Colombiana (2011)

Colombiana: Directed by Olivier Megaton. With Zoe Saldana, Jordi Mollà, Lennie James, Amandla Stenberg. A young girl in Bogotá witnesses her parents’ murder and grows up to be a stone-cold assassin.

“I went to a midnight screening last night at Times Square because Iu0026#39;ve been wanting to see this picture for quite some time. With Colombiana movie posters on every street corner and wall I figured it was going to be a tremendous blockbuster to end the summer with. Didnu0026#39;t exactly end up that way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWith some of the names behind this film, I was surprised at the abundance of cheesy bad guys, predictable scenes, and flat supporting characters. The only thing that moves this story along is Zoe Saldana herself with her tremendous presence on screen and beauty, which is breathtaking. Sheu0026#39;s very believable as a stone-cold assassin, especially the way she sneaks and crawls around with ninja like precision.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s too bad they couldnu0026#39;t place Zoe and her character into a better storyline and provide her with stronger support. Without giving away the ending, thereu0026#39;s also a final fist fight scene in the end which looked like it was filmed and edited by two high-school kids. Isnu0026#39;t this 2011? The technology there was very lacking or done in poor choice.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI still would recommend seeing the movie as its not bad-bad and there are some cool kill scenes, but I wouldnu0026#39;t qualify it as a must-see. The movie is somewhat groundbreaking only for the fact we have a Latina female as the lead role in an action film, hopefully this finally opens to the door for other darker skinned actresses in similar roles, which has been long overdue.”