becoming - a skilled assassin for the State. Nikita is a cult classic, directed by Luc Besson (with Thierry Arbogast as director of photography) in his hallmark powerful style. The film was an international hit, which spawned a TV series and a Hollywood remake.  Susan Hayward develops here a  fresh and provocative way of understanding Nikita's plot structure as a neo-baroque symphony. She goes in depth into key sequences of the film, examines its reception as a popular film by audiences and critics, and looks at The Assassin, the Hollywood remake of Nikita.This is a wonderfully exciting book on an underrated film.  It also shows that the woman placed at the center of a film noir can, as Susan Hayward points out, ""for once win - or at least 'get away with it.'""

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