LEON

Léon (also known as The Professional and Léon: The Professional) is a French English -language 1994 action film written and directed by French director Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and a young Natalie Portman in her feature film debut.

"Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade."

I love this movie. I had seen it a while back and had forgot about it and happened to see it again on TV recently.

Reno is a brilliant actor and plays the role perfectly. I had fogotten Portman was in this too. This movie launched her career, and rightfully so. For such a young age she pulls off an amazing, believable performance.

Adding to the powerful perfomance is the always good Gary Oldman.

That is the strength of this movie. On paper the plot seems a bit far fetched but it's the actors who make this movie great. I would credit the director for a lot of that and visually everything flows very well.

As a rental choice this is great for anybody who enjoys good acting. You won't be bored and you'll see a great movie.

By Gerry.