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Summary: THE LONELY LEON WHO'S OBLIGATED TO BECOME PROTECTING !
Review: MARVELLOUS ! With this movie whitch i discribe and characrterize as a good method for discover the American spoken language, i've been capableness ability to learn these typicals accents of the American ! I ' ve been able to understand more than the first version whitch had not the 24 additionals minutes ! Thus, now, i can say : This is not the same movie ! This film ist best than the French movie "Leon" And still i think that : " Mister Luc BESSON " has not again consideration for his contry and for his original people ! But as long as JEAN RENO PLAY in a movie i'm contented ! A singular inconvenience of WORK for me is become a improvement for a multilangual who's able now to understand a few better your accent parlance ! I've liked this movie !
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Summary: Great all around
Review: Good quality DVD and excellent movie. I wasn't sure what to expect from the uncut version (I love the American releaseof "The Professional"), but I think the added material does enhance the movie. It's rather embarrassing to think that the rest of world got "Leon" and we got the "babied" version. There's nothing objectionable here.
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Summary: Wondeful, touching film...
Review: This film has a lot to offer. It's Luc "Joan of Arch" Besson at his best. The story of Leon (Reno) and his unlikely little roomate Matilda (Portman) is odd but somehow it works without seeming to strange. A sort of father-daughter relationship develops between the two, and before long, they find they need each other more than ever. Gary Oldman's part is very convincing; indeed, his preformance is perhaps one of the best features of the film. He comes off as a very convincing "bad guy" in the form of a corrupt cop with to much athority. If you were disappointed by Besson's more recent movies, you should check out this film: it might change your mind about his potential. The soundtrack is similar to those gracing many of Besson's films: classic symphony, only this time it's merged with light jazz. All in all, this film is well worth your money. It features good drama, realistic acting, and a clever, unique plot. The soundtrack is great, and it's refreshingly Jovovich free!
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Summary: Review for "Leon the Professional"
Review: I have come to believe that no matter how poor the script, or how small the part, If Jean Reno is in the film, the thing's worth watching. Of all the Reno/Besson films, this is the only one I've seen where Reno is TRULY allowed to display the astonishing depths of his tallent and ability. As the character Leon, he granted the space and time to show the world that HE is this generation's MOST phenominally able performer. With the exception some absurd & unsubtle "overacting" by the performer who played the main "villian"- all the supporting performances are superb. They team up with Monsieur Reno to make an already amazing story & script into an undisputible masterpiece of filmaking.
I heartily wish that Reno would make more American films, and with equal earnestness, I wish he would look to directors other than Luc Besson. Frankly, talent wise, Reno is WAY out of Besson's league; a fact that is painfully obvious in most of Jean Reno's Besson directed films. Generally, the material is beneath him; it is simply not good enough for Reno to even bother with.
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Summary: Great mix of a little of everything
Review: When I first popped in this DVD, I was a little skeptical. I was to afraid to compare it to some of my favorite movies of this genre (Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas), but as I watched this movie, I realized one thing. And that was this was an entertaining movie that anyone (old enough) could watch and be astonished. The movie has a solid, yet simple, plot that kept me watching. Music was excellent. Characters were great (minus Gary Oldman's under-developed character). Not only did this movie keep me on the edge of my seat, Leon's obsession of milk and Mathida's Maddona impression kept me laughing to keep my mood good. I can also tell that the extra 24 minutes did very good, mostly being Mathilda's practice. Overall, this is a wonderful movie with a great ending that no fan of action, drama, mafia, or even anime should miss.
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Summary: FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!
Review: I bought this movie about a week ago, although I had never seen it before. After I watched it with a friend, I just sat there and said to myself, "wow". THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES I HAVE EVER SEEN! Jean Reno is absolutely fantastic and Nathalie Portman is unbelievably mature for her age. Leon is so gripping, so fascinating, so cleverly made that I'm surprised it hasn't gained more publicity than it already has. Please watch this. It will change your life!
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Summary: Painfully good!! And ohmygawd, that hair!! 6+ stars!
Review: Let me get the one drawback out first...Gary Oldman did as well as he could with how badly his character was written. He did very well, but with another 5 or 10 minutes of character development and story his character, Stansfield, the head antagonist, could have been written 20 times better. But that's not enough to mess up the movie by a long shot! I have totally fallen in love with both Jean Reno and Natalie Portman in this. This movie answers the question of just how deep and warm and human a "hitman" can be written. The few extra minutes of this so-called "International Version" makes all the difference, too! We really get a feel for how much pain and how screwed up he has made his life because of one mistake in his past - a mistake that would present a decision difficult for anyone to make. The extreme polar opposite of this adoring younster, portrayed frighteningly well by Ms. Portman, makes him reluctantly take a look at himself, possibly giving him a chance to heal, to pay back an unspoken debt to his past. The places where there is no dialog at all are the most moving. The beauty, pain, and humanity are haunting. Oh, plus there's lots of kick-butt gunplay, too. But that hair! Natalie Portman sports one of the best, most adorable Pageboy Bobs in the universe. Her amazing "young Uma Thurman-esque" face and voice and acting are amplified 100-fold by the hairstyle that she so unfortnuatly had for only this one movie. If you love Bob haircuts, if you love laughing and crying simultaneously, repeatedely, and even if you love watching hitmen at work, you MUST own this movie!
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Summary: What a great, great Movie
Review: what else can I say? This is one of the best movies on earth, and I think the uncut international version is really enjoyable. The US and international version are great no matter which one you buy or see. The uncut version is just to see a little more about Leon and Mathilda's life. Anyway... you really must have this movie with you.
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Summary: Leon:and Stop Saying OK! Matillda: Ok,
Review: Thhis film was the first film I have ever seen Natalie Portman, hense it was her first film. I fell in love with her. She a tallented acctress and does not always get the credit she deserve. Well acted by Jean Reno, he has always been one of the best foren acters I do go in search of more films that involve him. Miss Portman is getting quite the Filmaugraphy goin on, but still in the b movie's in the sense of her role. But this film was a great opener to get her on the strtch to stardom, and Jean Reno was a great compliment to be involved as well.
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Summary: Right Up There With The Greatest!!!!
Review: If you are an avid film lover, as I am, and have not watched this, my favorite film of all time, you need to stop what you are doing, and promptly proceed to your video store or Best Buy and get this movie. Yes, drop everything you are doing, surgeons drop those scalpels and let the nurse close, judges put down those gavels and just find the person guilty, pilots step away from the flight deck and put it on auto and get out there and watch this movie!!! It is up there with Godfather, Apocalype Now and Saving Private Ryan!!! It rules!!!
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