Ive always really liked this film and the 4k version looks reasonably good. Saroo brierley is the indianborn man whose life story has been turned into lion, which is nominated for six academy awards. The key to understanding bessons brilliant film so brilliant it is genius is the passion matilda feels leon in her. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. By the end of the professional, mathilda is an orphan, her parents and siblings murdered by norman stansfield, the crooked dea agent played with crazyeyed perfection by gary oldman. Join facebook to connect with leon lynda filmer and others you may know. Jet li set to fight vin diesel in xxx 3 hollywood reporter. Oscarnominated lion based on saroo brierleys life story. Kill bill, salt, kirot the assassin next door, wanted, smokin aces, the long kiss goodnight if youre looking for films featuring a femme fatale, no country for old men, the bourne series, day of the jackal, collateral, ghost dog,best seller for male assassins.
When her entire family gets killed by a psychopathic dea agent oldman, she turns to the only person she can, her neighbor leon. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. In one of these recent films, requina cfacier, one charac ter was a. Glad they adapted his story into a movie and im impatient to see it. Lentz leo leo1 leon leonard leonard1 leonardo leonardo1 leong leonie. Nina li chi biographie et filmographie linternaute. It stars jean reno, gary oldman, and natalie portman in her film debut. One is the photography with some fascinating camera angles and mesmerising closeups. Random question about joaquin phoenix why is the film joker his first oscar win he did phenomenally in gladiator he was really good in her. Movies like leon the professional i want to find movies like leon the professional, that drama and action type of movie, if you know about a movie like that and as good as leon, please tell me. The film, set in tangier in a threeday period, tells the story of three young friends taking critical decisions about their uncertain future.
A goforbroke thriller about a professional assassin whose work becomes dangerously personal. The extra scenes also show mathilda when she accompanies leon on several of his. Though shes only 22, she has been writing songs for more than a decade. Bessons women who kick ass leon the professional film. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to to feel and to care and a corrupt police officer, who does anything in his power to rid himself of the only eye witness to his ruthless crimemathilda. Luc bessons movie leon the professional gives us an intense story which is. See more ideas about kung fu movies, kung fu and movies. Portman plays a little girl named mathilda who lives with an abusive family, and her only joy is her four year old brother. Apples intensely moving film about a teen with autism cnet. Leon, the top hit man in new york, has earned a rep as an effective cleaner. Leon, who is completely unexperienced in fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep mathilda out of trouble.
The relationship between mathilde brillliantly played by year old natalie portman and the hitman leon is uncomfortable but never strays out of bounds. Growing up in stockholm as the daughter of a composer and a cello player. Lion is based on the true story of saroo brierley played as a child by sunny pawer, then as an adult by dev patel, an indian boy who stepped onto the wrong train at. Jun 8, 2014 explore jodieaberdeens board kung fu movies on youtube. Rent jet li movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray netflix. But when his nextdoor neighbors are wiped out by a loosecannon dea agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12yearold mathilda.
Leon wolf states that because of this, and other similar psychological messages, which. The return of xander cage, revolution studios reboot of the early 2000s action spy franchise diesel is. Apples intensely moving film about a teen with autism. Double impact was the first chance i had to see jeanclaude on the big screen, thankfully down to a combination of its uk. The release date of the movie lion is set to november 25, 2016. No sooner is the grand scheme set into motion than it begins to come apart at the seams as su jet li, a taiwanese government agent, throws a big monkey wrench into the. Smith, with the focus on the norse king harald iii, called harald hardrada tough ruler. This electronic thesis or dissertation has been downloaded from. I liked working with luc so much that if i actually never worked with another director again it wouldnt worry me, he said at the time. Martialarts maestro jet li has closed a deal to join vin diesel in xxx 3.
Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Jean reno, gary oldman, natalie portman and danny aiello star in the professional, a goforbroke thriller about a professional assassin whose work becomes dangerously personal. Unlike jodi foster in taxi driver, unlike brooke shields in pretty baby, natalie portman in leon. Cradle 2 the grave begins promisingly enough with the suspenseful execution of a daring plan to break into the diamond exchange to steal millions of dollars in precious stones. As a young boy, mr brierley was accidentally separated from his brother. Leonardo dicaprio producing and could star in viking film. As visually stylish as it is graphically violent, this thriller directed by luc besson concerns mathilda natalie portman, a 12yearold girl living in new york city who has been exposed to the. I do remember reading about that chap in the news a few years back.
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