A high-gloss thriller from director-writer Luc Besson about the transformation of a sociopathic punk into a beautiful, enigmatic spy.
After casually shooting a policeman during a bungled robbery attempt, Nikita (Parillaud) is tried and sentenced to death. Her nihilism lands her the chance to forego her sentence, in return for agreeing to work as an undercover government agent/hit-person. During several years of training in a
mysterious high-tech compound, Nikita begins by exuding attitude--i.e. biting the ear of her karate instructor--but finally shapes up as an operative and is "released" into the world for a series of sleek, if farfetched assignments.