The original cut released for US audiences was felt, by Besson, had an "offending" scene cut which ruined later scenes. I always found that until obtaining the "Version Integral" there was a character hole in the plot. There is no clean difference (we may also include Le Dernier Combat for comparison.) The only difference is gender. Both the central protagonists attempt to come to terms with their dysfunctionality, to society, against a background of violence, which they both continue to act upon as the agent of someone else. The similarities, or parallels, between Nikita and Léon are undoubted. Léon was Besson's first foray into international film production.
An interview with Anne Parillaud, in the Evening Standard, 24.8.90, it was said that the message of Nikita is not one of violence but the idea is that people who are full of despair and missing love are not alone.
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