“La Femme Nikita” was almost certainly not the first film about a young woman rescued from life on the streets to become a cold-blooded assassin, but the success of Luc Besson’s 1990 thriller set a ...

Lionsgate Movies has released a new trailer for the upcoming action movie The Protégé starring Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Robert Patrick. The film has been directed by ...

This time it’s personal for the hardened assassin in Martin Campbell’s action pic. By John DeFore Movieland is full of badass assassins (“badassassins” is easier but sounds wrong) who can enter rooms ...

Drew Baumgartner is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor. A passionate comics reader and film buff, he swears he'll love any story if its title makes him laugh. Lionsgate has released the first trailer ...

The Protege (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Martin Campbell and starring Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, David Rintoul, Patrick Malahide, Ray Fearon, Ori Pfeffer, Robert Patrick, ...

Divergent and Nikita star Maggie Q deserves a starring role, but The Protégé doesn’t deserve Maggie Q. A by-the-numbers lady-assassin action flick in the mold of Anna, Atomic Blonde, and Ava, The ...

In the new film “The Protégé,” Michael Keaton plays a mysterious contract killer who crosses paths with another assassin. Joining TODAY in the studio, he says, “It’s fun – things you wanted to do as a ...

There’s nothing really wrong with Martin Campbell’s “The Protégé.” It features a perfectly serviceable plot for an action film, has an attractive and appealing cast of screen veterans and contains ...

“La Femme Nikita” was almost certainly not the first film about a young woman rescued from life on the streets to become a cold-blooded assassin, but the success of Luc Besson’s 1990 thriller set a ...