Leon: The Professional

Léon: The Professional is a 1994 English-language French action-thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno and Gary Oldman, and features the film debut of Natalie Portman. The plot centers on Léon (Reno), an Italian-American professional hitman who reluctantly takes in twelve-year-old Mathilda Lando (Portman) after her family is murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Norman Stansfield (Oldman). Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman's trade. The film was released in France by Gaumont through Gaumont Buena Vista International on 14 September 1994 and received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello, Peter Appel, Michael Badalucco, Ellen Greene, Elizabeth Regen, Carl J. Matusovich, Eric Challier, Willi One Blood, Don Creech, Keith A. Glascoe, Jernard Burks, Matt De Matt, Frank Senger, Stuart Rudin, Lucius Wyatt Cherokee, Maïwenn, Luc Bernard, Joseph Malerba, Adam Busch, Jessie Keosian, George Martin, Alex Dezen, Michael Mundra, Kent Broadhurst, Tommy Hollis, Peter Linari, Betty Miller, Arsène Jiroyan, Geoffrey Bateman, Peter Vizard, David W. Butler, Robert LaSardo, Steve Gonnelo, William James Stiggers Jr., Sonny Zito, Randy Pearlstein, Jeff McBride, Fred Fischer, Crystal Blake, Cary Wong, Mario Todisco, Samy Naceri, Christophe Gautier, Junior Almeida, David Gregg, Michel Montanary, Hervé Husson, Didier Legros, Marc Andréoni, Gilles Kleber, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michael Wehrhahn

• Genre(s): Action, Crime, Drama, Movies, VOD