Colombiana
Seen it?2011 | 108 min | Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 28% on Rotten Tomatoes, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved Kill Bill: Vol. 2, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 48 min.
- What might put you off
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
28% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
6.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$72 million worldwide on a $40 million budget; spent 1 week in Netflix's global Top 10; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 272K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Olivier Megaton
- Zoe SaldañaCataleya Restrepo
- Cliff CurtisEmilio
- Callum BlueRichard
- Michael VartanDanny Delanay
- Lennie JamesSpecial Agent Ross
- Amandla StenbergCataleya Restrepo (Age10)
- Graham McTavishHead Marshall Warren
- Jesse BorregoFabio
- Cynthia Addai-RobinsonAlicia
- Ofelia MedinaMama