Movie: Colombiana
Year: 2011
Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller
Director: Olivier Megaton
Stars: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan and Callum Blue

Snapshot of Story:
A young girl witnesses the murder of her family in Bogota by the drug criminals and escapes to the US only to grow up to be a cold-blooded assassin.

Storyline:
Cataleya is played by Zoe Saldana who becomes the sole survivor after witnessing the brutal murder of her family and enters US through a custody program but escapes to live with her uncle in New York. She is so shocked by the deaths and vows to take revenge on the people responsible for her family’s deaths. Her uncle Marco played by Jordi Molla is not impressed by the initial reaction of the girl’s and takes her to a nearby school where he randomly shoots close to a crowd but avoids hitting any civilians. The idea was to inject into Cataleya that shooting and killing is an art form with skills that need to be acquired through schooling.

Fast forward many years and we see Cataleya become the perfect killing machine as she takes on crime syndicate jobs provided by Marco. In between jobs, Cataleya has an affair with a man who is an artist and seeks solace and comfort through his company. The tension between the couple arises as Cataleya is unable to express her own true lifestyle and speaks very little of her past.

In one of the jobs, we see Cataleya plan a job where she cleverly infiltrates a cell in one of the police offices to eliminate a crime pundit. However, Cataleya has a bigger mission outside of this where she tries to hunt down her past killers who murdered her family. The investigator at the killing scene is at odds at how the killing took place and tries to piece together the evidence he has on tape.

Cataleya eventually comes face to face with the gang she has been trying to seek and in an explosive, fast paced scene towards the end of the movie, she finally fulfills her wish.

Final Thoughts:
The movie was a disappointing watch from start to finish, it almost felt that the director was very new to the subject of making crime thrillers. The actual scenes portrayed seemed to have little credibility with the audience such as the random shooting of Marco to teach Cataleya a lesson. Most of the scenes appeared to be contrived and does not convey an engaging plot for which this movie stood for and hence lacked any flow or consistency. This disconnect of the whole movie, though with some good action scenes does leave a good impression with the movie-goers. Even the relationship between Cataleya and her lover leaves the viewer’s wanting more.

Rating:
5.5/10

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