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My Leon: The Professional Movie Reaction, My First Time Watching Leon: The Professional. This Movie Was Quite Surprising WIth How Good The Acting Was But Also Quite Disturbing. #MovieReaction #FirstTimeWatching #Reaction #LEON #LeonTheProfessional #Movies
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LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL MOVIE REACTION | 0:00 - 31:21
LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL MOVIE REVIEW | 31:22 - 33:41
Leon: The Professional Movie Description:
Mathilda (Natalie Portman) is only 12 years old, but is already familiar with the dark side of life: her abusive father stores drugs for corrupt police officers, and her mother neglects her. Léon (Jean Reno), who lives down the hall, tends to his houseplants and works as a hired hitman for mobster Tony (Danny Aiello). When her family is murdered by crooked DEA agent Stansfield (Gary Oldman), Mathilda joins forces with a reluctant Léon to learn his deadly trade and avenge her family's deaths.
Léon: The Professional (French: Léon), titled Leon in the UK and Australia (and originally titled The Professional in the US), is a 1994 English-language French action-thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and features the film debut of Natalie Portman. The plot follows Léon (Reno), a professional hitman, who reluctantly takes in 12-year-old Mathilda (Portman) after her family is murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration agent Norman Stansfield (Oldman). Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman's trade.
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@HelloMellowXVI 2 года назад

This Was Definitely Not What I Thought It Was Going To Be... Please Like And Share The Video Seems Like There Are Some People Really In There Feelings About Me Feeling Uncomfortable Watching Parts Of This Movie... 🤣 I Really Didn't Think There Was A Toxic Fan Base For This Movie. AND I'm Not Calling Everyone Toxic, But Its Just Ridiculous That Grown People Are Really Being Disrespectful Because I Felt Uncomfortable. That's So Damn Stupid, Like Yes I Know She Is Starting Puberty And I Know She Grew Up In A Toxic Environment. But That Still Doesn't Mean I Can't Feel Uncomfortable, I Have Every Right To Feel The Way I Feel. And For Someone To Disrespect Me Because Of That, Just Shows What Kind Of Person You Are. Just Because I Felt Uncomfortable Doesn't Mean I Didn't Like The Movie Or Thought It Sucked, Like Some Of Yall Need To Grow Up And Realize Everyone Is Different. That's Why There Are Different Reaction Channels, Everyone Feels And Thinks Different On Everything. Got People Really Acting Like I Just Walked Up To Them Spit In Their Face And Said Their Life Is Idiotic....

@nopewmopan 2 года назад

"What's he look like?" "Serious."

@andrewfridae5099 2 года назад

Mellow, everyone likes this video. Everyone? EVERYOOoOOOOoONE!!

@cesarhernandez6861 2 года назад

A movie that inspired many lolicons. Take that as you will...

@nopewmopan 2 года назад

Looks like you got the longer edit. American theatrical is called The Professional. Extended (or euro) is called Leon. Long version has him taking her on jobs and she makes him even more uncomfortable with the expressions of love.

@_heavens_hell_97_64 2 года назад

Another good movie to watch "Wind River"

@maxzak5310 2 года назад

She was never shown any love or affection , maybe that's why she thinks she's in love with the first person who treated her with kindness

@Spikeelsucko 2 года назад

its an extremely uncomfortable, but fairly realistic interpretation of child trauma

@jokybones 2 года назад

100%

@xandra_5099 2 года назад

Yes, this is why it's so important that girls don't go without any positive or reliable male role models (most importantly their fathers) in their lives.

@Akaritomi 2 года назад

It's a common occurrence in Japan. The daughter developing a father complex due to seeing them as the alpha male in their life. The one who provides, loves, and protects them on a daily basis. Especially in tough environments when surrounded by assholes.

@imrecco 2 года назад

that exactly how I interpreted it as well

@SynchronizorVideos 2 года назад

Natalie absolutely KILLED it in this film. For her first on-screen role, too. People get way too hung-up on the Mathilda/Leon relationship in this film. Nothing really inappropriate happens, it's an entirely one-sided romantic attraction, and it makes perfect sense for Mathilda to latch onto this male figure in her life in that way, given her background. And Mathilda is supposed to be acting inappropriately for her age (and making the audience a little uncomfortable too); that's the point. Mathilda is a child who's had to become an adult way too early due to her shitty circumstances, while Leon is an emotionally-stunted adult who's never really moved past the trauma and loss he suffered as a teenager. The fact that Leon drinks milk while Mathilda smokes cigarettes early in the film is a lovely bit of visual storytelling that reinforces these aspects of their characters. The film is about these two messed-up people finding each other and finally being given the opportunity and motivation to grow and improve as human beings - Mathilda works to give up her bad habits, while Leon finally finds someone he can care about and live for. This is a beautiful film, but a lot of folks seem to have trouble understanding it.

@spiraljumper74 2 года назад

Nailed it in one.

@hanoc101 2 года назад

Thank you. Well said. I think her most powerful moment and best acting in this movie is when she is outside Leon's door and begging him to let her in. Wow! Great acting!!

@misterStevePikk 2 года назад

The original script was more pedophilic. The filmmaker is fucked in the head and you can see remnants of that in this film

@Modernww2fare 2 года назад

@@misterStevePikk This. The fact that there was supposed to be a scene where Leon walks in on her in the shower proves it

@cowsaymoo1888 2 года назад

@@Modernww2fare But it didn't make it into the movie for a reason. I have inappropriate thoughts all the time. Do those thoughts manifest into reality? No they don't. What's your point? The movie itself doesn't reflect the inner psyche of the director, but a culmination of both his work & the criticism of others. I think you're beating a strawman.

@pantlessreactions 2 года назад

In this movie, Leon, though the adult, still had a child-like innocence, whereas Matilda was a child forced to grow up too fast. When she finally had someone who cared for her, she mistook that love for romantic love.

@Anino_Makata 2 года назад

It's messed up. But the one element that I like about the dynamic between them is that Leon never flats out deny Matilda. He acknowledges that she's from a harsh upbringing and had to go through stuff a kid never had to. Therefore, he's been trying to prove to her that he can love her, just not the way she wants him to. He knows she needs love, but not from a lover. She needs love from a father who wouldn't hit her.

@indie_7754 2 года назад

leon doesn't love her as if she were his girlfriend, but she does.

@Simon-hb9rf 2 года назад

@@Anino_Makata ive heard alot of people say the same but to me this made alot of sense, an outright rejection of her feelings would likely have driven her away because in her confused mind she cannot separate paternal and sexual love. so instead of an in depth rejection he tends to ignore or redirect her romantic overtures, with limited success because of his own awkward antisocial personality.

@OddBallPerformance 2 года назад

Jean Reno is such a great actor that I think doesn't get as much recognition as he deserves.

@GlamityJean 2 года назад

I know we love him here in France and he is very popular in Japan too

@katm6 2 года назад

Some Americans, i.e., me, adore him, too.

@VOGELMENSCH 2 года назад

@@GlamityJean We in Germany love him too .

@whoever_81 Год назад

@@VOGELMENSCH Greece loves him for sure too!

@Grimium 2 года назад

"This is from Mathilda", best line ever.

@Mattfoster84 2 года назад

Really good song by alt j called mathilda is about the film.

@Luvie1980 2 года назад

No the best line from this movie is EVERYONE!!!

@Grimium 2 года назад

@@Mattfoster84 i recently grow to love that band. I need to check that out.

@BlueSummers101 2 года назад

Keith A. Glascoe who played Benny was actually a firefighter by profession, sadly Keith Glascoe died in the line of duty during the September 11th terror attacks while doing his job as a firefighter. RIP Keith A. Glascoe

@lonestar6709 2 года назад

He ran into the rubble, and never came out. What a hero.

@Philly9758 2 года назад

There is actual footage of his company (Ladder 21) pulling up to the scene that day. All 6 members were killed.

@Charmolution 2 года назад

He worked alongside Steve Buscemi.

@DownKillerBadDog 2 года назад

Fun fact.. In the scene were all the cops pull up outside, a thief holding up a near by store turned himself into the extras dressed as police.

@brianjohnson3795 2 года назад

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 they gave him to the real cops who are controlling the traffic for the shoot.

@declanjones8888 2 года назад

That's fucking hilarious 😂

@schusterrooster6084 2 года назад

Gary Oldman’s performance in this still blows my flipping mind!

@leeannmcdermott8313 2 года назад

I love how bat shit he is! He needs another role like this

@SolonIsonomia 2 года назад

EVERYOOOOOOOOONE!

@PaulWinkle 2 года назад

I think he does the thing he always does (the only thing he is really able to play) a drugged psycho. Marilyn Manson could also play the role and he is not even an actor.

@SolonIsonomia 2 года назад

Commissioner Gordon, George Smiley, and Beethoven were drugged psychos?

@Cookieboy70 2 года назад

His performance as Winston Churchill is amazing.

@jamescole3795 2 года назад

Do you know who else loves this movie ? - *EVERYONNNNNNE !!!!!!!*

@cflournoy1529 2 года назад

😂😂😂

@iamsheep 2 года назад

LOL

@rubixqoob8601 2 года назад

Noice

@MrBluntDaily 2 года назад

Aaaaahaaa

@lltipsy 2 года назад

when i was a kid when people used to ask what u wanna be when u grow up i said leon the proffesional 😂😂

@Rottingcircuits 2 года назад

“EEEVVVEEERRRYYYOOOONNEEE!!!!”-Classic Gary Oldman!

@Armandthevampire 2 года назад

I always viewed their "relationship" like this. Mathilda fell in love with Leon because he saved her and was nice to her, she was too young to know what kind of feelings made her feel the way she did, of course, because she lacks experience, towards Leon. She needed a father figure and someone to care for her and when he shows fatherly love towards her she doesn't how to interpret it. As for Leon, he was very uncomfortable with the way she displayed her feelings towards him but I always felt that he was as innocent as a child in the way he acted most of the time. Besides being a badass killer that is. He also needed roots and someone to give meaning to his life. When he tells her that he loves her, he says it cause that makes her escape without him and because he loves her for giving his life.a purpose.

@autohmae 2 года назад

And he does love her, but like a father figure and teacher.

@The3rdGunman 2 года назад

It's funny because Gary Oldman played Beethoven.

@Buugzy 2 года назад

It’s funny because Gary Oldman played Beethoven.

@kaylons 2 года назад

It's funny because Gary Oldman played Beethoven.

@Buugzy 2 года назад

@@kaylons it’s funny because Gary Oldman played Beethoven.

@777Nny 2 года назад

Ironic is the word you're looking for. 😉

@deannacrownover3 2 года назад

"Damnit man! Will you not play G?"

@pirmaluco 2 года назад

That little girl was so badass that she ended up getting married with Darth Vader...

@redclayscholar620 2 года назад

She also dated Thor.

@revariox189 2 года назад

Fostered a whole revolution.... with a little help from V

@scrollinup7945 2 года назад

Not it chief...cringeeee

@arisucheddar3097 2 года назад

I know what the longer take is like, I know about the director, I know about the script that almost was. But I still do find it beautiful and incredibly sad when they say I love you. She means it one way and he means it another (based purely on the movie and the shorter cut), but they both MEAN it.

@0725038 2 года назад

You got it right about the parent/lover relation, but I think your message confuses me, because that version is the longer version. It's the original. The americanized version (the short one) is the weird one, cutting great character scenes (like the trainings, the restaurant scene, the sleep together scene) and let the public imagination run wild. Sure there's more scene where Portman makes you uncomfortable, but never did they made an allusion about Leon actually loving her other than like a father would. People trashing the original version are mainly just following the "woke bandwagon" without even really watched it.

@arisucheddar3097 2 года назад

@@0725038 I don't think it necessarily makes me uncomfortable so much as sad. I knew a lot of girls like that in school. They had awful home lives and were desperate for attention and affirmation, so they lost their virginity "early and often" as was the phrase. They played up their innocence while also sleeping with every guy that ever asked them out or was kind to them, and it never made them happy. That kind of hypersexuality stemming from an abusive childhood isn't interesting to me, just sad. It's evident in both versions that's who this character is meant to be. That's certainly the first time I've been accused of being woke though, so there's that.

@vwlssnvwls3262 2 года назад

You kept wondering how she knew the things she did at her age. By the time I was 12, I was home alone so often, just watching television, that I knew all those things. Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne, Marylin Monroe, Russian Roulette. If you pay attention, and have the time, you can learn a lot of useless shit. :)

@rocketdave719 2 года назад

Yeah, I'm close to Natalie Portman's age and I was well aware who Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe were by the time I was twelve. They're such iconic figures, it's not surprising.

@somthingbrutal 2 года назад

she didn't actually know who monroe was she was copying a mike myers sketch she saw on tv

@GlamityJean 2 года назад

Yeah, i watched some Chaplin when I was a kid too, even watched clockwork orange before I was 14

@benjamindeharo314 2 года назад

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 It's a new generation. With the internet, they have access to an unlimited amount of content that fit them at all time, while we had access to a limited amount of content that where decide by older people than us. (tv station) So we were exposed to a greater variety of content than the newer generation.

@markcarpenter6020 Год назад

I got in trouble in elementary school (4th or 5th grade)cause I had taught myself to pick locks and locked half the class in the bathroom after lunch one day.(the bathrooms had the locks that locked and unlocked with a key)

@Cookieboy70 2 года назад

Don't hold Jean Reno under Natalie and Gary. He has an amazing lineup of French action movies even though this is his most iconic.

@katm6 2 года назад

I adore Jean Reno so much, I completely forget Gary Oldman is in this movie.

@JacVobar 2 года назад

His role in Mission Impossible (1) is pretty iconic as well.

@mstandenberg1421 2 года назад

The broken child mistook a simple man and protector’s affection for something to be responded to via a child’s naive pantomime of lust, in-line with her perception of her mother and sisters’ much older sexualities. Natalie Portman was a natural talent, driven by instinct and awareness. Horrifying to watch, and I bet her parents thought so too, but understandable I think. Much easier for the population at large to swallow if Luc Besson didn’t like ‘em so young I reckon.

@lavarball528 2 года назад

Couldn't have said it better. Luc Besson is a certified piece of shit but a great filmmaker.

@Ntron475 2 года назад

Stand by me has phenomenal performances by all the young cast.

@bronzewand 2 года назад

The best...

@clapattack7235 2 года назад

River Phoenix RIP

@johnathan2321 2 года назад

Wonder if you've ever seen The 5th Element, would be curious to see your reaction to that Besson movie

@goneetfierdeletre4032 2 года назад

Best Besson movies Nikita and the big blue

@markcalloway2942 2 года назад

Leon’s love for Matilda was strictly platonic but Matilda was at an age where she was just discovering her sexuality much like Natalie Portman when filming this it really sucks that Natalie was harassed constantly by creepy fans after this movie because she really did put her heart and soul into her acting

@donkeyparadise9276 Год назад

Harrassed?

@markcalloway2942 Год назад

@@donkeyparadise9276 they would constantly sexualize her and much like Millie Bobby Brown from stranger things there were countdowns on the radio and tv counting down the days until she turned 18 also there was a scene where she wore a sheer white top and that’s the image magazine’s would use to talk about her

@jarnodatema 2 года назад

8:58 I would like to point out that that guy was a firefighter who died rescuing people during 9/11

@KHAOE1 2 года назад

I remember reading up on that. I forgot about that!! He sure was!!

@Philly9758 2 года назад

Correct. Keith A. Glascoe of Ladder 21.

@HatSandwiches 2 года назад

My grandma died last year and this was one of her favorite movies. Glad you got to enjoy it too, man.

@goneetfierdeletre4032 2 года назад

Rip for you grandma man

@myTERAexperience 2 года назад

Natalie Portman's performance is probably the best child performance. If not, then Macauley Caulkin in "The Good Son." He made me believe he could do what his character did...insanely talented. "EVEREY ONNNE!" Is probably one of my favorite lines, his delivery was top notch.

@davidsumpter4933 2 года назад

This one great movie with a very strong, unique style. Her love had her confused because Leon was the first person that actually cared for her and she didn't understand it. And I agree that Oldman's performances were good but it was a Portman movie.

@a-top7090 2 года назад

"This is like a movie that giving pedophiles hope" 🤣🤣 All jokes aside,, this movie is really good but the extended cut is pretty weird. Also Jean Reno, the actor who played Leon, made his character to be slow so that he'll feel uncomfortable when ever Matilda acting weird.

@Theomite 2 года назад

I don't know how much hope it would give them considering that Leon does *not* feel about Mathilda the way she feels about him.

@HelloMellowXVI 2 года назад

It Was A Joke Bruh, You're Taking It Too Seriously...

@a-top7090 2 года назад

@@HelloMellowXVI I know is a joke bro. That's why I was laughing at what your saying because is funny. I'm not hating it. I know this movie is supposed to be taken seriously, and I think is a good movie. But after watching it many time as a kid, I started to make fun of it as well.

@HelloMellowXVI 2 года назад

Lmao Noooo. I wasn't Talking To You Bro, 😆🙈

@a-top7090 2 года назад

@@HelloMellowXVI ooh. I'm sorry dude 😅 my dumbass thought that comment was referring to me. My bad.

@TimDownsAnimation 2 года назад

I still cannot believe the "ring trick" sequence wasn't in the theatrical cut. It's the buildup for the eventual payoff when Stansfield finally bites the dust! And it's just a great montage that really drives home Leon and Mathilda's "teacher/apprentice" journey.

@persephonene7421 11 месяцев назад

The cut version is nearly unwatchable to me because of this... and you also now have a scene of leon giving Mathilda the pink dress for no reason because they cut out the part where she puts it on and Leon tells his backstory.

@TheCrazyCanuck420 2 года назад

The "I lovvvveee Mozart" line cracks me up every time I watch this.

@_heavens_hell_97_64 2 года назад

Its kinda ment to be uncomfortable because she's mistaking sexual love for just love of a father

@cheesedtomeetyou8007 2 года назад

You sure thats not because the director is a p3do? Got a 16year old pregnant when he was 32 ffs

@_heavens_hell_97_64 2 года назад

@@cheesedtomeetyou8007 from what I know its a very "french" movie in which 16 is legal over there so to us its p3d0 shit while over there's its practically legal - not trying to justify it or anything but its just a very "french" movie lol

@Musashiditlapathere 2 года назад

@@_heavens_hell_97_64 16 is not legal in france dawg😭

@_heavens_hell_97_64 2 года назад

@@Musashiditlapathere yes it is look it up lol I was mistaken its actually 15 - I just looked it up right now its fuckin 15 lol

@jndaley 2 года назад

@@Musashiditlapathere your right. I just looked up the legal age on consent in France and it’s actually 15 not 16.

@ADADEL1 2 года назад

Interview with the Vampire has some really great child acting too.

@ADADEL1 2 года назад

@@orangeslices990 That would have been perfect considering her other roles. Dunst did a masterful job though.

@Ambaryerno 2 года назад

@@ADADEL1 I see your Kirsten Dunst and raise you a Dafne Keen.

@zoehession3225 2 года назад

Omg I remember when my dad showed me this film for the first time. The ending was so sad omg 😭😭. My favourite scene is when he shouts at her and says ‘STOP SAYING OK’ and she says ‘ok...’ 😂😂😂😂😂

@1armronindad748 2 года назад

I felt Leon was truly trying to be a Father figure for Matilda. Trying to prove there is some good in her world. She did lose her younger brother which she truly loved in her shi**y world. She never had someone care for her like Leon.

@davidhasselblad3825 2 года назад

Even as a younger teen that’s what I’ve always thought.

@intraviator8694 2 года назад

The original concept was much more pedophilia based, but Leon's actor as well as Natalie's parents strongly disagreed. It was later changed from a romantic relationship to a strong emotional bond more akin to a father/older brother role.

@davidhasselblad3825 2 года назад

@@intraviator8694 That is really good to know because I’ve felt a certain way about this movie. Even when I’m telling myself it’s not like that. But that place in the back of my mind is like. Yooo. So to hear that it was specifically changed to a father daughter roles puts my mind at a lot of ease. The director is good at directing but fuck him 😂 straight up.

@lampad4549 2 года назад

@@intraviator8694 where is your evidence of this?

@mckenzie.latham91 2 года назад

Also isn’t it implied that Matilda’s father sexually grooms the older sister? So it could also be that Matilda has grown up in an environment where fatherly love and sexual love are the same thing which may impact her actions.

@ZelbeQahi 2 года назад

Another child actor film is "Empire of the Sun" with a very young Christian Bale cast as a POW child enamored by flight and Japanese Kamikaze. His performance landed him an Oscar and first juvenile Academy Award category created for child actors! It's a Steven Spielberg film.

@monie3558 2 года назад

Love this movie. We need Godfather Part 2🧡

@arthurguillen8432 2 года назад

Hellooooo nurse ;)

@nicholassmith7984 2 года назад

The character of Mathilda is partially inspired by actress Maiwenn Le Besco, who met Luc Besson around the same age, and later was in a relationship with him. She appears as the woman near the start of the film.

@nightmaster5593 2 года назад

I used to live in Mathilda's apartment!

@wibicki68 2 года назад

The lead actor is Jean Reno (Shh-John Ray-No) and he's amazing, I hope you see his other work too. A few things he's in (Ronin w/ Robert DeNiro, Onimusha 3 (Video Game), and literally the only good part of Godzilla 98').

@spectacularpoopfly8464 2 года назад

Chewing gum to look more American is forever stuck with me and onimusha 3 is fun

@mcgilj1 2 года назад

I really liked him in the DePalma directed "Mission: Impossible" reboot as well.. Nothing compared to this.. But still a solid flick.

@goneetfierdeletre4032 2 года назад

Nikita, the big blue , Les visiteurs (not the US remake with him and applegate , the french vers ) , Les rivieres pourpre , wasabi Jean Reno is a beast

@stephaniebedworth2470 2 года назад

One of my favorites of his is Wasabi.

@madfukncdn 2 года назад

Definitely loves Wasabi

@Britcarjunkie 2 года назад

Jean Reno is a great actor: this character is based on a similar one he played in the original La Femme Nikita - another MUST watch. He was also in Ronin, and he's even good at comedy. The director, Luc Besson, has done other great stuff, such as The Fifth Element, and Lucy.

@soranraina4391 2 года назад

One of my favorite all time films of all time. Jean Reno and Gary Oldman givin their best

@huber7777 2 года назад

For the EVERYONE line, the director told Gary Oldman to do it super over-the-top and said "This won't be in the movie, don't worry." Of course they put that take in the movie and I think Gary Oldman was not too happy about that XD

@williamsummerson1204 2 года назад

Jean Reno, natalie Portman and gary oldman gave incredible performances. One of my favorite action movies ever. Great reaction homie.

@donaldgilbert6739 2 года назад

Leon's and Matilda's relationship is based on the director's and girlfriend, wife relationship. She was 12 when they met and started dating when she was 15, he was 29, she gave birth to their daughter when she was 16. The girl in the beginning of the movie with the funny hair who said, i;ll catch you later was his wife. She's the blue opera diva singer in the 5th element if you've seen that! Whicj also has Gary Oldman. Check it out if you haven't seen that.

@Modernww2fare 2 года назад

Gross

@luciolamonica Год назад

the film went into productions only a few months after the tragedy of Brandon Lee in The Crow, so since Nathalie Portman handles so many weapons in the plot, her parents hired a weapons expert to teach her how to assemble and disassemble parts, how to check for live ammo, how to tell the difference between bullets and blanks, how to tell the difference between weights of loaded and unloaded guns, which make Mathilda the most badass teen ever!

@jaymantisgaming 2 года назад

i remember when the whole reaction scene started it was like 'teens react to' etc and i was all like 'who the fuck would wanna watch that crap?' but now im addicted to joining people on their first time watching some of my favourite movies. love your channel mate

@FH-hu5vn 2 года назад

The two-gun thing people parody was made popular by the excellent John Woo films Hard Boiled and The Killer. Highly recommended. Incredible action.

@benjamindeharo314 2 года назад

What do you mean by "two-gun thing" ?

@tubekulose 2 года назад

It wasn't only Portman's first performance or one of Oldman's greatest appearances but also the movie, that made Jean Reno famous.

@Modernww2fare 2 года назад

It was certainly one of Oldman's best performances

@GlamityJean 2 года назад

From what I know, "Leon" is the European version (original) , "the professional" is the US cut which removed the ring trick montage and some of the "uncomfortable" scenes, and "Leon: the professional" is apparently a director's cut or just a European cut for the US market

@jaetee9570 2 года назад

Fun fact: The Resident evil 2 (1998) protagonist's name is Leon and his guns nickname was Matilda. This of course was input by the American developers of the game as a reference to this amazing film.

@rudyardmagpie 2 года назад

The Director of this film, like the lead, Jean Reno, is a French National. When interviewed he said, a child infatuated with an older man/woman happens all the time.

@wheresmyeyebrow1608 2 года назад

"Is life always this hard? "Naw it's when your dad ain't shit" Lmao

@MrMarioski 2 года назад

Yes! Glad you reviewed this one. Director Luc Besson and Gary Oldman team up again for The Fift Element (1997). Definitely a fun ride go in without any knowledge and you’ll have a blast

@korybeavers6528 2 года назад

When it was released 30 years and we saw ir the theaters over Christmas, it was only called "The Professional"

@rscottus5454 2 года назад

Some serious star power in this movie. It was so well done. Acting, music, subject matter. Was why it became such a cult classic. Gary Oldman..the man is good in ANYTHING. One of the few things he was not all maked up. Natalie..what a freaking break out role as a kid. Jean Reno. I could go on.

@jazflanagan8693 2 года назад

I'm SO glad you reacted to this!! It makes my heart happy that someone is watching it nowadays. I'm going to see if anyone else reacts to it, but I'm not hopeful. This film is obscure now.

@uludelu 2 года назад

Akimbo pistols were saw before, "Hard Boiled" by John Woo.

@illones2196 2 года назад

Or Killer (john woo) and MANY others

@HideousConformity 2 года назад

@@illones2196 Both of those are movies any lover of action movies should check out.

@TheSchaef47 2 года назад

This was America's introduction to Jean Reno being the French Guy in all the movies that have a French Guy. And that ones that didn't have Jean Reno, had Tcheky Karyo.

@OneColdMonkey 2 года назад

Narrator: Two days later, the school's maintenance man mowed over Leon's plant because it didn't belong there.

@QuayNemSorr 2 года назад

And the following week....he had an accident.

@richardcramer1604 2 года назад

Seriously, I was thinking the same thing, to plant it in the middle of the yard was stupid. At least plant it along the edge of the lawn or better yet talk to the grounds keeper, get permission to plant it and where would be the ideal location. She's smart enough that I'm sure she could talk the school into not only permission but receive their wholehearted support.

@chewyismycopilot788 2 года назад

My favorite child performance was Kirsten Dunst in Interview With the Vampire

@progunliberal 2 года назад

Leon loved Matilda as a daughter. He never "fell in love" with her in an unhealthy way. It was her coming-of-age infatuation with him coupled with Leon's social autism that made some of the scenes feel creepy, because I believe Leon was on the spectrum and clearly didn't know how to interact with people in a socially normative way. Such a challenging movie. The cut you watched was not the cut American audiences originally saw in the theater. The studio made Luc Besson trim out a lot of the more unsettling moments when Matilda is coming onto Leon because it was assumed the US market is okay with a child committing murder, but a challenging story about a girl being "in love" with an adult man and him having to navigate that respectfully was just "too much for us". This cut is a far better film then what americans saw in the theater.

@hettbeans 2 года назад

Natalie P always been amazing with the emotional shifts on her face. She did that bit in Annihilation that was great too.

@xcellent-records 2 года назад

This movie was originally released in the US in a different version called "The Professional" and was a hit. Most of the uncomfortable scenes of Matilda having feelings for Leon were not in that version. The movie was released as 'Leon' in Europe (and was a hit). This is one of those deals where the studio releases the version they want and at a negotiated time the director can release their version. The director's version is what you watched "Leon: The Professional"

@federicolavaselli9378 2 года назад

One of my fav movies of all time, nice reaction!

@pk1842 2 года назад

It’s not often in life that people ask me “Everyone?” but when they do i always try to personify Gary Oldman’s EVERYOOOONE!!!

@WeinsEarp 2 года назад

It is her best performance to this day IMO.

@desrever1138 2 года назад

Eric Serra did the soundtrack (and pretty much every Besson film from the 80's/90's). Seriously, if you dig this check out all of the other soundtracks he has done. This one is my second favorite after The Big Blue (1988). Closely followed by the OST for La Femme Nikita.

@gaylecheung3087 Год назад

I was blown away when I first watched this movie and then realized who the little actress was

@mnemonic1363 2 года назад

I literally just checked to see if you posted anything😂 GREAT! MOVIE!!

@SandraMorris51 2 года назад

I've always loved this movie. Brilliant performances

@jorgelsal 2 года назад

The headshake movement and chant never gets old LOL

@brianjohnson3795 2 года назад

Fact her breaking up laughing in the restaurant scene was a mistake. Some leaders in the background had made a mess in an accidental collision or something. She saw it happen even though it was just out of range of camera and microphone. As a result she couldn't stop laughing. Leon adlibed. And took away the bottle of wine. They kept it in.

@benjamindeharo314 2 года назад

Where did you get that fact ?

@brianjohnson3795 2 года назад

@@benjamindeharo314 the extras on the DVD version of Leon Thehe Professional 10 year retrospective.

@benjamindeharo314 2 года назад

@@brianjohnson3795 Than you very much :)

@brianjohnson3795 2 года назад

@@benjamindeharo314 look closely over Leon's right shoulder. In the background out of focus. You can see them basically trying to clean up. That screen left side.

@benjamindeharo314 2 года назад

@@brianjohnson3795 I just checked, but I can't see it. I'm sorry to ask you this, but can you tell me the exact moment that happens please ? The movie is on youtube here : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gNsnH5Il_sI.html

@coolddp 2 года назад

11:24: MellVerse: I am already liking their relationship..... Their relationship later in the movie: Then you'll gonna love me!

@LilRocker2005 2 года назад

Natalie Portman's is definitely ONE of the best performances by a child actor but the best in my book goes to Tatum O'Neal in the 1973 film Paper Moon! She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for that movie and to this day is the youngest Oscar winner in the Academy's history, being only 9 when she won! The second youngest Oscar winner is Anna Paquin (from X-Men and True Blood). She also won Best Supporting Actress for The Piano in 1993 at the age of 11

@diyaparker4203 2 года назад

Her acting when he was telling her to crawl down the shaft is mind blowing I swear. Had me emotional when I first saw it

@bashirijones7008 2 года назад

LA FEMME NIKITA!❤ The Professional would not exist without La Femme Nikita(the original French film). If you loved The Professional and love Taratino you will love, La Femme.

@ste.6026 2 года назад

Loved this movie on release, though only seen a few times since, it never seems to be shown on T.V or any of the channels I pay for... Shame!... A 9 out of 10 for me... 'L.A Confidential' would make a great reaction, feel you would like that one also...

@johnlangis9313 Месяц назад

Powerful movie! The acting is amazing! Leon was an adult yet child-like but Mathilda was forced to grow up in so many ways. hence, the reason she felt love for him but it was not the romantic type as she thought. Powerful!

@dirkd7510 2 года назад

I suggest you check out "True Romance" Gary Oldman is in it. He plays a Pimp. Written by Quentin Tarantino. Get Shorty is good too.

@sexistatheist6464 2 года назад

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but the version you watched is the longer, director's cut, not the shorter, international cut that originally came out in theatres and on the initial DVD release. The beginning and end are more or less the same, but the director's cut has several extra scenes near the middle of the film, with Leon training Mathilda, and Mathilda flirting with him. I saw the film during it's theatrical run in 1994, and bought the initial DVD release in the early 2000s. Think I might've owned it on VHS in the late '90s too, so for around 15 years, the shorter version is the only version I'd seen. The director's cut was released on DVD in 2009, and I bought it around that time, because I love the film, and wanted to see the additional scenes. As someone who always loved this film since it's initial release, I do appreciate getting to see those extra interactions between Leon and Mathilda, so the director's cut is now the version I'd watch if I'm alone. If I were showing the film to a friend for the first time though, I'd probably put on the international cut, as it's quicker-paced and easier to digest for a first-time viewer.

@flutesong5527 2 года назад

I love this movie too, I watch it whenever it's on. Such acting!

@quantumman555 2 года назад

You gotta watch sixth sense. As a film lover, you would enjoy it.

@donaldgilbert6739 2 года назад

Great movie! Thanks for this reaction!

@peterwilson1663 2 года назад

The special edition is even more uncomfortable and the original script was even stronger.

@BuckarooSamurai 2 года назад

This, I only knew the theatrical version for years and years cause that was all I had, and the older I got the more there were troubling aspects to the film. Then the director's cut came out and it was even worse and really couldn't be overlooked anymore. I still think its a good movie but its also really creepy especially when you learn about Besson's dating history.

@benjamindeharo314 2 года назад

@@BuckarooSamurai Yeah, it's just a story about a killer who's teaching a little girl how to kill, and have Gary Oldman murders Mathilda's entire family, but as long as they have a father-daughter relationship that is fine. Lol. (￣ლ￣๑)

@phousefilms 2 года назад

Supposed to be uncomfortable. But remember, Mathilda is a girl trying to rush to be an adult(excessively swearing, smoking, etc;)and Leon(who, despite being an adult, is socially inept and has no formal education)is young at heart. Mathilda gratvitateds toward the first positive adult male figure in her life and mistakes her affection for real romantic love. Especially after her shitty home life. Remember, Leon doesn't do anything ever and his love of her is NOT romantic.

@benjamindeharo314 2 года назад

@@phousefilms What if Leon did love her and had sex with her ? Cannibalism is wrong and disgusting, that doesn't stop people from loving Hannibal Lecter. Terrorism is wrong and disgusting, that doesn't stop people from loving Fight Club or The Joker. Being a serial killer is wrong and disgusting, that doesn't stop people from loving The House That Jack Built or American Psycho. Cooking and selling drugs is wrong and disgusting, that doesn't stop people from loving Breaking Bad. Committing crimes is wrong and disgusting, that doesn't stop people from loving The Godfather. Have you guys seen any movie before ? Since when movies are supposed to be ethical ?

@carlosduarte8429 2 года назад

Bro, I didn't even known a director's cut of this movie exist until now.

@jeronp420 2 года назад

How can you not know who Jean Reno is!? Hes a amazing actor!

@jokybones 2 года назад

Easily one of the best child performances!

@chandraenger3740 2 года назад

This is an absolutely fantastic movie! I love seeing Jean Reno go from this role to his funny role in "Couples Retreat." Definitely an actor who can play diverse roles and be good at them!

@LiTTleGaBi21 2 года назад

the shot when he comes out of the shadows is so damn good.

@liamreidy1175 2 года назад

Cool film, I haven't seen it for years.......Good reaction too......

@signefurax933 5 месяцев назад

In France we love Nathalie because she speaks french perfectly and for Léon and Black Swan with our french actor Vincent Cassel...she is from Harvard and speak many langages. She is simply perfect.

@quellenathanar 2 года назад

Natalie Portman has an IQ of 140. This role was "child's play" for her. It's crazy that she's 40 now.

@Anino_Makata 2 года назад

40 years old, with an IQ of 140? No wonder her acting is consistently on point.

@emmahammond2046 2 года назад

Sir you are spoiling us!!!!!

@flugsven 2 года назад

I remember watching this movie on a cinema the day before I gave birth to my eldest. All actors were soo good, even the (then) kid.

@hettbeans 2 года назад

It sucks that such an amazing debut performance resulted in so much negativity for Portman - --- During her speech, Portman revealed how her first fan mail involved a “rape fantasy” written by a man, that a local radio station launched a countdown to when she was “legal to sleep with” and how critics wrote about her “budding breasts” in reviews. “I was so excited at 13 when the film was released and my work and my art would have a human response,” Portman said. “I excitedly opened my first fan mail to read a rape fantasy that a man had written me. A countdown was started on my local radio show to my 18th birthday, euphemistically the date that I would be legal to sleep with. Movie reviewers talked about my budding breasts in reviews.” “At 13 years old, the message from our culture was clear to me,” Portman went on to say. “I felt the need to cover my body and to inhibit my expression and my work in order to send my own message to the world: That I’m someone worthy of safety and respect. The response to my expression from small comments about my body to more threatening deliberate statements served to control my behaviour through an environment of sexual terrorism.”

@itswrongtokillanimalsifyou2837 2 года назад

Gary Oldman is so scary and brilliant in this. Another great child performance is Noah Hathaway's Atreyu in The Neverending Story (an fantasy adventure film that holds up beautifully to this day).

@DubGDJ 2 года назад

Björk - Venus as a boy. It's the heart and soul of the movie and made this movie a classic.

@anthonyreid666 2 года назад

Awesome video dude

@QuayNemSorr 2 года назад

It's an amazing movie. And so many great performances!

@JordanPeacock-ou6qw 2 года назад

Leon, The Professional is one of the favorite movie of stealth and hitman style movie where this man protect the little girl (who looks younger before Black Swain, Heat and V for Verenge). This soundtrack and score is amazing and stunning