Leon the Professional

[100%]

Luc Besson sometimes manages to really hit the spot, but most of the time he fails miserably in his attempt to be mainstream humorous.
Leon, Nikita, Angel-A, Le grand Blue, Subway, 5th Element are gems.

and 5th element is on the edge.

[Totti]

I just saw this movie great great acting by Natalie Portman but her relationship with Leon (Jean Reno) is a little weird and how they fall in love together reminds me of lolita
I give this movie a 8.5/10

Did you watch the theatrical or the "long "version ? If you thought her relationship in the shorter version was a " little weird" ( understatement of the year ) the long version will knock your socks off.

Good movie but I like my hero or in this case anti-hero a little lot more sympathetic. Reno is by far the best thing in the movie Gary Oldman is too over the top.
Reno's like Liam Neeson,unlikely action hero but he brings incredible quite weight to a role and is therefore totally believable.

Best young Natalie Portman movie is definitely Heat and bonus unlike Beautiful Girls you don't feel like a pervert watching it.
Also recommend Ronin for Reno and DeNiro and Sean Bean and definitely one of the best car chases ever .

hmmm I don't know if watched the theatrical version what's the difference?? i think i saw little girls and it was pretty boring or I might be switching it with another movie with Winona Ryder..... Yes Jean Reno does play the anti-hero perfectly in this movie and i really connected to him and felt sorry for his character. What I also liked about Reno (Leon) was that he gave the character a childish mentality and it just fitted perfectly with the way Natalie Portman played a very mature 12

[brightsid]

Grand Bleu is my favorite staring Reno. To tell you the truth probably because of Arquette.
The Heat could be a fine action movie if the duration was 1 hour shorter.

[IdolEyes787]

Michael Mann has a tendency to let scenes drag on longer than they should and he also spends too much time on setup but he's a stylist more than a storyteller and as a visual stylist he has few peers.In Mann, there are echoes of Antonioni and Kubrick.
And like Kubrick he also has the ability to fill the screen with action and never let it undermine the performances of his actors.
He is without question one of the more interesting filmmakers working today.

[clocker]

Michael Mann has a tendency to let scenes drag on longer than they should

No shit.
The robbery/shootout scene in Heat is only slightly shorter than the Vietnam war.

He is without question one of the more interesting filmmakers working today.

I question that.
Probably just out of habit.

[Totti]

If we are talking about interesting directors I think Zack Snyder is one of them Watchmen was one of my favorite films of 2009 he also directed 300 a little commercial for my flavor but one of the better action movies that have came out over the last three years.

[Skiz]

No shit.
The robbery/shootout scene in Heat is only slightly shorter than the Vietnam war.

It's also considered by many to be one of the best shootout scenes ever. It also set the bar for what was considered a more realistic shootout.

I for one loved it.

[megabyteme]

No shit.
The robbery/shootout scene in Heat is only slightly shorter than the Vietnam war.

It's also considered by many to be one of the best shootout scenes ever. It also set the bar for what was considered a more realistic shootout.

I for one loved it.

Definitely agreed.

Very much like this LA shootout from 1997.

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[The_Martinator]

Grand Bleu is my favorite staring Reno. To tell you the truth probably because of Arquette.
The Heat could be a fine action movie if the duration was 1 hour shorter.

I watched it on TV a few years ago without expecting much. I got a lot. Great movie indeed.

[placebocrazy]

I watched this movie recently. I liked it very much. It's a strange relationship between Leon and the Girl indeed.