Milla Jovovich, Paging Anna Karina
I always laugh when skinny little actresses are cast as ass-kicking, Ripleyesque heroines. One I don't laugh at is Milla Jovovich: what she lacks in heft, she makes up for in martial arts skill and sheer feral intensity. When she gets in an onscreen fight (in the RESIDENT EVIL movies or in the futuristic something or other ULTRAVIOLET, she always seems ready to fight to the death.
The Independent has an interview with Jovovich, who's over in London promoting Ultraviolet. I must be a philistine, but I failed to notice the film's John Cassavetes references. It all seemed to be an excuse to give Jovovich an Anna Karina wig and excuse to beat the shit out of people in a sci fi setting.
Which seems to be a real crowd pleasing formula.