The Professional

2001 • 108 minuten

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French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to an African country to kill its president. However, at the last moment the political situation changes and the French secret service turns him into the African authorities, and he is sentenced to a long-term imprisonment. After the daring escape, Joss returns to France and deliberately informs his former chiefs of his presence, promising them to kill the president who has just arrived for an official visit.

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People are rating "Leon the Professional" 1994. The synopsis is describing an entirely different film involving a piano tuning individual on PBS. The actual film to rent is neither of these two but rather a story of a hit man revenge thriller filmed in the early '70's long before Natalie Portman was born.

Beautiful action comedy from Jean Paul, who exhudes charm and sex appeal. It has my favorite soundtrack by Ennio Moricone, I think his best creation, ahead of his western soundtracks for Clint Eastwood movies.

What's not to love. Jean Reno, young Natalie Portman, and Gary Oldman as the bad guy equals the perfect recipe. Great plot, awesome characters and pure morally ambiguous bad assness.