Sunday, April 29, 2007

Leon (The Professional) (1994)

I believe this is one of the ones Anna recommended... and unfortunately is one of the ones I didn't enjoy so much. I found the initial concept more disturbing than anything else when played out (not to mention the relationship between the two of them). Gary Oldman was one of the creepiest villains I have ever seen on screen, although I'm not sure exactly what made him that scary... but points to him for that. The movie as a whole also felt like it was trying too hard to be deep, and I never really slipped into any mode where I was actually interested in the story, since the obvious meanings kept distracting me. I suppose I can see why people liked it, but everything that they liked just rubbed me the wrong way. 2 stars.

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