What is Nikita about?
Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.
A relentless spy assassin, betrayed by her agency, fights to expose their dark secrets.
Suspenseful and tense. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hoopla (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
Nikita parents guide
For a TV-14, this one goes further: brutal violence. Beyond that, some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the violence.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Brutal violence
- Our top level for violence.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is Nikita scary?
- Only a little. Nikita has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Nikita?
- Light gore and brutal violence.
- What is Nikita rated, and is it OK for kids?
- It is rated TV-14, with some strong language and brutal violence. Your call for older kids.
Cast and crew
Created byCraig Silverstein
StarringMaggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Aaron Stanford, Melinda Clarke, Noah Bean
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Nikita is on our Spies, Action on Tubi and Action on Hoopla lists.
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