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Zoe Saldana
'Colombiana' should please its 'target' audience
'Colombiana' should please its 'target' audience

Cataleya is named for a delicate orchid, but she's in fighting shape. This sleekly beautiful killing machine mows down numerous macho opponents in the primal revenge drama "Colombiana." Just as Cataleya gets the job done, the movie accomplishes its basic genre agenda. What's disappointing is that "Colombiana" initially seems like it may develop into something more than a violent exercise. The opening scenes grab your attention as 9-year-old Cataleya sees her drug-dealing parents slaughtered in their home in Colombia. Narrowly escaping the same fate, she already displays the survival skills that will come in so handy. The actress playing young Cataleya, Amandla...