Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
- hotel room
- new york city
- immigrant
- assassin
- police brutality
- corruption
- s.w.a.t.
- hitman
- loss of loved one
- gangster
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Peter Appel — Agent Malky
- Michael Badalucco — Mathilda's Father
- Ellen Greene — Mathilda's Mother
- Frank Senger — Fatman
- Elizabeth Regen — Mathilda's Sister
- Carl J. Matusovich — Mathilda's Brother
- Eric Challier — Bodyguard Chief
- Willi One Blood — 1st Stansfield Man
- Don Creech — 2nd Stansfield man
- Keith A. Glascoe — 3rd Stansfield man (Benny)
- Jernard Burks — Stansfield man
- Directed
- Luc Besson
- Written
- Luc Besson
Production
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 16,471 ratings
- Studio
- Gaumont, Les Films du Dauphin
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
