Léon: The Professional (1994) First Time Watching | Movie Reaction 

Jean Reno. An insanely great actor!

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Then she should star in a remake of Nikita

Not nowadays. Remember, women can't learn anything from men.

Luc Besson had plans to do a sequel film rather like that, but couldn't get studios to bite on it for some reason. He re-tooled the screenplay into the film 'Columbiana' with Zoe Saldana, which could be considered a kind of 'spiritual' sequel.

Glad to hear! Any more you can share about your meeting?

Well said. I really don't get how many of these reactors think Tony wouldn't have given the money to Leon if he asked, and assumed he was always like getting over on him. I never saw it like that - As said he's got a code and considered Leon like family to look out for.

Yes! Even more extreme villainous character than this, second only to Bram Stoker's Dracula!

You beat me but still gonna request it

You need to watch more Gary Oldman movies.

i agree!

Would have been a disaster

Disagree. The original is much better than the American version.

They cut the OG version bc some of that was in the movie. The director is a pedophile and wrote the movie as a love letter to his girlfriend that he met when she was 12 and he was in his 30s.

This movie is pedofest nevertheless.

@@dicekolev5360 Teenagers aren't peydo. Peydos target children, not adolescents/young adults. By blurring the definition you're minimizing peydo behavior.

VERY well said. I don't get how these reactors get a vibe that Tony was getting over on Leon the whole time - As said he didn't really spend/use much of the money he made and Tony was indeed looking out. Tony might question a bit but if Leon really wanted his money he'd get it for him. Besides regarding Leon like family, Tony is quite well-known and operates by a code; he just wouldn't be underhanded like that.

Luc Besson directed/made both this movie and Fifth Element, so he brought Gary Oldman with him!👍👍

And mason verger in Hannibal

Also A TV Series Called Nakita In The 2000's

i had to check that for myself too. interesting when u think about it

There’s a directors cut ( it wasn’t the original uk release ) with around 30 minutes extra of him teaching Matilda and some other bits

I remember that it was originally called "The Professional" until the director's cut was released and renamed as "Leon: The Professional". Big fan of this movie when it came out.

@@ZoeDuneCorpCorrect.

I agree with you. I 'm half Italian here. The Italian Mafia had some strict codes about not burning your own people. Plus as you said- Leon could have asked for all his money at any time, and if Tony refused he would be dead meat, quick, fast, and in a hurry.

A shame her misconceptions about Tony ruin the movie for her.

Of course he's lying. Banks don't get robbed and even if they do your money is insured. Leon can't count, can't read. He has nomidea how much money he has and he's never getting it. Tony doesnt give it to Matilda like he asked either. He gives her a couple bucks. How's that going to help her?

@@russellward4624 Well you are forgetting that in the 90's a 100$/month was a lot more than today! Plus Mathilda goes back to school. In America schools are expensive, someone is paying for it. Not her for sure! About the bank, I don't think he could put all that money in the bank anyways because it was dirty. It would attract too much attention. And Tony is not all wrong about banks not to be trusted because they can still go into bankruptcy and that's how the Abbas lost all their money! The end where Tony gets emotional and scolds Mathilda for even thinking of becoming a "cleaner" says it all. Why would he even bother when if his intention was to take all the money for himself he could just kick her out and be done with it! But instead he lost his cool because he felt bad for Leon, maybe blaming himself and Mathilda for Leon's death but while wanting to respect Leon's wishes. Look I searched the internet to find what the producers and director meant and all I can find is debates that go on to this day so maybe that was done intentionally to keep us thinking forever but this movie takes a bit inspiration from Lolita and Count of Monte Cristo and artistically speaking if Mathilda doesn't get anything, it ruins the story. Can you imagine how not famous the story of Count of Monte Cristo would be if he didn't get anything at the end?! I think Dumas wouldn't even bother writing it that way and he didn't because it would suck!

@@barrycohen311 I never thought it any other way but in these reaction channels I am finding this take on it for the first time. I don't know, I always felt this part was clear in the movie but why do people take it this way... The signs are all there... Plus I wouldn't think this is a great movie if Mathilda gets nothing! It would be as if Count of Monte Cristo for example escapes prison and ends up as a beggar in the streets! I don't think we would've even heard of Count of Monte Cristo if it was written that way! It wouldn't even have been named that just like this movie. It's called Leon the Professional not Leon the Dummy!

No way! for real???

dunno if we seen that one. but we gotta check it out!

I agree with you. Luc Besson did not like it though, the Director prefers this original. The extended version is the one to watch. Even better. It has about 15-20 of footage of Leon training her on real hit jobs.

You’re both very wrong and need to examine your value systems.

@@tempsitch5632 the extended version is the version I first watched as a kid so watching the theatrical version years later with the hit training montage and the ring trick being cut out always pissed me off, like why cut that it doesn’t make sense.

oh interesting, i guess that's how we should remember it also,thx for the heads up!

oh for real?

we got shocked there!

@@MJoy4Fun it was so good! 😁

hahaha! we cut each other quite often.. i always remembered him from this role first.. but man his role here was a complete psycho!

@@MJoy4Fun it's unbelieveable that he can go from how crazy he was in this one to how he was in a film like Batman Begins! Such a great actor😄

No. Leon is the Director’s cut. The Professional is the theatrical cut.

It was also titled Leon in the UK in 93. It was released as The Professional in 94 in the USA. I never even heard "The Professional" until I started watching YT and saw what people in the USA were reacting to. Luc Besson calls the released version the Directors cut, he calls the other one the "long version"

Are you serious? This movie should have been called Leon the moron.

Same! I've been soooooo looking forward to this one! 😎

It really is what one might describe as "Art Cinema"

Is there an extended versión?

@@delerium101 Yes !😉

@@delerium101 Yes, the extended is even better. It was released without Besson's approval. He was angry about it, he calls the shorter release "The Director's Cut."

@@barrycohen311 It's the exact opposite, Besson considers the extended cut to be the true version of the film.

...and the series with Peta Wilson.

It's an Aglaonema, it'll be fine in the shade. The frost however will kill it.

thank youuuu!!!

@@MJoy4Fun youre welcome!! ive watched your reaction to wizard of oz 3 or 4 times now. joy laughing at tin man (toot toot!) and marion laughing at the lion will never stop amusing me! it was my favourite film as a kid and its brilliant to see you both enjoy it so much. reaction channels are the closest we can get to seeing a movie for the first time again... so thank you :) Tangled is my favourite animation and im sure youd love it!

Natalie Portman is SO MUCH more than just Leon and Star Wars, a brilliant actress - take a look at "V"

It's definitely a pedo-fantasy, written and directed by a pedo about the child he was molesting at the time.

Luc Besson is a pedo himself, so it's not surprising. He "officially" started dating Maïwenn when she was 15 and he was 29. They met when she was 12... She gave birth to their daughter when she was 16.

I don't find it 'edgy' or wrong. It's endearing and innocent, in my opinion, and nothing inappropriate happens.

​@@Marjolein26264 They were about to have them sleep together but decided at the last minute not to do it. Disgusting but typical of Hollyweird. They are very much into the pedo shit. I guess it isn't edgy to some because they have become so desensitized, especially now days with all the hyper-sexualization of children in our pathetic society.

@@Marjolein26264 By the way, what exactly is "innocent and endearing" about a 8/9 year old that wants to have sex with a 40 some year old man?.......