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Léon: The Professional (1994)
Léon (original title)
Director: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson
Cast: Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman
Genre: Crime Thriller
About: Mathilda, a 12 year old girl from a dysfunctional drug dealing family, finds herself an orphan after her entire family is killed by vicious drug dealers. The lead killer just happens to be a cop(Gary Oldman) who deals drugs on the side. She's taken in by Leon (Jean Reno) who's a professional assassin. They then form a close and sometimes strange bond....eventually he agrees to teach the 12 year old to be a killer.
Thoughts: Very interesting and a very, very different type of movie! I thought young Natalie Portman did an amazing job of acting. I really liked her in V for Vendetta but had never seen her when she was a kid actor, and could she act up a storm!
Mathilda was a great character too. I really liked Jean Reno also, last time I seen him was in The Big Blue, I didn't like that movie but I thought he was pretty good in it and here he's even better.
On the other side of the fence, so to speak is the evil drug dealing cop who ordered Mathilda's family executed...and he's looking to finish the job! Gary Oldman plays the wildly, over the top cop with so much zest that you might just root for him, but don't!...as he's really really bad. But as an actor he's really really good!
Léon: The Professional was well made movie and looked great, even the soundtrack was very efficient. The subject matter is not generally what I would watch but I have to say the film makers did a fine job with the movie and it certainly has it's charms.
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Léon (original title)
Director: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson
Cast: Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman
Genre: Crime Thriller
About: Mathilda, a 12 year old girl from a dysfunctional drug dealing family, finds herself an orphan after her entire family is killed by vicious drug dealers. The lead killer just happens to be a cop(Gary Oldman) who deals drugs on the side. She's taken in by Leon (Jean Reno) who's a professional assassin. They then form a close and sometimes strange bond....eventually he agrees to teach the 12 year old to be a killer.
Thoughts: Very interesting and a very, very different type of movie! I thought young Natalie Portman did an amazing job of acting. I really liked her in V for Vendetta but had never seen her when she was a kid actor, and could she act up a storm!
Mathilda was a great character too. I really liked Jean Reno also, last time I seen him was in The Big Blue, I didn't like that movie but I thought he was pretty good in it and here he's even better.
On the other side of the fence, so to speak is the evil drug dealing cop who ordered Mathilda's family executed...and he's looking to finish the job! Gary Oldman plays the wildly, over the top cop with so much zest that you might just root for him, but don't!...as he's really really bad. But as an actor he's really really good!
Léon: The Professional was well made movie and looked great, even the soundtrack was very efficient. The subject matter is not generally what I would watch but I have to say the film makers did a fine job with the movie and it certainly has it's charms.