
After her father, step-mother, step-sister and little brother are killed by her father's employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer manages to take refuge in the apartment of a professional hitman who at her request teaches her the methods of his job so she can take her revenge on the corrupt DEA agent who ruined her life by killing her beloved brother.... (Full plot summary below)
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After her father, step-mother, step-sister and little brother are killed by her father's employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer manages to take refuge in the apartment of a professional hitman who at her request teaches her the methods of his job so she can take her revenge on the corrupt DEA agent who ruined her life by killing her beloved brother.
Leave your thoughts about Léon: The Professional.
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksOldman's character is so over the top, so utterly ridiculous that the audience may feel prompted to laugh unintentionally. |
| Total FilmAndrew LowryHaving one career highlight performance in a film is a treat. Having three is just spoiling us, and the film is so solidly sold by the actors that it mostly manages to sidestep the potential queasiness in the Léon/Mathilda relationship. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestAn exceptionally well crafted urban drama. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonFor the most part, The Professional is a great action picture. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonOldman is the least inhibited actor of his generation, and as this deranged detective, he keeps absolutely nothing in reserve. |
| MovieMartyr.comJeremy HeilmanIt's surprising to find an action movie with so much emotional baggage, but amazingly it works. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashYou'll enjoy the action, but you'll remember the movie because of Reno and Portman. |
| The Film YapNick RogersLuc Besson's original cut feels more like a journey than just a joy-buzzer jolt of action, and the deeper, braver, darker story he set out to tell - a fractured and fractious fairy tale. When people rave about "The Professional," they mean "Léon." |
| Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerBesson has a gift for amoral sleaziness that should serve him well over here. In his very first American film, he has gone straight for the smarm. |
| Common Sense MediaTeresa TalericoStylish, mature hitman thriller is quite violent. |