★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Director: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson
Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman,
Running Time: 110min
Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living
an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for
two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from
breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her
father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only
Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Léon's apartment
in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange
neighbour's unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in
taking revenge for her little brother. Léon, who is completely unexperienced in
fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep Mathilda out of
trouble - unsuccessfully. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly
discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer,
who does anything in his might to get rid of an eye witness, arises to
unmeasurable proportions - all for the sake of a little twelve-year old girl,
who has nearly nothing to lose.
This movie was funny,
tragic and unmissable because the chemistry between actress Natalie Portman and
Reno were great. . I thought that the idea of having a 12 year old wanting to
become a "cleaner" was an interesting idea for the plot, and it
worked marvelously well. The
two main characters are a recently-orphaned girl who is wise beyond her years
and a hitman who is still an innocent. Their relationship unfolds against a
backdrop of murder and revenge as director Luc Besson explores issues of age
and maturity, good and evil, and the interplay of life, death and love.
This movie has a message:
without love we are dead, even if we don't see it. Only true love give meaning
to our lives: "everything else reminds me a big yogurt: warm and
rancid" as Mathilda says in the movie. Is this true in "real
life"? I don't know but this movie can make us wonder.
The main thing you need to
focus in this movie is Leon tries to keep his emotions completely suppressed,
yet Matilda (in an extraordinary performance by a young Natalie Portman, who is
destined to become a very powerful actress into her adult life) brings out in
him a new-found joy for life that accompanies his growing paternal instincts.
I have spent more time
re-watching various scenes and noticing all the perfection with which they are
acted and directed. This film was absolutely amazing
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