Richard Benjamin's strategy in directing ''Little Nikita'' seems to have been to paper over the holes in the plot with routine moves from spy shows past, in hopes of making the improbable passable.
Clint Morris
Moviehole
September 20, 2002
Not a shade on "Running on Empty", but a nicely performed encore
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
February 09, 2006
This lacklustre espionage thriller is bogged down with the sort of clichés you'd expect from the height of the Cold War.
It turns all of the characters into chess pieces, whose relationships depend on the plot, not on human chemistry. Since the plot is absurdly illogical, you're not left with much.
