The Professional
Natalie Portman makes an explosive screen debut in a film bursting with spectacular action, sharp wit and big heart.
In the first American movie from maverick French filmmaker Luc Besson, Gary Oldman plays a corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration boss whose thugs murder the family of a young girl (12-year-old Natalie Portman in her film debut) in a drug deal gone awry. The massacre forces the girl to take shelter in the apartment of a loner neighbor (Jean Reno) she knows only slightly, a first-generation immigrant who turns out to be a hitman. She has nobody else to turn to, and though he's never had a reason to care about anyone, they quickly form a makeshift bond that changes both of their lives. It's an action-packed thriller about a most unusual pair: a hitman and his protégé, the ballistic world they live in, and the heartwarming relationship they forge.
