History Film / TheProfessional

** Mathilda's abusive parents and jerk of an older sister. She's not especially sorry for losing them.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Surprisingly, Stansfield of all people gets this moment while killing Mathilda's father and stepmother. Considering that the former was a bastard who stupidly stashed the drugs away from the DEA agents and cops and the latter was otherwise apathetic to her daughter and son, you won't feel particularly bad about their deaths. [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in regards to Mathilda's stepsister, who was a bully towards her but on the other hand she dearly loved her younger brother making her a bit closer to a JerkassWoobie.

* ImpairmentShot: During the climax, when [[spoiler:Léon]] is [[InTheBack shot from behind]], the camera brightens at the instant of the gunshot and then sinks down to the ground as seen with his own eyes.

* CoolGuns:
** A Ruger [=SP101=] 3" variant is seen, first in Leon's gun case and later [[RecklessGunUsage fired out the window]] by Mathilda. Also notable in that Mathilda, being a small girl, must use two fingers to pull the heavy double-action trigger.
** NYPD ESU teams are shown using Heckler and Koch [=HK33s=] in the climactic raid.

''The Professional'' -- also known as ''Leon: The Professional'' and ''Léon'' in UsefulNotes/{{France}} and many other countries -- is a 1994 film directed by Creator/LucBesson and produced by Creator/{{Gaumont}} which stars Creator/JeanReno, Creator/GaryOldman, Creator/NataliePortman (in her first major movie role) and Creator/DannyAiello. It was inspired by Jean Reno's OneSceneWonder character in ''Film/{{Nikita}}'', as a "cleaner" who ties up loose ends in operations-gone-awry, who became so popular that Besson decided to essentially make a whole movie about him, though the two films are otherwise unrelated. It was released by Creator/ColumbiaPictures in North America, while in France it was released by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Gaumont Buena Vista International]].

''The Professional'' -- also known as ''Leon: The Professional'' and ''Léon'' in UsefulNotes/{{France}} and many other countries -- is a 1994 film directed by Creator/LucBesson and produced by Gaumont which stars Creator/JeanReno, Creator/GaryOldman, Creator/NataliePortman (in her first major movie role) and Creator/DannyAiello. It was inspired by Jean Reno's OneSceneWonder character in ''Film/{{Nikita}}'', as a "cleaner" who ties up loose ends in operations-gone-awry, who became so popular that Besson decided to essentially make a whole movie about him, though the two films are otherwise unrelated. It was released by Creator/ColumbiaPictures in North America, while in France it was released by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Gaumont Buena Vista International]].

* TotallyNotACriminalFront: Leon and Tony use an Italian restaurant to conduct their criminal operations. Also, when Mathilda poses as a delivery girl to infiltrate the DEA building so she can assassinate Norman Stansfield, he quickly catches on and pointedly asks her if she is delivering Italian food.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: Leon and Tony use an Italian restaurant to conduct their criminal operations. Also, when Mathilda poses as a delivery girl to infiltrate the DEA building so she can assassinate Norman Stansfield, he quickly catches on and pointedly asks her if she is delivering Italian food.

* CensoredChildDeath: Mathilda's little brother's murder is not clearly shown. The last shot of him is running from the bullets across the corridor.

* KilledOffscreen: Subverted. The scene of Mathilda's brother's death shows one of the villains shooting a gun, but does not show the bullets entering the character's body, who is never seen again and is only mentioned again when the film changes to another scene.

-->''"I think we'll be okay here, Léon"''

-->'''Stansfield:''' And what filthy piece...of shit did I do now?
-->'''Mathilda:''' You killed my brother.

* InverseNinjaLaw: In the final act, Léon takes on a heavily-armed SWAT unit by himself -- and gets away. [[spoiler:Léon is only stopped when Stansfield sneaks up on him from behind.]]

* SheCleansUpNicely: Mathilda usually dresses in BareYourMidriff outfits, but she changes into a beautiful pink dress after Leon rescues her from the middle of the DEA headquarters. Then she starts talking about the importance of losing your virginity with someone you love, giving Leon a serious OhCrap moment.

** Willi Blood strongly resembles Gary Oldman's Drexyl Spivey of ''True Romance'', a white dreadlocked eccentric somewhat dim-witted amoral criminal.

* RescueRomance: Becomes TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior in the International Cut. After Léon rescues her from the DEA office, Mathilda [[SheCleansUpNicely changes into a pink dress]] and starts talking to Léon about the importance of [[RescueSex losing your virginity]] with a man you love. Léon turns down her advances, and they compromise on [[InnocentCohabitation sharing the bed]].

* TheBadGuysAreCops: Stansfield and his crew work for the DEA, but also [[KillEmAll murder the entire family]] (save [[LittleMissBadass one]]) of a man holding drugs for them and don't seem unfamiliar with hiring out [[ProfessionalKiller professional killers]] from the Mob.

* WeaponOfChoice:

* RareGuns: The Spectre M4 is one of the guns in Leon's possession. The extended cut shows him cocking the gun, but not using it.