The producer of «Colombian", Luc Besson, He directed "The Professional»In 1994, which starred Jean Reno, Natalie Portman and Gary Oldman, and has since been trying to develop a sequel for more than a decade.
When he wrote the script and signed the contract to make the sequel, he realized that a lot of time passed between that now classic film, so he decided to turn the script into «Colombian«, A film that premiered yesterday in the US.
«Ten years ago we decided to do 'Mathilda,' which was the sequel to 'The Professional,' but we couldn't due to many factors.«, Said the director of« Colombiana » Olivier megaton.
«Luc has tried to make this movie over and over again, he proposed it to me 12 years ago, but when it was decided to change the script and make another movie with a revenge story like Mathilda, he had to give up everything related to that character.«. Because, "Colombian"Became a film with no ties to" The Professional ", although its origin was that film.
The movie, starring Zoe Saldana -see trailer- tells the story of a young woman who suffered the death of her father at the hands of the hitmen of a drug boss, so she only seeks revenge and, little by little, will end up with all those who murdered her father until she reaches to the one who gave the order of his death.
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