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Overview

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5.6/10   9,084 votes
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Director:
John Badham
Writers (WGA):
Luc Besson (film La Femme Nikita)
Robert Getchell (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 March 1993 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Government gave her a choice. Death. Or life as an assassin. Now, there's no turning back.
Plot:
A gang of armed drug-addicts break into a chemist shop to try and steal drugs to fuel their habit. However... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Actress Anne Bancroft Dies at 73
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Actress Anne Bancroft Dies at 73
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User Comments:
Violent, stupid but enjoyable more

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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Additional Details

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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Runtime:
109 min | Germany:104 min (TV version) | Turkey:101 min (TV version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-16 (DVD) (cut) (1999) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) (uncut) (1993) | 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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Trivia:
Cameo: [Michael W. Watkins]last guard at the gate during the escape. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the scene with the cleaner's car hanging of the cliff the rear wheels are off the ground spinning while both he and Nina are underneath. After the shot of Nina pressing the cleaner's arm into the rear tire the next shot shows the left front tire spinning in the dirt. Mustang's don't come with all wheel drive. more
Quotes:
Victor: I'm Victor. I'm the cleaner. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Killing Floor (2007) more
Soundtrack:
BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HAIR more

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23 out of 29 people found the following comment useful:-
Violent, stupid but enjoyable, 12 October 1999
8/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Yes, it's a bad remake of La Femme Nikita--yes, it's overly violent and amoral (but so was the original)--yes, it's REALLY stupid, but I enjoyed it. It moves quickly, Fonda manages to give out a pretty good performance and it's certainly never boring. If you can turn off your brain, and sit through bursts of graphic violence (and a really sick sequence involving Harvey Keitel as "The Cleaner") you should be able to enjoy it. No great movie, just a really good bad movie. Critics predictably hated this movie. There's a now infamous review from the "New Yorker" magazine that's only 9 words long--"The end of French cinema as we know it." Ignore them--this is lots of fun.

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