in the opening scene we are introduced to an Italian hit man named Leon who lives in New York City's Little Italy neighborhood he works for a mafia leader named Tony because of course that's his name who operates the Supreme macaroni company retail store currently Leon is tasked with a mission to dissuade a gangster known as fatty fatty from encroaching on Tony's territory in the next scene Leon proceeds to track down fatty at a hotel where he forces a receptionist into notifying fatty of his visitor sensing a Potential Threat fatty alerts his henchmen who then wait
for him outside the elevator as soon as the elevator door opens they open fire only to realize they've shot one of their own following this the henchman's scatter in search of the Assassin chaos ensues and Leon being a professional fighter takes at the henchmen one after another eventually he traps fatty in a room and eliminates the remaining henchmen a terrified fatty dials 9-1-1 for help but before he can speak to the police Leanna peers from the Shadows brandishing a knife at his throat compelling fatty to shut up desperate fatty offers a substantial sum of money
to spare his life but Leon dismisses the offer and instructs him to make a call Tony answers on the other end threatening him to leave the city as per his orders Leon on make sure that fatty understands the message and then lets him go later on Leon buys some groceries and returns back to his building as he climbs upstairs towards his apartment he sees a lonely 12 year old girl named Matilda Landau smoking in the stairwell he notices a bruise on her face and asks what happened but the girl lies that she fell off her
bike in reality Matilda lives with her dysfunctional family in an apartment down the hall from Leon and she is frequently beaten up by her abusive father Matilda's father works for corrupt DEA agents who pay him to stash cocaine in his apartment that same day the agents who discover that someone has been stealing the cocaine confront Matilda's father in his apartment one of the agents named Mulkey pressures him to confess but Matilda's father insists that he's innocent seeing this their drug addict boss Norman turns around and sniffs him he says that he believes him but nonetheless
assigns him to find out the culprit by tomorrow at noon Leon overhears everything from his room but doesn't intervene the next morning Matilda's family is going through their usual daily routine her father over sleeves her stepmother prepares for work her half-sister exercises while watching a fitness program and her four-year-old brother plays with his toys shortly after the parents are making out in the bathroom when their landline ranks Matilda answers the call and discovers it's from her school assuming her mother's identity she's informed by the school administrator that Matilda has been skipping class for two weeks
the administrator demands an explanation or threatens expulsion in response Matilda claims that she's dead no better way to skip than by being dead elsewhere Leon begins his day with his typical routine exercising and tending to his plant before leaving his apartment he goes to a nearby theater to watch his favorite classical Gene Kelly musicals when he returns he finds Matilda outside her apartment again bleeding from her nose he offers her a handkerchief and in return she decides to buy him some milk he looked like he needed it while Matilda is out shopping Norman and his
armed henchman break into her apartment Norman grabs a shotgun and ruthlessly shoots Matilda's family starting with her stepmother and half-sister before reaching her father amidst this her younger brother hides beneath the bed Norman orders his men to search the entire house for the stolen cocaine during a momentary distraction Matilda's father uses this opportunity to reach his shotgun and open fire frightened the little boy attempts to run away but tragically Falls victim to the gangster's gunfire as Matilda's father runs set of ammo he tries to flee but he's fatally shot by Norman a short while later
Matilda Returns from the grocery store only to find her father's lifeless body outside reacting swiftly she bypasses her own apartment and Rings Leon's doorbell begging him to let her in although hesitant at first Leon eventually opens the door and floods her in Leon still stays at the door with a gun in his hand taking a precautionary motive not long after the gangsters find the hidden cocaine after which they leave in the aftermath of these events Leon offers condolences towards the girl Matilda claims that she doesn't care about them and she's only crying for her innocent
brother whom she loved very much Leon attempts to cheer her up in a childlike manner thankfully it works as it brings a smile to her face later Leon inquires if she has any place to go do which she responds in the negative before long Matilda discovers Leon's profession as a Hitman so she begs him to take care of her and to teach sure his skills as she wants to avenge the murder of her brother in return she offers herself as a maid and a teacher as Leon appears to be illiterate however he brushes her off
and tells her to sleep he doesn't know what illiterate means anyway the following morning Matilda brings up the same offer again but Leon again declines asserting that being a fighter is not a suitable occupation for a girl in response Matilda uses one of his Firearms to shoot down some pigeons leaving Leon in shock this act ultimately persuades Leon and he agrees to train her later that day the two vacate the apartment and check into a hotel upon their arrival the receptionist asks Leon to fill out a form knowing that he can't read or write Matilda
volunteers to do it on his behalf starting from the very next day Leon begins training the girl at first he teaches her how to use a rifle emphasizing its advantage in maintaining distance from the target he then takes her to a roof and helps her find the right position for practice he tells her to hit whoever she wants because the gun is simply loaded with a paintball following his guidance Matilda shoots a jogger and her first attempt turns out to be good as a part of the training lyanna signs Matilda physical exercise such as crunches
and encourages her to drink milk despite her reluctance in exchange for the training Matilda carries out errands for lyanna cleans the room and also helps him learn to read and write she also makes him drink milk too because this movie is one big advertisement for milk amidst this Matilda notices Leon taking extra care of his plants as a result she remarks on his affection for the plants and Leon responds by explaining that it's like his best friend because it doesn't pose questions and lacks Roots much like him Matilda suggests that if he truly cares for
it he should plant it in a park and let it Thrive as the days pass by the two of them begin to enjoy each other's company and eventually establish an emotional bond over time Matilda starts to look up to lyanna and slowly develops romantic for him she often expresses her love for him though he doesn't reciprocate because she's 12 let's pump the brakes here one day Leon goes to meet with Tony who has kept all the money he earned over the years as Leon was illiterate he didn't want to deal with it but now he
seems to need it Tony suspects that he now has a woman in his life so he advises him to be careful he further assures Leon that his money is safe with him and tells him to ask for whatever he needs before departing Tony assigns him to a new Mission which Leon agrees to Meanwhile in the hotel Matilda talks to the receptionist and claims that Leon isn't her father but her lover which leaves the man astonished hopefully not a jealous astonished more of a call the police astonished the next day Leon sets out for his mission
while Matilda Returns to her now restricted apartment however she sneaks inside and collects some of her stuff she also retrieves a bulk of cash that her father had hidden in a secret place just then she hears someone and entering the apartment so she quickly hides herself it turns out to be Norman and two senior detectives the detectives questioned Norman about the incident and he feigns self-defense after a brief discussion the detectives depart and Matilda follows Norman in a taxi it doesn't take long for her to discover that Norman is a DEA agent later in the
day Matilda is watching cartoons when Leon returns with blood dripping from his arm before he can head for a shower the receptionist knocks on the door and throws them out of the hotel following this the duo checks into another hotel where Leon takes a shower and stitches a wound in his chest afterwards Matilda offers him some cash and asks Leon to execute her brother's Killers however Leon refuses to take the job and also doesn't allow her to do it asserting that revenge is not good he explains that life changes irreversibly after one commits murder in
an attempt to make her Point Matilda proposes a game of Russian roulette with the condition that if she wins she gets to carry out the ACT Leon says that she'll lose because he has already heard the round in the gun despite this the girl proceeds to pull the trigger but Leon manages to push the pistol away at the last moment these two are gonna get kicked out of a lot of hotels after this incident Leon takes Matilda to Tony and requests the mafia leader hire her Tony is clearly hesitant as she's just a kid but
Leon somehow manages to convince him to give her a chance following this Leon takes Matilda on their first mission they approach the target's room and Matilda convinces the man to open the door once the man unlocks the door Leon breaches the chain and breaks in after a thorough search Leon instructs the man to stand still he proceeds to teach Matilda the proper aim and lets her shoot the man with paintballs after this brief training Leon shoots the man before leaving from that day onward Leon and Matilda work together and follow the same approach to eliminate
several targets one after another however her at one point Leon Hears A Target preparing a firearm inside so he quickly pulls Matilda to cover preventing potential harm he tells her that they should use a grenade in such a case he then tosses the grenade inside blowing off the apartment one day Leon goes to see Tony and he looks nervous for the first time he tells Tony to give all of his money to Matilda if something happens to him and Tony agrees saying that he can count on him later Leon gets ready for his next mission
but he decides to go alone this time because it's a big one while he is away Matilda remains at home tending to a plant watching television and thinking of Revenge after a while of deliberation as she decides to carry out her vengeful Mission independently following this she fills a bag with guns from Leon's collection and sets out to kill Norman she Bluffs her way into the DEA office by posing as a delivery girl and slowly makes her way to the gents restroom there she is ambushed by Garmin who orders her to put the bag down
he questions her about her sender to which she asserts that she's acting on her own to avenge her brother's death their conversation is abruptly interrupted by one of Norman's henchmen who brings unsettling news of his friend mulkey's death it turns out that Leon was the one who killed him disturbed by this Revelation Norman orders his man to take Matilda to his office for the time being when Leon returns back to his apartment he finds a note from Matilda mentioning her intentions concerned for her safety he rushes to the DEA office and rescues Matilda killing two
more of Norman's men in the process the same night Matilda tries to seduce Leon but he rejects her advances because she's 12. instead he shares his own story of how he became a hitman at the age of 18 in Italy Leon fell in love with a girl from a wealthy family but his family was poor the two mid plans to elope but the girl's father discovered them and killed her out of anger Leon killed her father in revenge and fled to New York where he met Tony and started working for him in the evening Norman
and his men pay a visit to Tony he expresses his rage as an Italian Hitman has gone Rogue and is killing his men he desperately wishes to meet the Hitman and asks Tony about his whereabouts Tony who has his family captured ends up revealing the location the following morning Matilda is returning from the grocery store probably carrying milk when she is captured by an NYPD ESU team sent by Norman they take her hostage and ask her if there's any code to infiltrate Leon's apartment in response Matilda gives them the wrong code when the officers use
this incorrect code to knock on the apartment door Leon becomes alerted the armed officers enter the apartment but they find no one inside Leon who is hiding right above the entrance in a dope pose closes the door and kills them upon learning of this Norman summons extra backup and surrounds the entire building despite the overwhelming odds Leon continues to take down the officers eventually he manages to take an officer hostage and frees Matilda from their capture as they slink back into the apartment Leon creates a Quick Escape Route for Matilda by Smashing a hole in
an air shaft Matilda initially refuses to leave without him but he reassures her that he'll meet her at Tony's Place in an hour he finally confesses his love towards her but platonically because she's 12 before letting her go moments later the ESU team blows up the apartment before breaking in in the chaos that follows Leon disguises himself as an injured ESU officer and sneaks out of the apartment he goes unnoticed by everyone except for Norman as Leon makes his way out through the hotel lobby Norman follows him and shoots him from behind unfortunately this proves
to be fatal with his last breath Leon press is a grenade pin into Norman's Palm saying that it is from Matilda Norman opens Leon's vest only to find a clown master of grenades which instantly detonate killing him in the aftermath Matilda goes to Tony and tries to convince him to hire her as a killer however the latter flatly refuses to hire a 12 year old girl as promised to Leon Tony hands are 100 boxes in allowance and sends her back to school fortunately the headmistress readmits her after Matilda reveals what happened in the final scene
Matilda walks onto a field near the school and plants Leon's beloved houseplant allowing it to grow freely subscribe for more videos like this turn on notifications and leave a like to help the channel out thank you for watching
