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Maggie Q starring as Nikita

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Actress Maggie Q is playing the title role in American action thriller TV series Nikita. Her co-stars includes Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Aaron Stanford, Ashton Holmes, Tiffany Hines, Melinda Clarke and Xander Berkeley. The show will start airing on The CW network in the US in September.

Nikita is an assassin who escaped from a secret government organisation, and she’s back to bring down the organisation after three years in hiding. The extended trailer explains everything…

This is the second American TV adaptation of the 1990 French film Nikita by Luc Besson. It was also adapted as La Femme Nikita in 1997-2001. The two series have no direct connection, and the plot seems different too – Nikita works with the agency in the old one but went rogue in the new show.

Brief intro of Maggie Q

Maggie Q was born and raised in Hawaii. Her mother is a Vietnamese immigrant, and her father an American of Irish and Polish descent. Her real name is Margaret Denise Quigley; I think she began using her stage name when acting in Hong Kong, it’s easier for the Asians to remember that.

Maggie made her name as an actress in Hong Kong in early 2000s. Many people probably don’t know that she actually started her career as a model in Japan instead. She became known back in the US after appearing in Hollywood hits Mission Impossible III (2006) and Die Hard 4.0 (2007).

It’s good to see an Asian face taking THE leading role in an American series because it doesn’t happen often. And the show seems like a perfect fit for Maggie, she looks great in the trailer.

King of Fighters movie trailer

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Check out the trailer for upcoming movie The King of Fighters. The English film is based on a popular fighting game series from Japan. Directed by Gordon Chan and star Maggie Q, Sean Faris, Ray Park, Will Yun Lee, Monique Ganderton, Bernice Liu, Francoise Yip, Hiro Kanagawa and David Leitch.

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Maggie Q – Need for Speed Undercover

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Trailer for racing video game Need for Speed: Undercover, starring Asian American actress Maggie Q. She will feature in the game as an inspector who helps the player (an undercover police officer) in various tasks. To be released in November 2008 by Electronic Arts.

Undercover is the 12th instalment of Need for Speed, a popular racing video game series which dates back to 1994. While most of the games in the franchise include police pursuits in some form, this new release seems to take it to another level by using it as a main plot.

I’ve only played High Stakes (1999) out of the series, which was decent. I’m not a huge fan of the genre though; what piqued my interest back then was that the cars were modelled after actual cars, which was kinda cool. The setting has become a norm for racing games these days.

Live Free or Die Hard movie trailer

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Trailer for American action thriller Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth instalment in the Die Hard film series. Directed by Len Wiseman, with Bruce Willis reprising his famous role as Detective John McClane, who this time fights against cyber terrorists who hacked into major networks and crippled the country.

Justin Long plays a hacker who helps McClane, and Timothy Olyphant as the leader of the terrorist group. The cast also includes Cliff Curtis, Maggie Q and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. In cinemas next month.

I’m a fan of the film series but not sure about this one. The previous instalment was back in 1995, doubt it’s a good idea to make a new movie after a decade. Will give this a go regardless for nostalgia sake; guess the producers calculated this, banking on the old fans to support the box office.

Update – My two cents after watching this, which is titled Die Head 4.0 outside of North America. It’s an entertaining movie packed with over the top actions, Die Hard fans will like this. I’m a bit disappointed with the villains’ agenda; the final goal doesn’t make sense because with their abilities they can achieve that easily via more direct methods. Nothing much to nitpick otherwise, it’s a decent action film.