Leon - The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

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The New York Times ' Janet Maslin wrote, " The Professional is much too sentimental to sound shockingly amoral in the least. The image quality of this Blu-ray is astounding, and if the audio glitch is confined to the check disc, then this is another must own release. In 2014, Time Out polled several film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors to list their top action films; Léon: The Professional was listed at No.

The majority of said footage further shines the spotlight on the moments shared by Leon and Mathilda, which adds a few nice touches to the overall narrative of Leon. He picks up a 12 year old girl after she is orphaned in a brutal fashion, takes her in, and starts to teach her his trade, how to kill, even taking her on jobs. Although watching it, I had more of a sense of déjà vu than you might expect from someone who barely caught a frame of Leon while channel hopping or watching a review programme.Léon killed the father in revenge and fled to New York, where he met Tony and trained to become a hitman. Unquestionably, Leon is an absolute masterpiece with some jaw-dropping performances from Natalie Portman, Jean Reno, and a turned-up-to-11 Gary Oldman. In 2011, director Olivier Megaton told reporters that he and Besson used the script for Mathilda as the basis for Colombiana, a film about a young cleaner played by Zoe Saldaña.

For those 4K hounds who are looking to expand their collection with a cleaned-up piece of iconic filmmaking, this new release of Leon looks nothing short of stunning.Léon is a hitman (or "cleaner", as he refers to himself) working for a mafioso named "Old Tony" in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City.

At first, Léon is unsettled by her presence and considers killing her in her sleep but he eventually trains Mathilda and shows her how to use various weapons. On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 74% based on 66 reviews, with an average rating of 6. An extended cut, retitled 'Leon: version integrale' was released in French cinemas on June 26, 1996. There’s only so much time in the world, and there are so many movies that are definitive in their genre, that mark special moments in time, that revolutionise cinema, or are just simply that good that it is impossible to see them all.After they discover that he has been stealing from their stash, DEA agents invade the apartment, led by their boss, the sharply dressed drug-addict Norman Stansfield. Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman's trade. It took me 25 years, but I have now finally seen Leon, also known as The Professional, alongside Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction and The Matrix, one of those films that really exemplified cinema of the 1990s. The site's critics consensus reads, "Pivoting on the unusual relationship between seasoned hitman and his 12-year-old apprentice—a breakout turn by young Natalie Portman—Luc Besson's Léon is a stylish and oddly affecting thriller. Léon, after discovering her plan in a note left for him, rescues Mathilda, killing two more of Stansfield's men in the process.

Unhappy at Besson's departure, Gaumont Film Company "has held The Professional rights close to the vest – and will not budge". There is an extended version of the film, referred to as "international version", " version longue", or " version intégrale". In New York City, 12-year-old Mathilda (Portman) witnesses her family being gunned down by psychotic government official Norman Stansfield (Gary Oldman) and his team of corrupt cops. When Léon was eighteen in Italy, he fell in love with a girl from a wealthy family, but Léon's family was poor.I do have every intention of getting around to watching them; it’s just getting around to it that is hard.