Leon must be one of my favourite movies of all time. Jean Reno is a fantastic Italian hitman (although at times he sounds more than a little French) and this Luc Besson epic is a real cult classic. A young Natalie Portman also turns in a magnificent performance. The story is set as the unfortunate Portman’s father is a holder for the DEA (drug enforcement agency). He is deemed to have cut some of the drugs that he is ‘looking after’ and taken care of by the enigmatic (and convincingly lunatic) Gary Oldman. The young Portman is out at the time of the shooting in which all her next of kin are eliminated and turns to the mysterious door of Leon as she bites back the tears at seeing her family shot brutally. Leon takes her in, and the result makes for a fascinating tale of revenge, and honour among criminals.
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Leon [1995]
Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) made his American directorial debut with Leon, a stylised
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thriller about a French hit man (Jean Reno) who takes in an American girl (Natalie Portman) being pursued by a corrupt killer cop (Gary Oldman). Oldman is a little...
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