Colombiana (Olivier Megaton, 2011)

Luc Besson protege Megaton made himself into a brand when he changed his name, promising a payload of massive explosions and sledgehammer violence, and Colombiana continues along this path, investing almost totally in fighting, which is admittedly effectively realised. Attention paid to anything else is at the minimum level required to shunt the viewer from one choreographed setpiece to another, of course, the plot model picked off the rack being the 'revenge for murdered parents' one. Waifish Zoe Saldana does her best to convince as the avenging angel, managing less well when the character is encumbered with a few weepy scenes to underline her pain. I do wonder why co-writer Besson didn't help the director out with a few pointers in providing emotional content too, since Megaton's effort is just a dumber copy of his 1990 action classic Nikita.

3/10