seriously. and not to say hes dressed poorly, but rather, i doubt any other actor could pull off this roll with this outfit. you basically _have_ to be a french badass for it to work
I'm french so I always watched it in french (and back then french dubbing was high quality (I find Wayne's World way better in french for example)) but I must say that Oldman's "everyone!" sounds way better in english
What a great film. I remember Gary Oldman really scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. Just his unpredictable nature made me so uneasy. What a villain.
Me too. Back during cable television I caught this movie channel surfing in my early teens and I remember him cracking his neck gave me an uneasy feeling
Yeah. That cinematic take when he comes from the shadows, and vanish in the shadows made the movie industry for 20 years to try replicate that cool factor. Seeing it again after so many years, I never noticed how Leon corrects his grip of the knife at one point, and then how he looks at the phone after the call. It is partially comical that both stare the hooker when She goes by... You can forget that part easily.
@@colinpeck8257 you mean the sequel yeah I always wanted it (with Natalie Portman as Matilda oc) but it doesn't look like it's ever gonna be made :/ (and maybe it's better that way seeing how lame and woke movies are nowadays ...)
So deeply has the art world fallen into the dung heap that we took movies like this for granted at the time as normally how they were done, now they are in comparison on another level.
Everything about the introduction of Leon in this movie was amazing. Barely spoke, sly killer not using loud guns, let fear get the better of his opponents. Then when he did speak: "Dial this number ... Yes ... Do you understand? So say ... Good" (backs into shadows) So amazing. This scene never gets old.
For as silly as this movie can be, some of the acting is genuinely amazing. Seriously, the guy that plays Fatman does such a fantastic job with portraying "panicked to the point of almost but not quite being unable to think straight". The way he clearly tries to get the conversation and confrontation over with as fast as he can at the end, how he goes to being super meek when Leon reveals himself, all really good acting, especially for a tiny bit comedic part.
I have to hand it to the big guy his panicked state felt real. Just imagine the adrenaline pumping and then the relief when you realise you'll live to see another day!
@@masontyler3237 and i think to myself, why is it so hard to recognize that it's just a typo, because the B is right next to the V on the keyboard and the whole thing is not worth mentioning but there always has to be that one person who acts like a high school teacher....
@@absolutetuber And of course they did send the black guy alone down the stairs, the one way, the killer could have come up, since he wasnt in the elevator :D
That's the real life Mathilda that inspired the movie, Maïwenn Le Besco, Luc Besson's wife at the time, he started dating her when he was 32 and she was 15. He later dumped her for Milla Jovovich when filming the Fifth Element
As a kid I use to see and read the VHS for rent but I would always put it back on the shelf....I'm upset at myself it took me 25 years to watch this masterpiece.
They had to trash La Femme Nikita, which is on par with this movie. It's grittier and not as refined as this one. And Reno is in that one too as Viktor the Cleaner.
You actually feel every bit of the guys anxiety. The panic running around and doing everything on impulse. Even when he grabs the phone he wasn’t actually looking for the phone. He just saw it while running chaotically. Guy killed it with the little screen time he had.
And I love how like, submissive and meek he is during his conversation at the end. He knows he's lost and is just trying to get it over with as fast as he can. Seriously good acting considering it's a tiny comic bit part.
Of a certain age, you will understand how great a film this is. It derives from La Femme Nakita, but never knowingly. I remember seeing this at the cinema originally. Unbelievable. Gary Oldman was almost other-worldly. Reno....it goes without saying. Coolest cat out there. Danny Aiello. Nuff said. Genius film and viewpoint never improved.... even by Besson himself who has tried several times. Top Ten Films of any good taste and film knowledge as far as I am concerned.
Im not sure of the connection with La Femme Nikita, one of my all time favorite movies. The remake point of no return was ok I suppose. how does this derive from it though?
Someone tried writing a story about Mathilda all grown up and doing hits on her own. It seemed to fit the storyline quite well and was pretty funny to read too. I loved when Mathilda got frustrated in the fanfic and kept calling her customer an "effing mule." 😂
Makes me appreciate in films like these the henchmen also have a distinct cool factor to them despite being in one scene. I don't know why these guys carry that cool when so many films don't manage to capture it.
It was freaken bad ass how Leon said, "Say you understand" just before slowly disappearing into the blackness. That's real professionalism. I wished that John Wick would show some real boggie man shit. He (Jwick) should just be able to disappear, or no one should be able to see him coming.
I remember convincing my brother to come and see this in the cinema. He was like,whats it about? I said just wait and see. I only read a review about it in empire mag and i knew i would like it. 😊
Underrated score from Eric Sena. He did a tremendous job on Goldeneye with one or two exceptions (Casino scene near the start where the music is inexplicably melancholy).
So many cool parts in this sequence, but what always stuck with me was at the end when Leon's boss tells him to make the fat guy understands and he simply asks him if he understands. He could've beaten him up or cut off a body part, but he simply asked if he understood. Leon is a lot of things, but he's not a sadist.
진짜 저 모습이 진짜배기 킬러의 모습입니다. 어둠 속에서 목표물의 멱을 단숨에 따버릴 수 있다는 듯이 예리한 잭나이프의 칼날을 목표물의 목에 딱 지그시 누르는 그 부분............. 저 부분 때문인지 몰라도 진짜 레옹은............. 진짜배기 킬러라는 생각이 든다고나 할까요?
Luc Besson was a true genius creating all these classic masterpieces ; Nikita (first), Leon (he was the ''cleaner'' in Nikita and Luc decided that Leon should have his own movie), etc.
Why do I keep seeing this recommendation? I love it. I watched it twice last week. Then...yt algorithm started to remind me of things I'm trying to forget. 😂😂😂
If you love this character, he first appear in "Nikita" (from Luc Besson as well) He's named "Victor, le nettoyeur" (" the cleaner " in french) His scene is legendary.
Que j'aime ce film...avec Nikita, Léon est un exemple du genre! Le role de Léon s'inspire d'ailleurs du personnage Victor joué par Jean Réno dans Nikita!😎
When I first watched this film I missed this first bit. It didn’t matter. I always felt this was just a way to show Leon’s skills and it feels a bit like from a different film.
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When top quality films were still made. Reno is so cool it hurts!
I understand what you're saying.
100%
quality films ended in 1976. everything after is pulp pop
seriously. and not to say hes dressed poorly, but rather, i doubt any other actor could pull off this roll with this outfit. you basically _have_ to be a french badass for it to work
@@bogaczew80s and 90s had incredible movies. What are you on about
I can’t believe this movie is 30 years old! Still iconic AF.
Way!
Awesome to see it in HD 🤩
This movie is an absolute masterpiece
The best HITMAN movie ever made !
for pedophiles?
Was something else ! Had a clear script, dialog, caracters, pictures, editing...They did the full job !
The movie is a MASTERPIECE!!!
@@Cornel1001 Luckily the script saw some trimming before they started shooting...
"Benny, bring me everyone." "What do you mean, everyone"
"EEEEEVVVVVVVEEEEEEERRRYYYYYOOONEEE"
Gary Oldmans favorite food is scenery.
😂 shittttttttttt
Don't you like exclamation points?
I'm french so I always watched it in french (and back then french dubbing was high quality (I find Wayne's World way better in french for example)) but I must say that Oldman's "everyone!" sounds way better in english
Improvised on the set BABY!!!!! EVERYONE!!!!! not part of the original delivery
Before John Wick, there was Léon.
Léon would eat John Wick's puppy for breakfast lmao!
And right between em' is Ghost Dog
Before Lèon there was Arthur Bishop
Would be sick to bring him into the Wick franchise
@@williamtoad8040 Arthur Bishop (2011) came 16 years later than Léon (1994)
What a great film. I remember Gary Oldman really scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. Just his unpredictable nature made me so uneasy. What a villain.
He's a great villain. Also awesome as Drexl in True Romance.
Me too. Back during cable television I caught this movie channel surfing in my early teens and I remember him cracking his neck gave me an uneasy feeling
Cop: What do you mean everybody?
Oldman: "I MEAN EVERYBODY!"
EVERYONE!
Still find it hard to fathom that Mo Harris from Eastenders is Gary Oldman's sister.
Mind you,
she is also a class actress in her own rite.
Still on of the most gripping cinema scenes ever........ love the fading in and out of Léon 'do you understand' ! ! ! !
Yeah. That cinematic take when he comes from the shadows, and vanish in the shadows made the movie industry for 20 years to try replicate that cool factor.
Seeing it again after so many years, I never noticed how Leon corrects his grip of the knife at one point, and then how he looks at the phone after the call.
It is partially comical that both stare the hooker when She goes by... You can forget that part easily.
He never even makes the guy drop his gun. Just methodically shrinks then controls his world.
gold standard for a hitman, hit like a thunder, disapear like smoke
The 90's has a ton of great movies. This is one of them.
Looking for the remake "Matilda"...
@@colinpeck8257 Matilda: The Professional.
@@colinpeck8257
you mean the sequel
yeah I always wanted it (with Natalie Portman as Matilda oc) but it doesn't look like it's ever gonna be made :/
(and maybe it's better that way seeing how lame and woke movies are nowadays ...)
And they're full of propaganda too! Like Viruses and Space for example.
So deeply has the art world fallen into the dung heap that we took movies like this for granted at the time as normally how they were done, now they are in comparison on another level.
I like how he's happy to be alive . Even though he has half of Bolivia in a couple of suitcases and the cops downstairs.
How to give an overweight guy a heart attack 101.
I always thought the same thing as a kid
It ain't even cut yet.
I think that’s the point. Leon scared him so brutally shitless that he was instantly willing to go to prison just to get away from him.
He’ll just divide that up with the cops, and it’ll all be swept under the rug 😂
Everything about the introduction of Leon in this movie was amazing. Barely spoke, sly killer not using loud guns, let fear get the better of his opponents. Then when he did speak: "Dial this number ... Yes ... Do you understand? So say ... Good" (backs into shadows) So amazing. This scene never gets old.
Yes I am free Tuesday
He didn’t back into the Shadows. He IS the Shadows.
For as silly as this movie can be, some of the acting is genuinely amazing. Seriously, the guy that plays Fatman does such a fantastic job with portraying "panicked to the point of almost but not quite being unable to think straight". The way he clearly tries to get the conversation and confrontation over with as fast as he can at the end, how he goes to being super meek when Leon reveals himself, all really good acting, especially for a tiny bit comedic part.
The fact that he's a criminal holding an automatic weapon and calling 911 for help😂
I have to hand it to the big guy his panicked state felt real. Just imagine the adrenaline pumping and then the relief when you realise you'll live to see another day!
Criminals: We don't call 911.
Leon: I can make you.
Good one
😂😂😂😂
I understand.
Leon:Tell this number
The way he banished in the shadows at the end is insane brilliant, Leon more than a gun man is a modern ninja haha.
I think you mean vanished in the shadows
@@masontyler3237 and i think to myself, why is it so hard to recognize that it's just a typo, because the B is right next to the V on the keyboard and the whole thing is not worth mentioning but there always has to be that one person who acts like a high school teacher....
"What's he look like? - Serious."
followed by "somebodys coming up....somebody serious!" lolol
@@absolutetuber up and coming
@@absolutetuber And of course they did send the black guy alone down the stairs, the one way, the killer could have come up, since he wasnt in the elevator :D
In France the word "sérieux" means someone who's reliable, professional -- when you hire someone, you want someone who's "sérieux"!
@@Daniel-rd6st At least they gave him a job. XD
There are a lot of memorable scenes and shots, but 6:29 them both watching this lady walking out always cracks me up
That's the real life Mathilda that inspired the movie, Maïwenn Le Besco, Luc Besson's wife at the time, he started dating her when he was 32 and she was 15. He later dumped her for Milla Jovovich when filming the Fifth Element
@@MrGenedancingmachine yet another sketchy detail in a very sketchy, but dope film nonetheless.
I like that scene
Leon knew she's not a treat and will not speak about it forever..
Let her live😅😅
@@camionerosfurgoneros5915 it's not just that: "No women, no kids" is one of his golden rules.
@@mescaLEOso what happens if a woman was shooting at him?
Back when villains were not so stupid yet. The hero was just way too cool for them
and they felt real with a personality
As a kid I use to see and read the VHS for rent but I would always put it back on the shelf....I'm upset at myself it took me 25 years to watch this masterpiece.
"The better you become, the closer you can get to your target. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn."
The fat guy did some awesome acting!
The fat guy😂. My man has a super computer at his finger tips to look up the actors name. “Fat guy” hahahahaaaaa
I thought the same while watching him
And Gary Oldman was scary also
Frank Senger.....R I P
he played in some good movies of besson also in fifth element...
The 90's were a different world.
Gas was $1.09
Best decade for film. Those days are long gone.
wacky ass
@@tovsteh I would say the 90's was the end of decent film, golden age was 60's to 80's
Man, that is the truth.
Some films. Are beautifully un-remake-able.
What's funny is that this movie was "inspired" by Cassavette's "Gloria". I love both for different reasons.
They had to trash La Femme Nikita, which is on par with this movie. It's grittier and not as refined as this one. And Reno is in that one too as Viktor the Cleaner.
You actually feel every bit of the guys anxiety. The panic running around and doing everything on impulse. Even when he grabs the phone he wasn’t actually looking for the phone. He just saw it while running chaotically. Guy killed it with the little screen time he had.
And I love how like, submissive and meek he is during his conversation at the end. He knows he's lost and is just trying to get it over with as fast as he can. Seriously good acting considering it's a tiny comic bit part.
Best scene, before John Wick, this guy is a legend!
Great movie. Have loved Luc Besson films since "The Big Blue". Reno is great in that too.
Reno dans le Grand bleu est monumental !
"There's somebody coming up he's serious" then the guy cleans up the dregs off of the table lmfao
That the bat part
The music in this movie elevates it so much❗️🔥
It's by Éric Serra, same guy who composed the music for Goldeneye.
I knew it sounded familiar!
Love Rudy Guilianni as the hotel employee.😂
I actually thought it was Abe Vigoda at first
I said out loud “is that fucking Rudy Giuliani?!”
The eyebrow rising when he says "he wants to talk to you" LOL
good remark; never noticed it
Of a certain age, you will understand how great a film this is. It derives from La Femme Nakita, but never knowingly. I remember seeing this at the cinema originally. Unbelievable. Gary Oldman was almost other-worldly. Reno....it goes without saying. Coolest cat out there. Danny Aiello. Nuff said. Genius film and viewpoint never improved.... even by Besson himself who has tried several times. Top Ten Films of any good taste and film knowledge as far as I am concerned.
Im not sure of the connection with La Femme Nikita, one of my all time favorite movies. The remake point of no return was ok I suppose.
how does this derive from it though?
The only connection I’m aware of is Jean Reno played Victor the Cleaner a similar character. Love both these films
I forgot to mention same director
Both are great movies but La Femme Nikita had Annie Parilaud the professional had Natalie Portman NO CONTEST.
Was Luc Besson not involved in both those franchises?
This is when I saw brilliance from Mr. Jean Reno
Janet Reno is the best.
the best scene in one of the best movies ever, no competition.
Rest in peace Frank (the goatee guy). He passed away sometime in 2016 or 2017. He was great in this role.
Too young! How old?
The way he emerged from the shadows is iconic. Dude is cold as hell
Even though there’s an assassin coming, I like the dude getting every bit of coke off that mirror. 🤣
The killer guy should’ve gotten them some addiction help. Now that’s a movie we can all enjoy.
Dedication to the craft.
I like the dude who goes out after the camera went dark.😂 A real genius
Isn't it to get high, to heighten his senses? so he can deal with the attacker?
@@finc4164 no, dingus. It’s because he really likes cocaine. It’s very addictive to some people.
Jean Reno and Besson ... a great couple for a movie
How epic if Luc Besson made a sequel: "Mathilda".
Someone tried writing a story about Mathilda all grown up and doing hits on her own. It seemed to fit the storyline quite well and was pretty funny to read too. I loved when Mathilda got frustrated in the fanfic and kept calling her customer an "effing mule." 😂
Jean Reno is absolutely brilliant.
The opening shots of this scene are TOP TIER
The dude who sold that security shutter conned the shit out of these guys.
Makes me appreciate in films like these the henchmen also have a distinct cool factor to them despite being in one scene. I don't know why these guys carry that cool when so many films don't manage to capture it.
I like how they scripted this like Leon is the villain in a horror movie.
It was freaken bad ass how Leon said, "Say you understand" just before slowly disappearing into the blackness. That's real professionalism. I wished that John Wick would show some real boggie man shit. He (Jwick) should just be able to disappear, or no one should be able to see him coming.
Everyone is John Wick!
Until Leon steps into the same toilet!
Oh Yeah, Jean Reno Was Great In Ronin, Too! Actually, He Saved The Day! Thank You.
I remember convincing my brother to come and see this in the cinema. He was like,whats it about? I said just wait and see. I only read a review about it in empire mag and i knew i would like it. 😊
when a movie is a movie..... this is it...This film is as gripping as it gets even after 30 years.
After viewing this at least a dozen times I have decided that isn't enough I'm overdue.
I like how the guy runs to the armoury and picks up literally every automatic weapon he can carry hahaha.
Underrated score from Eric Sena. He did a tremendous job on Goldeneye with one or two exceptions (Casino scene near the start where the music is inexplicably melancholy).
They don’t make movies like this anymore…
They can’t, it’ll illegal to have cool masculine badasses anymore. They all have to be gay and gay isn’t cool.
They never did, only this one.
Rudy Guiliani traveled back in time to 1994 and became a door man LOL
Somebody is coming up... somebody is serious lol...😂😂😂😂
One of the best action movies ever made and it's got plenty of humor and soul
One of the finest films of its, or indeed any, genre.
The is an amazing film but The Big Blue is miles better. Jean Reno Is a great actor and i like in so many films. Even bad ones.
- make him understand and let him go
- do you understand?
- I understand
I love how they show the manipulation involved in his work. Pushing the target to move/act as desired.
This movie sends me into depression every time I watch it, brings me to tears. What an ending
" i understand": Reno is a very good teacher
The knife, the last weapon you learn when becoming a master assassin. God i love this movie.
Unbelievably good sound design and score, this whole scene is 10/10!
What a film! Still my favourite to this day
Tyvm for posting great video and channel
So many cool parts in this sequence, but what always stuck with me was at the end when Leon's boss tells him to make the fat guy understands and he simply asks him if he understands. He could've beaten him up or cut off a body part, but he simply asked if he understood. Leon is a lot of things, but he's not a sadist.
Im sure after what he just saw anything more would be unnecessary
진짜 저 모습이 진짜배기 킬러의 모습입니다.
어둠 속에서
목표물의 멱을 단숨에 따버릴 수 있다는 듯이
예리한 잭나이프의 칼날을 목표물의 목에 딱 지그시 누르는
그 부분.............
저 부분 때문인지 몰라도
진짜 레옹은.............
진짜배기 킬러라는 생각이 든다고나 할까요?
Still My Favorite Movie of ALL time!
Absolutely love this film!
Luc Besson was a true genius creating all these classic masterpieces ; Nikita (first), Leon (he was the ''cleaner'' in Nikita and Luc decided that Leon should have his own movie), etc.
The first minute of this scene is better than most movies
You didn’t want Leon behind you at any time 💀 Still watch the movie every time I feel like it!
Why do I keep seeing this recommendation? I love it. I watched it twice last week. Then...yt algorithm started to remind me of things I'm trying to forget. 😂😂😂
This and the big blue are up there in my top 10, classics
If you love this character, he first appear in "Nikita" (from Luc Besson as well)
He's named "Victor, le nettoyeur"
(" the cleaner " in french)
His scene is legendary.
(1:01) Hey! It's Rudy Giuliani! 😁
(sarcastic laugh)
Turns around.. Jumps when he see's nothing.
My most favorite part of the movie.. when his boss is on the phone. Awesome movie…
"Serious" was a bit of an understatement.
The moment, that Reno got in the dark. Iconic.
One of the few times I actually saw one of the bad guys literally asking for the cops to help.
Great Movie
What a Film, and what a Cast.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Now this should have had a sequel, or 4
I wish they still made movies like this.
Actually, my favorite scene of the movie.
Dieser Moment, wenn der Sound schlagartig endet - erstklassige Szene!
What is great about this is no matter what happens, Leon is always in control
Days when Besson knew how to make movies. Now he is just a shadow of an old himself
I like when he says serious thats DOPE😮
"Somebody's coming up, somebody serious!"
Que j'aime ce film...avec Nikita, Léon est un exemple du genre! Le role de Léon s'inspire d'ailleurs du personnage Victor joué par Jean Réno dans Nikita!😎
It's such a brilliant film
Are they using the music from 007 Golden Eye in this scene? Also doesn't this scene and some of the other stuff remind you of 90's Anime?
I just found out Reno is Hispanic. Talks perfect Spanish
When I first watched this film I missed this first bit. It didn’t matter. I always felt this was just a way to show Leon’s skills and it feels a bit like from a different film.
The filmmaking was extraordinaire.
no ninja on earth has got shit on Leon
My god pure brilliance
Jean Reno should have been in the Expendables
Do you understand!? Good!