Review of Léon: The Professional (1994) by Incendid — 16 May 2014

I have been dying to buy Leon for years now and when I saw it on the top shelf at my local music store (why it was there I don't know) I bought it straight away, went home and watched it and it was awesome.

The directing was as smooth as a circle, the writing inventive, the action was limited but awesome when it was there, the acting holds up mostly and then there is the greatest villain of them all, Gary Oldman.

Starting with the acting, Jean Reno aced his performance and really did portray the 'cleaner' profession, I really do wish all films based around hit-men could be like this, I really do. The writing, it sustained a brisk pace throughout the movie and plotted twists and turns in different places creating this fantastic film.

But there is one character who I find unusually disturbing and this was Matilda played by Natalie Portman, Matilda was weird, disturbing and a little bit looney, but on the other hand she is still a innocent kid who loves to copycat and play games, yet she acts like an adult to lure Leon into her trap where who knows what would have happened.

Matilda disturbed me yet showed me the innocence of childhood and that is exactly what a charterer like her should do, divide your opinion and question their every move. Then there is Gary Oldman, and he honestly was more disturbing, you could see the insanity in his eyes, yet he could be disturbingly calm or the complete opposite and we never actually get to know his character which I love to see, every film needs a character like this, I think it just keeps the audience on the edge of their seat just connecting the dots.

To conclude I feel as if Leon has made it into my top 10 favourite films of all time so I award it with a 10/10.