Colombia, has issues just like everywhere else. Money, drugs, and crime do not discriminate. Her life is blown apart the day that her mother and father are killed by thugs, and the girl flees for her life. This causes a major problem, because there was not supposed to be any survivors. Before his death, her father, had given her important information on who to turn to in case anything ever happened to him.
The little girl is a survivor and makes her escape successfully to safer grounds, all on her own. She is given a second chance at life with her uncle and aunt. She studies hard and grows into a beautiful woman, but has never released her anger for her parent's deaths.
She makes a choice to get revenge, no matter what. She hunts down each and every person, who was involved in the demise of her parents. She leaves secret messages that only the killers understand, while killing her way up the ladder of people involved. The police are hunting her, because she is killing people, and the cartel, is after her too.
Colombiana is a movie that shows true girl power. This heroine goes through the major battles to revenge the death of the people she loved the most. The mistake of not killing her as a little girl, leads her to her victory. Colombiana is a fast paced action movie, with lots of fight scenes.