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[Guest Sharpie]

This has got to be one of my all time favorite movies. Léon(Jean Reno) is about a hitman who "adopts" a 12 year old girl Mathilda (Natalie Portman, her first role) after her entire family is killed by bad DEA agents one apartment down from Léon. Mathilda pleads with Léon to teach her to be a "cleaner" (what Léon calls himself) and to kill the DEA agent that killed her family (Gary Oldman).

This film is one of the best I have seen in awhile. It is up there with Pulp Fiction and Fight Club. Léon is an intense action/drama that I think you all should see. If you live in America, you will find Léon titled as "The Professional". The name was changed because it was belived that a name like "The Professional" would appeal more to the "action go go go" american audiences then "Léon" would. But in the orignal international version, there is 24 minutes of extra scenes, where as they are gone in the american version. You can still pick up in international version in america as "Léon the Professional". I suggest you all go see it now.

[Angelus]

I saw this movie a long time ago when...well lets just say it was new when I saw it. And when I first saw it I thought it was one of the best movies ever created. But once I saw Leon the international version I found that this movie was way better than I ever thought it was before. The movie is beautiful in everyway shape and form.

I also think that everyone here should go watch this movie.

[IwakuraLain]

i definetly agree- the professional/leon has got to be one of my all time fav. movies! mathilda is so streetsmart and sharp- u just have to admire her guts in this film.