La protégée

Richard Wenk's mostly uninspiring screenplay doesn't attempt anything too inventive and does include some regrettable nothings like "He's a bad man who's done very bad things." 

This umpteenth reworking of "La Femme Nikita" -- whom Q played on TV -- never lands as either character study or action extravaganza.

A trio of game actors (including Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton) and Bond director Martin Campbell find fresh angles on this familiar assassin story.

Sans a compelling marriage of danger and eroticism, much of the third-act suspense fails to captivate.

The Protégé runs the gamut of being a slick, formulaic, and sometimes stupid action thriller - and perhaps that's exactly what you're looking for.

Maggie Q is so good that that it elevates one's expectations, but for the most part The Protégé fails to deliver.

La vengeance s'exprime sous les traits d'une femme à deux visages qui n'ont font après tout qu'un seul. Quant au Protégé français du titre original, il renvoit à un Vietnam aux sources colonialiste, dont celles de la France.

Dans ce film, on tue et on se massacre sans compter. Ça tire de partout, ça se bat comme des déchaînés, ça explose, ça se torture sans bon sens.

Dommage, car la réalisation de Martin Campbell est soignée et parfois même inventive, surtout dans les scènes d'action.