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THE PROFESSIONAL

What You Need To Know:

Set in present day New York, THE PROFESSIONAL is a movie about a hit man who takes in a girl whose family has been killed by a corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration boss and teaches her the trade of being an assassin. The filmmaker attempts to show that even inside the most heartless killer there is still a side that can love. However, this message is buried beneath bloody and brutal killings, drug and alcohol abuse, foul language, implied sexual promiscuity, and revenge, the motivating factor in the 12-year-old girl's life.

Content:

(NA, LLL, VVV, SS, A, D, M) Pagan worldview in which protagonist's profession as a hit man is glorified; 52 obscenities & 11 profanities (many from children); gory, graphic deaths (most by gunshot, some by explosions & hanging), fight scenes, & child abuse; implied sexual intercourse, fondling depicted; alcohol abuse; drug abuse; and, revenge.

More Detail:

In THE PROFESSIONAL, Gary Oldham plays a corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration boss, Stansfield, whose thugs murder a young girl’s family in a drug deal gone awry. The massacre forces the girl, Matilda (Natalie Portman), to take shelter in the apartment of Leon, a neighbor she hardly knows who turns out to be a hit man. Matilda pleads with Leon to teach her how to “clean” so she can take out the man who killed her family. After Matilda’s unsuccessful attempt to kill him, Stansfield calls out the Drug Enforcement Administration police team to kill Leon and Matilda.

The filmmaker attempts to show that even inside the most heartless killer there is still a side that can love. However, this message is buried beneath bloody killings, drug and alcohol abuse, foul language, implied promiscuity, and revenge. The most disturbing element in the movie is that the filmmaker uses a young girl in this corrupt, immoral film. 12-year-old Portman smokes, curses and is exposed to brutal and graphic killings. Also, the protagonist’s profession of being an assassin is glorified and even condoned. Aside from the immoral overtone of THE PROFESSIONAL, the movie is not entertaining. Many camera shots appear amateurish, the action is more gory than suspenseful, and the acting is mediocre.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.


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