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Leon
Luc Besson
(1994)
110min
18 Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Alan Jones
French director Luc Besson followed his international hit
Nikita
with his first American-set movie,
Leon
, a haunting and compulsive thriller that explores the relationship between the emotionally stunted hitman of the title and his 12-year-old neighbour, Mathilda. The illiterate, milk-drinking, Sicilian loner (Jean Reno) is reluctantly forced to befriend and protect the girl, played by Natalie Portman, after her family is wiped out in a horrific drugs operation led by Gary Oldman, an utterly corrupt DEA agent. Leon ends up teaching Mathilda the tricks of his trade so that she can take revenge on the deranged cop. The two masterly central performances from Reno and Portman intelligently convey how Leon's carefully constructed, reclusive existence falls apart as he lets feelings enter his life for the very first time. But it's the ultra-stylish action scenes and the series of totally breathtaking set pieces, interspersed with a provocative streak of dark humour, that propel
Leon
into the suspense stratosphere as Besson redefines the action genre. Funny, tragic, brilliant and unmissable.
Cast & Crew
Leon
Jean Reno
Stansfield
Gary Oldman
Mathilda
Natalie Portman
Tony
Danny Aiello
Mathilda's father
Michael Badalucco
Malky
Peter Appel
Mathilda's mother
Ellen Greene
Mathilda's sister
Elizabeth Regen
Mathilda's brother
Carl J Matusovich
First Stansfield man
Randolph Scott
Second Stansfield man
Keith A Glascoe
Fatman
Frank Senger
Tonto
Lucius "Cherokee" Wyatt
Mickey
Luc Bernard
Director
Luc Besson
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Buena Vista International UK
Guidance:
Contains violence and swearing.
Available on:
video, DVD and Blu-ray
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