Colombiana

Year:

2011

Duration:

108 min | 112 min (Unrated Version)

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Olivier Megaton

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2011-08-26

Filming Locations: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Earnings

Budget: $40,000,000

Opening Weekend: $10,408,176 (USA) (28 August 2011)

Gross: $36,665,854 (USA) (30 October 2011)

Cast

Actor

Character

Reem Kherici

Zoe Saldana

Cataleya

Jordi Mollà

Marco

Lennie James

Special Agent James Ross

Amandla Stenberg

Cat - 10

Michael Vartan

Danny Delanay

Cliff Curtis

Emilio Restrepo

Beto Benites

Don Luis Sandoval

Jesse Borrego

Fabio Restrepo

Cynthia Addai-Robinson

Alicia

Angel Garnica

Pepe

Ofelia Medina

Mama

Callum Blue

Richard

Sam Douglas

William Woodgard

Graham McTavish

Head Marshall Warren

Charles Maquignon

Sergeant Bill Attwood

Affif Ben Badra

Genarro Rizzo

David Clark

Marshall

Billy Slaughter

Ryan

Nikea Gamby-Turner

Shari

Andrea Helene

Principal

John McConnell

Smith

Sébastien Peres

Swat

Mark De Alessandro

Swat

Pablo Vinós

Swat (as Pablo Vinos Zelaya)

Max Martini

Agent Robert Williams

Tony Dalton

American Embassy 1

Julian Sedgwick

American Embassy 2

Julien Muller

Doyle

Guillermo Ríos

Emilio's Man

Luis Toscano

Fabio's Man

Javier Escobar

Marco's Gun Man

Michael Showers

Cop

Wes Cannon

Cop

Doug Rao

Michael Shino

Julie Nicolet

Nymphette

Stéphane Orsolani

Guy (6th Floor)

Steve Herson

Ticket Agent

Richard Zeringue

Bureaucrat

Stephan Brodziak

Tech FBI

William Raymond

FBI Operator

Alfredo Gonzáles

Old Man (Gardener)

Alejandro Peraza

Head Body Guard

Donald Marshall

William's Servant

Mylène Pilutik

CIA Girl

Silas Cooper

Customs Officer

Ariane Brodier

Alexa

Donald Gordon

FBI Mailman

Benoit Lavelatte

Thug

Beau Brasseaux

S.W.A.T. (uncredited)

Gene Bryant

Car Thug (uncredited)

Cedric Burton

SWAT (uncredited)

Nelson Carvajal

Bus Station Patron (uncredited)

Michael Kuster

Bus Station Patron (uncredited)

Grace LaRocca

Cop (uncredited)

Austin Naulty

SWAT (uncredited)

Jim Nieciecki

Union Station Bus Traveler Flash Back Sequence and Modern day scene (uncredited)

Frédéric Pfender

US Marshall (uncredited)

Robert A. Young

Chicago Police Officer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The film was based of a script that was set to be a sequel for Leon: The Professional. The story was set to follow Natalie Portman's character Mathilda as she tracked down and killed characters that had wronged her and Leon. Portman's success kept her from availability and the script was eventually re-written into the 2011 film Columbiana.

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Goofs

Cataleya knocks over her shoes on the policeman's desk when she is assisted up in her drunken state. The policeman then adjusts the shoes on the edge of his desk, but after the camera cuts to Cataleya being led out, he adjusts them again.

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When Don Luis' men take the Mercedes and get hit by the truck there are no airbags deployed. The action takes place in 2007 with a recent model and by then all Mercedes cars had airbags.

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When Cataleya's uncle Emilio is in the chair supposedly dead, he slightly jumps when she drops her gun on the floor.

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Quotes

Don Luis Sandoval: You have ruined your whole life trying to kill me? Someone like me? I cannot be killed. I do the killing. And now it's your turn to be hunted. You will never find me. But as day follows night, believe me, I'll find you, and I will kill you! And you know why? Because I will never be where you want me to be!

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Special Agent James Ross: She got the drop on me in my home, and she told me that if I don't bring her the whereabouts of this man, she's going to kill a member of my family every week until I have none left.

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Genarro Rizzo: [waking with a gun to his head] Who are you?

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Faq

Q

What is the song that plays when Cataleya takes a shower?

A

"The Fade Out Line" by Phoeboe Killdeer & The Short Straws. The rest of the songs in the movie can be found here with their corresponding scene descriptions.

Q

How many different versions do exist of this movie?

A

There are three versions: the U.S. theatrical, the international, and an unrated cut targeted for so-called home theater use in the States. The US theatrical version is most censored to obtain its PG-13 rating (for violence, disturbing images, intense sequences of action, sexuality and brief strong language). It has not been made available for home cinema use. Beside it's US theatrical release, the PG-13 version is only available as rental DVD in the USA or as Video on Demand. The European theatrical version was longer, leaving some intensive scenes. The Unrated version is approximately four minutes longer than the international version and features some extended action and story sequences. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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