Columbiana: The Review

Columbiana [2011]

Columbiana Movie Poster

SO I recently just watched the movie Columbiana and finally finished it. In total, I did the movie in four parts; which is not to say the movie is bad but more to say that people kept distracting me from finishing. Anyway, here's my review.

Synopsis:
So it's a movie about this little Latina girl that watches her parents get murdered as a child (this is all start-of-the-movie information). She runs away and spends the rest of her life plotting revenge, and I mean revenge. This girl has the vendetta of a life and she trains and works her way up to being the smart, sexy assassin that all males who watch this movie will want to see.

Next you see her as an adult, they kind of give you a good de-briefing on the years that passed, and then the action starts. Let's put it this way, the action at the beginning is kind of uninteresting, but the action at the end is really awesome. So if you wanna see a child with a vendetta, then this is your movie. Think Kill Bill but sexy Latina.

The Verdict: 3.5 / 5 Stars
I think there are some very simple ways to sum up the plot of this movie. In fact, to be honest the synopsis I have given is probably the perfect way to say the entire movie without telling exactly what happens. There's sex, there's killings, there's cool action and cool stealth, but all and all there's not much more on the thickening plot. Still, I enjoyed the action and the character actually kept me engaged the whole way through the movie (I actually really liked her and that's going beyond her external beauty). And the ending to the movie left a lot to be desired, which I actually liked too. I liked the loose ending.

My personal opinion about this movie is that it's not going to win any awards, some of the acting was meh, and the camera work could have been better (especially at the beginning). The title could have been worked on a bit more too, since most of the film takes place in America. Still, there's great action, a sexy girl with an awesome personality, and the vendetta angle really played out for me. I give it a 3.5 / 5 stars.