Leon: The Professional - Film starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman

★★★★★

5 word summary:
Amazing but odd assassin film.

5 sentence review:
After a little girl's (Mathilda played by Natalie Portman) family is killed she is taken in by an assassin (Leon played by Jean Reno) who she convinces to train her in his trade; a lovely (if sometimes twisted) relationship is formed between he two.

The cast and characters are wonderful ad unique, from the overtly mature but also vulnerable Mathilda to Leon the heartless but caring and Gary Oldman's bad of crazy character Stansfield, everyone is so interesting and well created.

It's a film to be enjoyed for the acting and the plot but it can also be put on mute and looked at as a work of art because it's so beautiful.

The plot draws you in and you spiral with the characters and, although the ending could be predicted, you are never really sure where everything is going to end up (which is always the best way for a film to be).

I can't really adequately express how much I enjoyed this film without explaining that I normally watch films at home while scrolling through tumblr, when watching Leon I actually put my laptop down; I need you to understand that this is a very important symbol of how engaging this film is.

5 good things:
1. Everyone's acting.
2. Especially Jean Reno.
3. Characterisation.
4. Mathilda shooting people with a paintball(?) gun.
5. Subverting the assassin film while maintaining some themes.

5 bad things:
1. Mathilda and Leon's relationship...sometimes...
2. Mathilda could have been a little older to make me feel more comfortable with her character.
3. Unexplained obsession with milk.
4. The fact that there isn't a sequel (although that could also ruin how good it is as a stand alone film).
5. The fact I can't work out how to put an accent onto Leon's name.