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Leon is the controversial and unforgettable story of an unlikely friendship within a brutal and violent world. Twelve-year-old Mathilda lives within the desperate confines of a squalid New York apartment block. On returning from a shopping trip Mathilda finds that her abusive, dysfunctional family (and her beloved younger brother) have been slaughtered by a psychotic, drug dealing police officer.
In fear of her life she takes refuge with her reluctant, mysterious and solitary neighbour. His name is Leon and he's one of the world's deadliest assassins. And while Mathilda begins to teach him how to live, Leon begins to teach her how to kill.
Includes both the Theatrical Version and the Director's Cut.
Special Features:
Interview with Jean Reno
Interview with Eric Serra
Top comments
39wizball
21 Feb 1632#4
yeah, that's not creepy. what was she, like 12 years old????
WiggyDiggyPoo
21 Feb 1620#10
Awesome film, has is it been 20 years? Bought.
Elevation
21 Feb 1611#17
Yeah.....
Spelling Portman like that....:confused:
goliath
21 Feb 1611#12
I'm guessing you like your scotch, the same way you like your women: aged 12 years
All comments (76)
archer1204
21 Feb 161#1
Great film
davidfwalsh to archer1204
21 Feb 16#2
Ya love it myself. I can't understand how this wasn't posted before as it's been up for a while.
louthepoo
21 Feb 16#3
Love this film
39wizball
21 Feb 1632#4
yeah, that's not creepy. what was she, like 12 years old????
Mermoo
21 Feb 16#5
Brilliant film
ct89
21 Feb 162#6
Fantastic film, my favourite of all time
Gozer
21 Feb 163#7
sradmad
21 Feb 16#8
good find op, heat added
finnmaccool
21 Feb 162#9
Weird comment
WiggyDiggyPoo
21 Feb 1620#10
Awesome film, has is it been 20 years? Bought.
PFC Hudson
21 Feb 167#11
Are you Gary Glitter by any chance?
goliath
21 Feb 1611#12
I'm guessing you like your scotch, the same way you like your women: aged 12 years
growler123
21 Feb 162#13
not the wisest comment i've heard on here hardwan
markiedon
21 Feb 16#14
Not sure if the director's cut is the 26 minutes longer version normally called the international cut.
Great film even better with the extra 26 minutes version.
Lord vader to markiedon
22 Feb 16#32
It is
Gamer_U
21 Feb 16#15
Been a good chunk of years since I've seen this film but just now realised that the young female actress was Natalie Portman. That's pretty cool of a 'fun fact'.
Heat.
Jo444
21 Feb 161#16
one the best action movies around
Elevation
21 Feb 1611#17
Yeah.....
Spelling Portman like that....:confused:
rufnek2kx
21 Feb 162#18
I already have the German release Director's cut DVD and the UK release Bluray. I really shouldn't buy this, but I have. Absolutely love this movie. Gary Oldman's best performance to date.
Can't help but wonder how Luc Besson can produce a masterpiece like this and then Lucy.
brilly
21 Feb 16#19
tbf many people would be (or have been) the same age watching it :wink:
bd1981bd
22 Feb 16#20
This film is simply outstanding, Gary Oldman is incredible as is the storyline and so many levels to how you can watch it.
kristianthwaites
22 Feb 16#21
Quite a few other films... eg Avatar Steelbook is £7.19 with the code which includes DVD.
Heat added.
DonkeyKonk
22 Feb 162#22
It is a great movie. The slightly creepy views some people have of this movie are down right incorrect. The relationship between the two of them is pretty sweet really.
Leon is a good man who's completely a Lone (anagram of Leon).
The girl needs protecting and love (after what happens very early on), Leon only provides protection, but she, at moments, sees him as providing love too. He is incapable of such feelings.
Anyhow that's my breakdown of it. Bloody good movie.
format to DonkeyKonk
22 Feb 161#23
if you think it's sweet don't watch the directors cut mate - that cuts out a lot of ambiguity (bearing in mind it is a french movie)
good price though, hate zavvi but been looking out for a deal on a 'definitive' edition of this movie as it is great.
XP200 to DonkeyKonk
22 Feb 16#26
Recently some cut scenes from the original script were released, and those creepy feelings people got from the movie about their relationship were indeed founded, as one of the scenes that was cut was indeed a sex scene between Leon and Mathilda, it was Portman's parents who stepped in over this and other things in the script, so Bessons had to make changes to the script.
Good movie with some cracking performances, but now we know just why we get that creepy uncomfortable vibe from this movie.
DemonIT to DonkeyKonk
22 Feb 16#30
Don't watch Leon: The Professional then. It's not what I'd call sweet.
fishmaster to DonkeyKonk
22 Feb 16#63
There's an extended version of this film which changes the relationship to one that's more sinister. "Natalie Portman's parents were extremely worried about the smoking scenes in the ... In the original script, Mathilda (aged 13 or 14) and Léon became lovers."
Natalie Portman was 11-12 years old in this film, so to describe her as hot you'd really need to be around the same age as her or suffering from a paraphilia, so that comment from the earlier person was quite likely creepy.
chojin
22 Feb 16#24
Love this film, picked it up on DVD 20+ years ago, I'm not sure what version it is I've got. Back then I was proper nerdy with DVD's and would pickup, un-cut / non rated films
frozencake to chojin
22 Feb 16#56
Did DVD's even exist in 1996?
mnemonic
22 Feb 16#25
Leon is one of my all time favourites. I watched Tomorrowland a few days ago, easily the outstanding performance was a 12yr old girl called called Raffey Cassidy. It made me think of Natalie Portman's impact in Leon, but Leon also had a fantastic performance by Jean Reno, my favourite screen actor of those days. For me, 'The Big Blue' and 'Leon' had Luc Besson and Jean Reno at their very best...
MJ10
22 Feb 16#27
20 YEARS?!?!:confused: Wow, feeling old!
kracker69
22 Feb 162#28
Fantastic movie
Holdsworth
22 Feb 161#29
Really excellent film and while I try and live a minimalist life (pah!) and now only buy the kids their DVDs, bearing in mind this is never on TV, Sky or Netflix (for some reason), very tempted to get this. And if anyone feels old about this film, I saw Sid and Nancy again a couple of weeks ago, and watched Tinker Tailor last night - how can Gary Oldman now be this old man?!
JohnnyUtah to Holdsworth
22 Feb 16#35
One word .... drugs!
TPBowler1
22 Feb 161#31
Thanks op. One of my top three of all time. Just ordered.
DemonIT
22 Feb 16#33
Ah international version is what I meant!
le_jaeger
22 Feb 16#34
Yeh I never really understood how Leon wasn't part of Operation Yewtree along with Saville and Harris and co... :confused:
nrps1
22 Feb 16#36
Was hoping for the Dolby Atmos version, but doesn't look like this is, unless anyone knows otherwise?
mittromney
22 Feb 16#37
saw it once thought the acting and story were poor.
DemonIT to mittromney
22 Feb 161#48
Cool trollin' brah
Murielson
22 Feb 16#38
From a customer review:
'The steelbook artwork is simple and some might say plain. The back could also have better artwork on, but it definitely reflects the movie perfectly. Blu ray includes both theatrical and extended versions of the film which gives the viewer something extra.'
Eliter
22 Feb 161#39
Awesome film, don't get the whole steel book fuss though.
Lord vader to Eliter
22 Feb 16#46
I like steelbooks and if there is a film that I know I will watch again and again, such as Leon, I like to get the steelbook version as i will keep it forever.
Also the art work on steelbooks is usually totally different to the normal Blu Ray or DVD and the majority have no BBFC stickers or movie details, just pictures - makes them cooler than normal (IMO).
Its like buying a leather bound edition of your favourite book.
WAL82G22
22 Feb 16#40
I can watch the final scene over and over again between Reno & Oldman. Oldmans best performance ever.
jaycrooks
22 Feb 161#41
Léon: You need some time to grow up a little.
Mathilda: I finished growing up, Léon. I just get older.
Léon: For me it's the opposite. I'm old enough. I need time to grow up.
Say no more!!
squibski
22 Feb 16#42
Great film - I'm surprised it's not cheaper than this though but I suppose it is a steel book 'special edition'
drewbles82
22 Feb 16#43
Best film and the extra 26 minutes, definitely worth it, you get to see stuff like her going on missions with him and see why they're so close
Mr No
22 Feb 161#44
Classic, heat added.
uksnapper
22 Feb 16#45
Funny how few comments are on the price and how many on how good the film is,which I agree with.
The first film Id really paid Jean Reno any attention,what a great character actor and Natalie Portman was extraordinarily good for someone so young.
Kickassonxbox
22 Feb 16#47
Ordered and voted HOT.
Can't wait.
magicjay1986
22 Feb 161#49
Hey davidfwalsh - thanks for sharing this :smiley: This was featured in the HUKD daily newsletter as the hottest deal of the day.
Shame weve not had the remastered version released here yet. America, and few other places i think, got the 4k remaster around October last year. The current blu-ray is alright but the remaster is near on perfect
eggman
22 Feb 16#51
I thought there was NN missing in the 'middle eight' of the title.
magpie36
22 Feb 16#52
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fahed2000
22 Feb 16#53
I don't buy physical media anymore however this movie is probably the best movie I have ever seen and worth it for any collection. heat from me
malinky1
22 Feb 16#54
Can I be the first one to say OK?..........OK?
danielallard86
22 Feb 161#55
No women no kids
mercedes72
22 Feb 16#57
She may have been 12 but she looked at least 14 :confused:
hairyboxxox to mercedes72
22 Feb 16#67
Adam Johnson said something similar......
bess94
22 Feb 16#58
La french touch, eh oui je suis francaise :smirk:
chojin
22 Feb 16#59
Film was released in 1994
therudders
22 Feb 16#60
Great movie, but it is overrated. How good the film actually is has become more of an urban legend. The directors cut is dark and questionable at best and definitely sullies the film.
magpie36 to therudders
24 Feb 16#68
Your opinion and not really the place that anyone wants to hear it :smirk:
jaycrooks to therudders
25 Feb 16#72
I tend to agree that if you choose to have an opinion, create it as an opinion rather than a simplistic factual statement. On IMDB it receives 8.6, not many films achieve this so are 691,452 people wrong as well?
What films do you know that reach this level?
cheapskate25
22 Feb 16#61
It was, but DVDs weren't out until 1997 and I think Leon waited until the year 2000 before hitting the format.
BurtBird
22 Feb 161#62
Another steelbook for the collection. Thanks OP
benrussell
22 Feb 16#64
This is for Matlida
robbo2890
22 Feb 16#65
One of my favourite films! I have the film cover tattooed on my forearm as part of a film sleeve!
Daddyd1976
22 Feb 16#66
Don't say it's been 20 years old. I'm old now.
therudders
24 Feb 16#69
Wow! are you really against someone expressing an opinion? Sorry if it offended you in some way.
sput2001
25 Feb 16#70
The ESTEEL10 voucher code has expired.
magpie36
25 Feb 16#71
Nope but then "it is overrated" and "I think it is overrated" are very different statements. I merely thought that in a thread for the movie calling it overrated is probably going to be ignored.
therudders
25 Feb 16#73
On your first point, Yes they are very different statements, but I only made one of them and I stand by it. Your second point is that my comment is probably going to be ignored, clearly not!
therudders
25 Feb 161#74
A rather pedantic reply imho (sarcasm intended) I would have presumed that most people on here would take this as my opinion and not a statement of fact.
In my opinion, I think that this film may not be as good as its reputation leads people to believe. (is that an acceptable thing to say?)
On a side note, If you take out Gary Oldman's performance (because I think in my opinion it was very good) what was it that made this great film become this legendary masterpiece?
jaycrooks
25 Feb 16#75
I think that is a very fair opinion to have, obviously shared by a minority of people which is fine!!!
magpie36
26 Feb 16#76
That is an opinion i can take into consideration against my own and you may have a point Gary Oldman is stellar in this.
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Opening post
Leon is the controversial and unforgettable story of an unlikely friendship within a brutal and violent world. Twelve-year-old Mathilda lives within the desperate confines of a squalid New York apartment block. On returning from a shopping trip Mathilda finds that her abusive, dysfunctional family (and her beloved younger brother) have been slaughtered by a psychotic, drug dealing police officer.
In fear of her life she takes refuge with her reluctant, mysterious and solitary neighbour. His name is Leon and he's one of the world's deadliest assassins. And while Mathilda begins to teach him how to live, Leon begins to teach her how to kill.
Includes both the Theatrical Version and the Director's Cut.
Special Features:
Interview with Jean Reno
Interview with Eric Serra
Top comments
Awesome film, has is it been 20 years? Bought.
Spelling Portman like that....:confused:
All comments (76)
Awesome film, has is it been 20 years? Bought.
Great film even better with the extra 26 minutes version.
Heat.
Spelling Portman like that....:confused:
Can't help but wonder how Luc Besson can produce a masterpiece like this and then Lucy.
Heat added.
Leon is a good man who's completely a Lone (anagram of Leon).
The girl needs protecting and love (after what happens very early on), Leon only provides protection, but she, at moments, sees him as providing love too. He is incapable of such feelings.
Anyhow that's my breakdown of it. Bloody good movie.
good price though, hate zavvi but been looking out for a deal on a 'definitive' edition of this movie as it is great.
Good movie with some cracking performances, but now we know just why we get that creepy uncomfortable vibe from this movie.
Natalie Portman was 11-12 years old in this film, so to describe her as hot you'd really need to be around the same age as her or suffering from a paraphilia, so that comment from the earlier person was quite likely creepy.
'The steelbook artwork is simple and some might say plain. The back could also have better artwork on, but it definitely reflects the movie perfectly. Blu ray includes both theatrical and extended versions of the film which gives the viewer something extra.'
Also the art work on steelbooks is usually totally different to the normal Blu Ray or DVD and the majority have no BBFC stickers or movie details, just pictures - makes them cooler than normal (IMO).
Its like buying a leather bound edition of your favourite book.
Mathilda: I finished growing up, Léon. I just get older.
Léon: For me it's the opposite. I'm old enough. I need time to grow up.
Say no more!!
The first film Id really paid Jean Reno any attention,what a great character actor and Natalie Portman was extraordinarily good for someone so young.
Can't wait.
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What films do you know that reach this level?
In my opinion, I think that this film may not be as good as its reputation leads people to believe. (is that an acceptable thing to say?)
On a side note, If you take out Gary Oldman's performance (because I think in my opinion it was very good) what was it that made this great film become this legendary masterpiece?