1994
Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Jean Reno
One of my all time fave films. It is so very french....
Leon (Reno) is a loner hitman who likes nothing more then drinking milk and caring for his plant. When he meets the 12 year old Mathilda (Portman), he seems intreagued by her but thinks nothing of it...When Mathilda's family is killed in a midday raid orchestrated by the enigmatic, corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield (Oldman) , Leon finds himself playing dad.....Mathilda wants revenge and only Leon can teach her how to carry it out...
Natalie Portman's first big screen role. She is fantastic as Mathilda......and for her age at the time, is a fantastic actress.
Reno is so wonderful as the adopted father Leon. However, at the back of your mind, he is and always will be a killer.
Hats off to Oldman once again though, because if you remember anything about this film, it is the rantings of Stansfield. He loves to listen to Beethoven while shooting people and likes to take pills before hand to liven up the action.....people say he overacts but how else would you play such an over the top character. This is another role which should have got him an Oscar nod.
Fantastic scenery, realtionships between the characters and the music is so very Luc Besson.
10/10
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