Colombiana

Colombiana
A woman holding a gun in two hands, as if in prayer.
French theatrical release poster
Directed byOlivier Megaton
Written byLuc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen
Produced byLuc Besson
Ariel Zeitoun
Starring
CinematographyRomain Lacourbas
Edited byCamille Delamarre
Music byNathaniel Méchaly
Production
companies
Distributed byEuropaCorp Distribution
Release dates
  • 27 July 2011 (2011-07-27) (France)
  • 26 August 2011 (2011-08-26) (United States)
  • 9 September 2011 (2011-09-09) (United Kingdom)
Running time
108 minutes[1]
CountryFrance
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$40 million
Box office$63.4 million

Colombiana is a 2011 French English-language action thriller film co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton. The film stars Zoe Saldaña[2] with supporting roles by Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis, Lennie James, Callum Blue, and Jordi Mollà. The film is about Cataleya, a nine-year-old girl in Colombia whose family is killed by a drug lord. Fifteen years later, a grown Cataleya seeks her revenge.

The film had a generally unfavorable reception from critics, but Saldaña's performance and action sequences were praised. It grossed $63.4 million against a $40 million production budget.

  1. ^ "COLOMBIANA (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  2. ^ Mintzer, Jordan (26 July 2011). "Colombiana: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 August 2011.