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Nikita (2010)

Nikita poster
Genre
action film, action television series, drama fiction
Country
United States
Length
4 seasons, 73 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 537 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former agent now works to take down a secret government organization that trained her as an assassin. She targets their operations while protecting a new recruit trapped in the same system.

tenseaction-packedgrittyfast-pacedstylishdramaticedgyrevenge-driven

What happens

Nikita is an American action thriller drama television series that aired on the CW from September 9, 2010, to December 27, 2013, in the United States. The series is an adaptation of Luc Besson's French film La Femme Nikita, the second such adaptation after the 1997 Canadian TV series La Femme Nikita. The series focuses on Nikita (Maggie Q), a woman who escaped from a secret government-funded organization known as "Division" and, after a three-year hiding period, is back to bring down the organization. The main cast in various seasons features Q, Lyndsy Fonseca, Shane West, Aaron Stanford, Melinda Clarke, Xander Berkeley, Noah Bean, Tiffany Hines, Ashton Holmes, Dillon Casey, and Devon Sawa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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