Luc Besson’s “Anna” wrapped photography in December 2017. Less than three months later, Fox released “Red Sparrow,” an extra-icy Cold War thriller about a Russian ballerina (played by Jennifer ...

It’s a little strange that, in this era defined by reboots and reimaginings of virtually every viable 90s property, Luc Besson couldn’t just simply remake La Femme Nikita. But then again, maybe he has ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Luc Besson made a movie where a beautiful, waifish young woman is also a gun-wielding badass with deadly physical prowess. To ...

Ah, the ’90s. A time when the French gave us shiny, shallow cinéma du look, and films like La Femme Nikita somehow passed as odes to female empowerment—stiletto heels, fishnet stockings, and all.

Opens Friday at major theatres. 119 minutes. 14A Luc Besson shamelessly repeats himself with the female assassin thriller Anna, having been down this road before with La Femme Nikita, Léon: The ...

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Filmmaker Luc Besson, who has crafted such major action franchises as La Femme Nikita, Léon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, and Taken, returned to the action thriller genre back in 2019 with ...

After taking us into the vast universe with «Valerian», Besson drew inspiration for his latest film from one of his most iconic works: «Nikita». Hidden behind Anna Poliatova's stunning beauty lies a ...