease of life, when she reluctantly exchanges her doomed fate for a secret government program that promises to mould her into a cold-blooded assassin under the wing of her sadistic mentor, Bob. An urgent life-or-death dilemma befalls Nikita-the feral street girl and violent drug addict-after killing a police officer at point blank.
