Three action films. There very different action heroes

Men's Fitness, August, 2003

THREE ACTION
FILMS. THREE
VERY DIFFERENT
ACTION HEROES.

THE FLICKS        DIE ANOTHER DAY              THE TRANSPORTER

THE PREMISE       007 embarks on yet another   A transporter of illegal
                  quest to save the world      goods lands himself in a
                  from a madman bent on        whole heap of trouble
                  global domination. Wait,     when he breaks his
                  didn't Sean already do       self-imposed rule: Don't
                  that?                        open the package.

THE HERO          Bond. James Bond. Pierce     Frank Martin, an
                  Brosnan cuts a charismatic   ex-military commando
                  swath while kicking ass in   played with street-smart
                  his fourth outing as 007.    cool by Jason Statham.

THE BAD GUYS      Gustav Graves, the           Wall Street, the slick
                  genetically altered          and sadistic leader of
                  persona of a rogue Korean    an international
                  army colonel who wants to    slave-trading
                  reunite North and South      organization.
                  Korea under his rule.

THE BABE FACTOR   CIA agent Jinx (played by    The mysterious and
                  the eye-popping Halle        lovely Lai, who
                  Berry), who joins forces     manipulates Martin into
                  with Bond to take down       helping her bust up the
                  Graves.                      slave-traders' gig.

THE SKILLS        Bond pilots a hovercraft     Martin has driving
                  while dispensing             skills Jeff Gordon would
                  machine-gun mayhem, fences   kill for and Jet
                  like Robin Hood, and gets    Li-quality martial arts
                  into women's beds faster     moves, and he can
                  than you can say license     sky-dive onto the top of
                  to thrill.                   a speeding freight
                                               truck.

THE ONE-LINERS    Miranda Frost, Graves'       Wall Street: "Mr.
                  sexy PA: "I take it Mr.      Transporter, we can both
                  Bond's been explaining his   agree, I answered your
                  big bang theory." Jinx:      first question politely.
                  "Oh, yeah, I think I got     I won't answer any more.
                  the thrust of it."           So I suggest you kill me
                                               right now--and go screw
                                               yourself."

THE EXTRAS        "Making of" documentaries;   Deleted fight scenes;
                  audio commentaries; music    audio commentary;
                  video; trailers; tons        "making of" featurette;
                  more; letterbox; 5.1 Dolby   letterbox and
                  Surround.'                   full-screen versions;
                                               5.1 Dolby Surround.

THE CULPRITS      MGM Home Entertainment;      Fox Home Entertainment;
                  $29.98; available at         $27.98; Available at
                  Suncoast Video and Best      Suncoast Video and Best
                  Buy.                         Buy.

THE FLICKS        LA FEMME NIKITA

THE PREMISE       A junkie cop killer is spared
                  execution and transformed into
                  a top-shelf assassin for a spooky
                  government agency.

THE HERO          Nikita, just an everyday girl who
                  happens to know how to kill you
                  six ways to Sunday. Played tough
                  and sexy by French actress Anne
                  Parillaud.

THE BAD GUYS      Assorted Eurotrash crime lords
                  who break laws six ways to
                  Sunday. (Hey, you could say
                  Nikita's hits are just public-service
                  acts.)

THE BABE FACTOR   Nikita is the tough-as-nails hero
                  and the bitchin' babe.

THE SKILLS        Nikita combines junkyard-dog
                  fighting skills--like ear biting
                  and 'nad kicking--with the
                  smooth moves of a professional
                  hit woman.

THE ONE-LINERS    The head of the agency, as he
                  reluctantly signs Nikita's release
                  papers: "I can't stand you. I
                  would have let you die. So toe
                  the line. You won't be warned."

THE EXTRAS        "Making of" documentaries;
                  trailer; poster/still gallery;
                  letterbox; 5.1 Dolby Surround.

THE CULPRITS      MGM Home Entertainment;
                  $24.98; available at Suncoast
                  Video and Best Buy.