Don’t get me wrong, COLOMBIANA covers no new material here. It’s revenge week at my place, I suppose as this is the third vengeance-themed action piece I’ve watched in as many days. I must have done deep resentment building over something.
Anyway, where PEPPERMINT didn’t even nail down the concept of revenge, and DEATH WISH (2018) felt weirdly like a feel-good revenge film for the whole family, COLOMBIANA succeeds in its appropriate backstory, character depth, action scenes, cinematic vengeance, and visual style.
Zoe Saldana is a great balance between legit actor and action star. COLOMBIANA knows what it is, and doesn’t take itself too seriously, which is the perfect tone. The film merges the color and pacing of a Tony…