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Release Date:
19 March 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Government gave her a choice. Death. Or life as an assassin. Now, there's no turning back.
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A gang of armed drug-addicts break into a chemist shop to try and steal drugs to fuel their habit. However...
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An excellent example of Hollywood's ability to ruin a good movie concept.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bridget Fonda | ... | Maggie Hayward - Claudia Anne Doran - Nina |
 | Gabriel Byrne | ... | Bob |
 | Dermot Mulroney | ... | J.P. |
 | Miguel Ferrer | ... | Kaufman |
 | Anne Bancroft | ... | Amanda |
 | Olivia d'Abo | ... | Angela |
 | Richard Romanus | ... | Fahd Bahktiar |
 | Harvey Keitel | ... | Victor the Cleaner |
| Lorraine Toussaint | ... | Beth |
 | Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Drugstore Owner |
| Mic Rodgers | ... | Cop |
 | Michael Rapaport | ... | Big Stan |
| Ray Oriel | ... | Burt |
| Spike McClure | ... | Johnny D |
| Lieux Dressler | ... | Johnny's Mom |
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Also Known As:
The Assassin (Australia) (International: English title) (UK) (USA) (video title)
Girl No. 5 (USA) (working title)
The Assassin - (Point of No Return) (UK) (DVD box title)
The Specialist (USA) (working title)
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Girl No. 5 (USA) (working title)
The Assassin - (Point of No Return) (UK) (DVD box title)
The Specialist (USA) (working title)
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109 min | Germany:104 min (TV version) | Turkey:101 min (TV version)
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Colour (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Singapore:NC-16 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Portugal:M/16 |
Finland:K-16 (re-rating) (uncut) (1993) |
Finland:K-16 (DVD) (cut) (1999) |
Finland:K-18 (original rating) (uncut) (1993) |
Germany:16 (heavily cut) |
Philippines:R-18 |
USA:R (certificate #32163) |
Argentina:13 |
France:-12 |
Germany:18 |
Norway:15 |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
Australia:M |
Iceland:16
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Filmed in sequence.
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Continuity: In the bathroom she drops the gun in the water full of bubbles, but she never put bubbles in.
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I WANT A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL
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An excellent example of Hollywood's ability to ruin a good movie concept. The original version ('La Femme Nikita') was far more gritty and realistic. The main character is offered a choice between death, or the life of an assassin. As such, she spends most of the film trying to find a way out of her situation. Unfortunately the overuse of high-tech props, sets and special effects have made the entire experience so sanitised that by the end of the film I found myself wishing that a corrupt government would come and kidnap me.