Half the dialogue between these dirtbags is devoted to her near-invisibility, and all of it's awful: "She's like mist," apparently.
- Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph, September 09, 2011
Even the talented Saldana can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear - much less a dog's dinner.
- David Hughes, Empire Magazine, September 09, 2011
Occasionally enjoyable in a silly way, but I have to say Besson's preoccupation with the little-girl-becomes-killer trope is looking a little unwholesome.
- Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK], September 08, 2011
Tiresome and unconvincing.
- Tom Huddleston, Time Out, September 07, 2011
Colombiana never successfully builds off the emotions established in its strong opening.
- Tom Brennan, Dark Horizons, September 06, 2011
Often improbable, sometimes ludicrous, but frequently exciting.
- Michael Wilmington, Chicago Reader, September 01, 2011
Possibly worth seeing if you are 13.
- Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice, August 31, 2011
There's bad acting all around, but you can't fully blame the performers. The dialogue needed a writer to come in and punch it up - the lines sound like placeholders.
- David Edelstein, New York Magazine, August 29, 2011
Colombiana isn't the last word in action movies, but it's a fun ride.
- Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 28, 2011
Megaton blows things up, demolishes a fruit market, and throws in some parkour foot-chases as if he's completing a checklist.
- Wesley Morris, Boston Globe, August 28, 2011
Colombiana isn't completely dreadful, if you ignore the holes in its Swiss cheese of a plot.
- Peter Howell, Toronto Star, August 28, 2011
We all love a steamy pile of frivolous nonsense now and then, but it has to move quickly or we lose interest, like a joke that stops being funny.
- Eric D. Snider, Film.com, August 27, 2011
It turns into the same silly stuff we've seen before, a dish of revenge served not so much cold as reheated.
- Keith Staskiewicz, Entertainment Weekly, August 26, 2011
As straight exploitation, it's amusing, in fits and starts. It's just that "Colombiana" lacks the kinetic energy of "The Transporter" and the pathos of "La Femme Nikita."
- Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel, August 26, 2011
Luc Besson keeps ralphing up scripts about beautiful lady killers, but that doesn't mean you have to keep seeing them.
- Kyle Smith, New York Post, August 26, 2011
Zoe Saldana makes being an action hero look so easy in "Colombiana," you have to wonder why more actresses don't try it.
- Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News, August 26, 2011
Luc Besson has decided to make one for the girls.
- Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, August 26, 2011
This is a showy flower of an action film. Saldana doesn't get much of a chance to emote, but her action skills blossom.
- Claudia Puig, USA Today, August 25, 2011
There are some early comic moments that have you laughing along with the movie, but eventually the clashing tones and preposterousness just have you laughing.
- Mike Hale, New York Times, August 25, 2011
All killers should look this good doing their dirty work. It'd be a better world.
- Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies, August 25, 2011
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