Le Professionnel Movie Review 1981

French assassin Joss Beaumont (Belmondo) returns from the African republic of Malagasy, where he's been imprisoned for two years because his own superiors turned him in to the authorities when they decided to abort his mission. Instantly his old department is mobilized to eliminate him, but Beaumont is faster and smarter than all of them put together. Fast, clever, and beholden to nothing done before, the film is a slick package, a spy thriller that relies on brains instead of guns. There's a constant flow of fistfights and combat encounters in the picture, none of which are hyped with cutting or music. Belmondo makes them all credible. A surprise picture for people who like intelligent thrillers.

Distribution

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Available on DVD
Running time 109 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Spies & Espionage

Screenplay

Georges Lautner, Michel Audiard

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein, Michel Beaune, Cyrielle Claire, Jean-Louis Richard, Sidiki Bakaba

Cinematography

Henri Decae

Director

Georges Lautner

Music

Ennio Morricone

Other

Michelle David