Zoe Saldaña
Cataleya
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Colombiana
2011
- PG-132011 · Action · 1h 52m
Aug 26, 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.
- (108K)
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Olivier Megaton
- 2011-08-26
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In 1992, in Bogota, Colombia, drug baron Don Luis Sandoval sends his enforcer Marco and a gang of armed men to kill his associate Fabio Restrepo and his family because Fabio has defied him by trying to leave his criminal life behind. Fabio gives his nine-year-old daughter, Cataleya, a SmartMedia computer memory card loaded with information on Don L...
Zoe Saldaña as Cataleya Restrepo / Valerie Phillips / Jennifer "Jen", a contract killer who witnessed her parents being murdered when she was nine years old. Consumed by a desire for revenge, she l...The script for Colombiana was based on Mathilda, which was originally written by Luc Besson as a sequel to Léon: The Professional. After a disagreement with the Gaumont Film Companyon how to proceed with the film, Besson and director Olivier Megaton reworked the script into a standalone film. Filming began in August 2010 in locations including Chic...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 27% rating based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of 4.90/10. The site's consensus states "Zoe Saldana has the chops but she's taken out by erratic and sloppy filmmaking." On Metacriticthe film has a score of 45% based on reviews from 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Christy Lemire of The Associated Press reviewed Colombiana, writing that "The director of La Femme Nikita and The Fifth Element serves as co-writer and producer here, but...
Controversy
A nonprofit group called PorColombia criticized the film, saying that it stereotyped Colombia in a negative way. Carlos Macias, president of PorColombia, claimed that the film is proof of a "total lack of creativity" in "Hollywood". When asked about the situation in an interview, Saldaña said "Shame on them? I don't know, I wish I knew how to address stupid unintelligent comments but I don't, I'm not a stupid person." In his review in Senses of Cinema, David Martin-Jones named and analyzed a...
Box office
Colombiana debuted in second place in its first week at the U.S. box office with $10,408,176 behind The Help. It stayed No. 2 until 31 August 2011, when it went down to No. 3 behind The Help and The Debt.The film has made $36,665,854 in the United States and Canada, and $24,300,000 internationally, bringing its total to $60,965,854 worldwide.
At the 2015 CineEurope, when the production house EuropaCorp announced upcoming films, it mentioned that Colombiana 2 was in development. While Saldaña responded to an interviewer, in 2017, that she wouldn't mind reprising her role as Cataleya,as of 2019 there has been no further news from EuropaCorp to suggest a sequel is forthcoming.
Colombiana at IMDbColombiana at AllMovieColombiana at Box Office MojoColombiana: Europa Corp and the Ambiguous Geopolitics of the Action Movie at Senses of CinemaAug 26, 2011 · Colombiana. PG-13 Released Aug 26, 2011 1h 47m Action Mystery & Thriller Drama List. 27% Tomatometer 106 Reviews 67% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings In 1992 Bogota, a little girl (Amandla...
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- Olivier Megaton
- PG-13
- Zoe Saldana
Bogota, Columbia. Fabio is speaking to Don Luis, a drug lord and his boss. Fabio wants to quit, but Don Luis tells Marco (Jordi Molla) to shoot Fabio. No one leaves the cartel. Fabio is leaving the country with wife Alicia & daughter Cataleya.
Colombiana. AMC Presents: After witnessing her parents being murdered by the mob, 10-year-old Cataleya sets off on a 15-year journey for revenge that takes her across the world. 8,978 IMDb 6.4 1 h 48 min 2011. X-Ray PG-13. Action · Suspense · Gritty · Tense. Free trial of AMC+, rent, or buy. Watch with AMC+. Start your 7-day free trial. Rent.
About this movie. Colombiana is a 2011 American action film, co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton. The film revolves around a young woman Cataleya (Zoe...
Aug 26, 2011 · Watch Now. Colombiana (2011) PG-13 08/26/2011 (US) Action , Thriller , Crime , Drama 1h 48m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. Revenge is beautiful. Overview. After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin.
