Leon
- R
- Year:
- 1994
- 110 min
- 1,315 Views
Leon and Mathilda arrive on the roof of a building which
faces Central Park. They get close to a wall and maintain this
position. Sunlight floods the park.
LEON(concentrated)
Firstly, you look. For more than one
minute. Because there are alarm systems
with one minute period. Therefore, you
wait and look. Alarms firstly, the sky
for helicopters, nearby buildings.
Meanwhile, you observe soil's color and
will try to wear dresses of the same
color. Never lighter.
Mathilda listens very carefully.
LEON:
OK. Good. Now you can assemble your
weapon.
He opens the violin case and assembles a rifle with
telescopic sight and silencer.
LEON:
The rifle is the first weapon you learn
to use, because you can keep far from the
client. The more experience you have, the
closer you get.
He finished assembling the weapon and hands it to Mathilda.
She's going to pull off telescope's cover.
LEON:
No. Always take it off at the last
moment, because of light reflexes.
They'll see you in two seconds.
They get close to roof's edge. Mathilda sits down and gets in
position.
LEON:
Relax. You must feel at ease.
Mathilda leans down properly.
MATHILDA:
OK, I'm fine.
LEON:
Good.
He removes telescope's cover.
LEON:
Here, this is the light scoop for night
shooting. There, you fix client's
distance... How much to the bench down
there in the park?
MATHILDA:
Huh... 500 meters?
LEON:
130... 140...
MATHILDA:
How can you say it?
LEON:
Look. When you can see his fingers, it's
50 meters. When you just see his hands,
it's about 80 meters. When you
distinguish arms from body, it's 120-130.
When you see nothing more than a shape,
you don't shoot. Not very sure. You have
one chance out of five to miss. A
contract means getting all chances on
your side. 5 out of 5. You can't miss a
client. Never... If the task is delicate
or the risk is too big, you double. That
is, you insure yourself by another means.
MATHILDA:
What, for example?
LEON:
Well, if the guy is far, in a car, and I
know weather is going to be bad, rain for
example, I think I would plastic the car,
with a remote here. I shoot from the
distance and if I miss I plastic.
MATHILDA:
What if you can't approach the car or he
changes car?
Leon thinks.
LEON:
Rocket launcher.
MATHILDA:
Oh really?
(She looks at the
road and imagines)
But can you miss the car?
Leon pulls a small box out of the violin.
LEON(showing a special bullet)
It's a coded bullet... You put it in the
rifle, you glue it to the car, no matter
where. Then you take your rocket
launcher and the rocket will get there
automatically.
MATHILDA:
Wow! It's brilliant!
LEON:
Yeah... Come on, have a little
training.
Mathilda gets in position.
MATHILDA:
Who'll I aim at?
LEON:
Whoever.
Leon pulled out binoculars. Mathilda looks for a victim by
telescope. She passes over playing kids.
MATHILDA:
No women... No kids....
Leon smiles:
she learnt the lesson.LEON:
Begin from a steady target. It's easier.
She stops on a man who's reading a newspaper. The man wears
a suit, Herald Tribune, fat.
MATHILDA:
The fat man down there, on the bench.
LEON:
Perfect.
Mathilda aims at the fat man. One of bench's boards explodes.
The fat man turns his head. He doesn't understand what
happened and resumes reading.
LEON:
Try again. The same.
Second shot. The bench explodes on the opposite side. The
man is still curious but doesn't understand.
LEON(at binoculars)
Too much to the left.
Mathilda concentrates again and shoots: nothing happens.
Mathilda wonders whether she missed again and prepares for a
new shot.
LEON:
Wait...
The fat man softly leans down on his side.
LEON:
Bull's-eye.
Mathilda is happy but, evidently, she expected death to be
more spectacular.
LEON:
Come on, now a walking one.
Mathilda aims at a businessman. She really chooses the
ugliest one. She shoots. Man's case explodes and he hides
behind a tree:
he's scared and doesn't move any more.LEON:
Good! First shot!
MATHILDA:
Yeah, but I didn't get him, I got his
case and now he's behind the tree. What
can I do?
LEON:
It's not serious, it's just training.
You have to learn from the beginning to
hit the target, then, to improve
precision, you'll train, but on
cardboards.
MATHILDA:
OK.
LEON:
Now, try a running guy.
Mathilda gets back to telescope and looks for a jogger.
MATHILDA:
The yellow and pink.
LEON:
OK.
The guy is footing, sweaty, with a walkman and headphones.
Mathilda shoots once. Twice. Thrice. The bullets pass around
the jogger, who can't see or hear anything.
MATHILDA:
Sh*t! It's hard when he runs!
Leon hands her another charger.
LEON:
Don't lose him! Concentrate. There,
reload. OK, keep calm. Calm, breathe
deeply. Look at his movements. Imagine
you're running with him. Breathe... Hold
your breathe... His movements... Now...
She shots and the guy gets a bullet in a thigh. He's scared,
but doesn't know where to go.
MATHILDA:
Did you see? First shot! It's good,
isn't it? Did I learn well?
Mathilda proudly smiles.
LEON(serious and steady)
Put tools away.
Mathilda obeys, seriously.
Night over city. The two are on a small building's stairway.
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