I love Mozart.... He was Austrian You know

Leon (or 'the professional' as its known elsewhere) is certainly my favourite film ever created, and in some way, I kind of feel that it will never be bettered.

I am one of those people who very rarely watch a film for the second time. My list of films that I have watched more than once would be about 5-6 films short, which would include the (kind of) compulsory second watch of Christopher Nolans' Memento. However, I can modestly say that I have watched Leon around 12 to 13 times (ha!). Furthermore I must add that each and every time I watch it again, I always manage to find something new metaphorically or indeed, something to laugh at within Gary Oldman's superb character portrayal of an on-the-edge, haywire cop.

I could now continue to stress how amazing this film actually is; with its superb acting performances, the stunning cinematography or even its delightful symbology. However, i will now finish with a gallery of pictures taken from the movie to which shows leon's extremely high quality....


the outset of the movie with a sweeping, integral look at 90's New York city


a nice piece of cinematography with the lens fading from the stairs to the characters legs and hands (maybe giving the feeling as if youve just climbed the stairs and met this character, as of course Leon does)


a young Natalie Portman putting in a superb, mature performanace as Matilda


Norman Stansfield is possibly the best ever adaption of a crazy, bad guy in film. here he is storming a house whilst listening and killing people in tune with Beethoven. He is masterfully played by Gary Oldman, who in my honest opinion, should of been awarded (or at least nominated) for the 'best actor' at the relevant oscars for this performance alone.


His abstract brutality...


... and his schizophrenic behaviour as he attacks the kitchen with a frying pan

Leon; the italian hitman, played by the favourable Jean Reno

the final shot of the film, panning the camara up through the trees (after having planted Leons plant) to again show 90's NY