the title role. Trained in martial arts, the Hawaiian native cut her teeth in a flurry of Hong Kong action flicks early this decade before teaming with Tom Cruise and Bruce Willis in Mission: Impossible 3 and Live Free or Die Hard respectively. Her big-league gravitas goes a long way toward elevating Nikita above routine rogue-spy TV fare.

The set-up, common to all the Nikita properties: A secret government group, here called Division, fakes the executions of energetic criminals, then subjects these off-the-grid ruffians to a grueling crash course in blood sport and etiquette as preparation for careers as off-the-grid femmes fatale.

The twist in this version (spoiler alert!): Q's character fell in love. When Division killed her fiancée three years ago, she bolted. Now she's determined to bring down the whole system. Her former handler Michael, played convincingly by Shane West (ER), is now in pursuit.

Here's a look at the stars of the new show, as well as a refresher course on previous versions of La Femme Nikita:

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Nikita

Though hardly groundbreaking, Nikita demonstrates just enough spunk to justify continued viewing. After all, Q (pictured above) can act. Here's hoping she gets a chance to showcase more of her considerable action chops.

Authors: Hugh Hart

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