Leon Film Review (:

The film "Leon" was directed and written by Luc besson And released in 3rd February 1995 the film is a crime thriller

The film is about a man called Leon who is a cleaner, He is really good at what he does and knows nothing but what he does, however next door to him in the block of flats of which he is living at there is a young girl that has allot of family problems and all of her family get killed apart from her luckily for her Leon takes her in and saves her life. The girl (matilda) wishes to repay Leon for saving her life and also wishes to get revenge by becoming a cleaner just like him however Leon doesn’t believe she is worthy of doing so, However in the end they come to an agreement that he will teach her to clean and she teaches him to read and write. From this the two begin to build a good relationship with each other.
As the film goes on the girl tries to get revenge on her families killer which just so happens to be a police officer where in the mean time Leon is already getting revenge for her, and somewhere across the line the plan all goes wrong and there ends up being a blood bath of swat teams where Leon is fighting to defend himself as well as matilda,
The film ends fantastically however also with a tear jerker because, Leon manages to get revenge on the man who kills matilda's family, but in the process he dies. But I love the way it end with an explosion as he is completely covered in armed explosives and his last words are given to matilda showing that he cares. However the one thing I didn’t get about the ending is that it looks like before he blew himself up he got shot in the head?

Setting
The film was set in new York which is a good place to be set because allot happens in new York and as theirs allot of people around it would make a crime harder to disguise but at the same time because of new York having such a high population you can simply hide by moving down the street, but the fact that Leon's business goes un seen shows that he’s a professional assassin.

Props
The main prop within the hole film is Leon's plant near the start of the film we see him pruning his plant right through to the very end everywhere Leon went his plan went with him, in the film they mentioned about burying the plan and letting it grow tall and strong with roots to Leon however it wasn’t until Leon had died that the plant was actually buried I thought that this was a good way of showing that the plant was important to Leon and now it’s important to matilda as well

Lighting
Throughout the hole film the lighting seemed rather dual and dark which gives the film its thriller appeal and keeps you watching and raring for some action within the film, One of my favourite uses of lighting in the film is where they use the light shining through the door way as Leon opens the door to matilda because it’s like opening the gates to heaven on earth to her because if she wasn’t let in she would simply of been murdered like the rest of her family and she knew it.

Shots
The film had some great camera shots and one of my favourite camera shots was Leon's Point of view shot before he died because it put allot of power into the scene as you watch from his prospective falling after being shot and just before you die lying on the floor looking outside to the sunny city of new York, only a few steps from freedom before he is murdered. another camera shot I liked was the long shot at the start and end of the film when they are going over the wood leading into the city then at the end of the film in the city leading out to the woods where matilda buried Leon's plat which was basically symbolising burying Leon's life, putting him to rest (: