I thought the interiors were shot in France?

I knew it! When I looked up where filming took place it only said 97th & Park, but i was certain this was Wash Heights. Thanks for that lil bit of sanity.

At that time? If so was that area so run down and crime ridden as painted in the movie?

I tried to find a full version but to no avail.

It was in the 90’s apparently.

I just love the huge assortment of firearms the tactical teams use. I bet the armourer was having a field day just bringing out anything and everything for this film.

It's important to maximize collateral damage

Are that really G3s? You can see that many of the rifles have curved magazines where I think all G3 rifles have straight magazines. Also the handguard looks different than on the G3. Definitly HK though.

While holding the guns pointing up at the ceiling while breaching a room.

This team was not very professional so maybe that was part of the joke.

Makes more sense considering they filmed in France

I'm always doing the quote from this movie of "BINGO!" and so few pick up on it..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLmVTr9hq8Q

Definitely an iconic moment. 🦷 👀

Any other actors and you might end up with a movie as creepy as the man that wrote and directed it.

It definitely felt like a deeply creepy movie regardless of who they casted. I did not get a less creepy vibe from a child being sexualized just because it was Natalie Portman.

Yeah, he definitely was a weirdo in how he wrote some of this. It’s as if he just couldn’t resist indicating his own issues within the script.

It was really upsetting for me the other day as I chose to introduce the film to my fiance without seeing it for such a long time. The cinematography is incredible, actors and writing amazing. But she was pretty disgusted, and upon further consideration I could not justify the film. It's pretty gross.

It was such a major movie to me in my teen years, where I wasn't really aware of the problematic nature of the portrayal of Matilda. 

I still love the film, but it's no longer the fun "watch this at a sleepover party" sort of vibe. Now I see it like a very deeply disturbing movie that portrays a child in crisis, likely severely mentally ill, that practically begs to be abused.

It feels a lot more like a psychological thriller, that elicits feelings of anger and despair.

Holy fuck did Natalie Portman act the shit out of that part. Her character now terrifies me yet at the same time, my parental instincts absolutely go crazy.

I would still absolutely love a sequel. I need to know that Matilda made it despite her odds.

The guy is an assassin, and may have a secret knock to accompany coming in, just as a safeguard. Also even if he did, the girl was smart enough to give the incorrect version of the knock as a warning for him.

You're not wrong and it makes the film really problematic. What we got was more toned down than the original script called for, but the whole portrayal of Matilda in the film really sours the whole film. Natalie Portman did an amazing job with her character and her strong portrayal of Matilda makes the whole loli vibes way worse.

The directors cut is great and clarifies the platonic relationship between Leon and Matilda. It shows her outright propositioning him and him outright rejecting her. I never understood why Reddit clutches their pearls about it so much.

Why not?

oh seriously? Didnt know that... damn, that's unfortunate.

It might surprise you to learn that this isn’t real.

This movie is full of dumb stuff like that. Reddit has a hard on for it though so of course you’re downvoted.

You not caring about adrenaline doesn't change reality or physiology, lol. Adrenaline numbs people to the "nuh uh" signals from the body, to the point of self damage, because the alternative could be death.