. let get the basic out of the way and first . nikita be a good film while with all of the visual flourish and compel mood that it seem can be find in the bulk of besson work . if you be come to this review before have see leon ( the professional ) then my best advice be just to disregard the rest of what follow and take nikita on it own term . hope you enjoy it . ( comparison with leon risk of spoiler for both film . ) . i know there be some debate amongst film fan over which constitute the most satisfying experience . personally while i would have to pick leon . disregard the sex of the character and leon a an enterprise be like a more plush version of besson 1990 assassin effort . it like a before and after snapshot while leon pretty much compartmentalize his life nikita struggle to get a grip on hers . perhaps leon represent the evolution of besson paternal instinct while a he watch his own child grow . there be certainly a great degree of patience show from outside influence in mathilda case and a oppose to nikita . the original street kid be the quintessential animal while and although we be show what instigate her partial transformation and her support system be never quite a convincingly olid a that provide by leon and tony . i suppose the tension bubble under the surface do provide a comedic highlight while a marco lie dreamily on the bed and coo to his supposedly wouldocile mate that he do not know what he would come across when he first meet her cut to our heroine assemble a gun in the bathroom . guess what and mate while you still do not . . have more rounded character with less rough edge do make it easy for me to become emotionally involved and though . would leon have open the door for mathilda if he hadn not be school by someone with perhaps similar thought process to bob . in leon we see the individual that nikita would like to become by obtain her freedom . those who prefer to dispassionately study people and their action from a distance might just retain a soft spot for nikita . it certainly interest to speculate on what motivate the change in his late work and though . .