"Little Nikita" is a highly addictive film and it makes for compelling viewing from beginning to end. Richard Benjamin appears to have forsaken his own acting career in favour of pursuing directing instead and he has certainly selected a very wise choice of material this time around. Benjamin's career as an actor has often reflected that of someone like Clint Eastwood in a lot of ways. They only specialised in playing a particular type of character for the most part and this undoubtedly restricted their choices principally because they may not have coincided with audience expectations concerning what they might have wanted to see them appearing in, but they have now successfully managed to extend their range into other genres as a director and apparently with great acclaim. Hopefully this is a trend which will continue well into the future.
An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.
Quick Stats
6.1
TMDB Rating
121
Votes
1h 38m
Runtime
$15.0M
Budget
$1.7M
Box Office
12%
Return
Key Crew
DirectorRichard Benjamin
WriterBo Goldman
CinematographyLászló Kovács
ComposerMarvin Hamlisch
EditorJacqueline Cambas
Production DesignGene Callahan
Produced by
Columbia Pictures
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