Leon The Movie Review Essay

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blood of her father pouring out over the floor. As Leon watches, interested but uninvolved, he sees her walking down the hallway, laden with groceries.
Creeping under the gaze of a particularly twitchy villain, Mathilda knocks on his door and silently pleads for sanctuary. As a dedicated hit-man Leon has no wish to compromise his position yet, after several long seconds, he inwardly relents and grants Mathilda safety from the men who have wiped out her family. Leon certainly doesn't want this change, and neither does Tony, but Mathilda manages to convince him that saving her life makes him responsible for it so he'd better get used to her. When Mathilda discovers that Leon is a "cleaner", her course of action becomes clear.
Through the motive of revenge for the death of her little brother, Mathilda decides to become a cleaner. At first Leon refuses to teach her his trade but eventually he allows himself to be worn down. The two of them move out of the apartment building and ...

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that she is walking straight into his trap. Leon finds a note from Mathilda stating her intensions for revenge and immediately storms through the DEA building to rescue her. The whole affair leads Standsfield to Tony, who is forced to give away Leon's identity.

The next morning Stansfield spots Mathilda returning from the grocery store. It's not long before dozens of DEA storm-troopers descend upon Leon's small apartment, with the sole intention of taking them out. During the attack Leon kills the squad team, but when the CAT's arrive he decides has no choice but to face them alone. After providing a route for Mathilda to escape to safety, Leon sacrifices his own life in order to kill ...

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