Region: 1 Runtime: 2 hrs. 13 min. Studio: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English
Video:
Anamorphic Widescreen - 16:9 Full Screen - 1.33
Subtitles: French, Portuguese, Spanish Packaging: Keep Case Rating: Not Rate Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 16:9 Full Screen - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes (24 minutes of footage excised from the original film) Biographies -1. Luc Besson - Director 2. Jean Reno - Star 3. Natalie Portman - Star 4. Gary Oldman - Star Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer 2. Bonus Trailer - THE BIG BLUE 3. Bonus Trailer - THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC TV Spot - International Advertising Campaign Isolated Music Score Interactive Features Scene Access Interactive Menus
Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) made his American directorial debut with Leon, a stylised thriller about a French hit man (Jean Reno) who takes in an American girl (Natalie Portman) being pursued by a corrupt killer cop (Gary Oldman). Oldman is a little more unhinged than he should be, but there is something genuinely irresistible about the story line and the relationship between Reno and Portman. Rather than cave in to the cookie-cutter look and feel of American action pictures, Besson brings a bit of his glossy style from French hits La Femme Nikita and Subway to the production of The Professional, and the results are refreshing even if the bullets and explosions are awfully familiar.--Tom Keogh