Léon: The Professional

LUC BESSON | 1994 | 133 MINS | FRA

Rated MA15+

IF YOU WANT THE JOB DONE RIGHT, HIRE A PROFESSIONAL.

12-year-old Mathilda (Natalie Portman in her debut role) is reluctantly taken in by Léon (a career-best performance by Jean Reno), a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.

'Oozing style, wit and confidence from every sprocket, and offering a dizzyingly, fresh perspective on the Big Apple that only Besson could bring, this is, in a word, wonderful' - Empire