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* SpiritualSuccessor: The movie began life as a sequel to ''[[Film/TheProfessional Leon: The Professional]]'' and mainly centered around a grown-up Mathilda Lando becoming a "cleaner" much like her deceased mentor Leon Montana as well as [[CanonWelding being set in the same universe]] as ''[[Film/{{Nikita}} La Femme Nikita]]'', but was changed into something else over the years due to Gaumont holding the intellectual rights to the property and Luc Besson leaving the company after the failure of 1998's ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc''.
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** This isn't the only Besson movie to have a Marvel actress in the lead role. ''Film/{{Lucy}}'' had Creator/ScarlettJohansson (Black Widow) portray the titular character and ''Film/TheProfessional'' would be the first major onscreen role for Creator/NataliePortman who would go on to portray Jane Foster in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' the same year ''Colombiana'' came out. [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guess which Marvel movie that Zoe Saldana would eventually be cast]].

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** This isn't the only Besson movie to have a Marvel actress in the lead role. ''Film/{{Lucy}}'' had Creator/ScarlettJohansson (Black Widow) portray the titular character and ''Film/TheProfessional'' would be the first major onscreen role for Creator/NataliePortman who would go on to portray Jane Foster in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' the same year ''Colombiana'' came out. [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Guess which Marvel movie that Zoe Saldana would eventually be cast]].
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* MagnificentBitch: [[ProfessionalKiller Cataleya Restrapo]] is an assassin seeking revenge against [[BigBad Don Luis]] for the death of her parents. Cataleya shows tenacity even as a child, as she manages to evade all of Don Luis' thugs chasing her and eventually makes her way to America. Over the years, Cataleya leaves a trail of corpses, each the result of meticulous assassinations to draw out Don Luis, racking up a body count of over 20. When the FBI close in on her, Cataleya demonstrates her on-the-feet nature as she manages to evade them from her apartment. With the death of her uncle Emilio, Cataleya storms Don Luis' compound, catching them all off guard and slaughters all of them. Despite Don Luis' taunting efforts to escape, Cataleya reveals that she left a trap for him, resulting in his demise, her revenge complete and giving herself a chance to start a new life.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/JohnnyCash's cover of [[Music/NineInchNails “Hurt”]] plays over the end credits.
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** This isn't the only Besson movie to have a future Marvel actress in the lead role. ''Film/{{Lucy}}'' had Creator/ScarlettJohansson (Black Widow) portray the titular character and ''Film/TheProfessional'' would be the first major onscreen role for Creator/NataliePortman who would go on to portray Jane Foster in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' the same year ''Colombiana'' came out. [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guess which Marvel movie that Zoe Saldana would eventually be cast]].

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** This isn't the only Besson movie to have a future Marvel actress in the lead role. ''Film/{{Lucy}}'' had Creator/ScarlettJohansson (Black Widow) portray the titular character and ''Film/TheProfessional'' would be the first major onscreen role for Creator/NataliePortman who would go on to portray Jane Foster in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' the same year ''Colombiana'' came out. [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guess which Marvel movie that Zoe Saldana would eventually be cast]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: The uncle raised Cataleya into a TykeBomb. His actor did the same thing in ''Film/TheLastAirbender.''

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The uncle raised Cataleya into a TykeBomb. His actor did the same thing in ''Film/TheLastAirbender.''''
** This isn't the only Besson movie to have a future Marvel actress in the lead role. ''Film/{{Lucy}}'' had Creator/ScarlettJohansson (Black Widow) portray the titular character and ''Film/TheProfessional'' would be the first major onscreen role for Creator/NataliePortman who would go on to portray Jane Foster in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' the same year ''Colombiana'' came out. [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guess which Marvel movie that Zoe Saldana would eventually be cast]].



* SlowPacedBeginning: The movie spends thirty minutes of its one hour and forty eight minute runtime showing how Catlaleya reaches the United States and finds her uncle. The movie only really gets going after the time skip.
* SpiritualAdaptation: It's basically the ''ComicBook/{{Huntress}}'' movie in all but name.

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* SlowPacedBeginning: The movie spends thirty minutes of its one hour and forty eight forty-eight minute runtime showing how Catlaleya reaches the United States and finds her uncle. The movie only really gets going after the time skip.
* SpiritualAdaptation: It's basically the a ''ComicBook/{{Huntress}}'' movie in all but name.
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* ArcFatigue: As noted below, Cataleya's journey to find Emilio takes up too much screentime.


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* SlowPacedBeginning: The movie spends thirty minutes of its one hour and forty eight minute runtime showing how Catlaleya reaches the United States and finds her uncle. The movie only really gets going after the time skip.
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%%* DesignatedLoveInterest: Danny
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* SpiritualAdaptation: It's basically the ''ComicBook/{{Huntress}}'' movie in all but name.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/TheHungerGames Rue]] was a young Cataleya. The second [[TV/SpartacusBloodandSand Naevia]] played Cataleya's mother.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/TheHungerGames Rue]] was a young Cataleya. The second [[TV/SpartacusBloodandSand [[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Naevia]] played Cataleya's mother.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/TheHungerGames Rue]] was a young Cataleya.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/TheHungerGames Rue]] was a young Cataleya. The second [[TV/SpartacusBloodandSand Naevia]] played Cataleya's mother.
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* FreudWasRight: She sucks on a lollipop while cleaning her guns in one scene. Subtle as the day is long.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/TheHungerGames Rue]] was a young Cataleya.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The uncle raised Cataleya into a TykeBomb. His actor did the same thing in ''Film/TheLastAirbender.''
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* FreudWasRight: She sucks on a lollipop while cleaning her guns in one scene. Subtle as the day is long.

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* FreudWasRight: She sucks on a lollipop while cleaning her guns in one scene. Subtle as the day is long.long.
* RomanticPlotTumor: The movie goes through a lot of trouble to highlight the relationship between Cataleya and Danny--when the audience has no idea how or when these two characters even got together.
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* FreudWasRight: She sucks on a lollipop while cleaning her guns in one scene. Subtle as the day is long.

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