![]() ![]() The FX are astonishing, the comedy, broad and sly, the heroics, macho, and as Leeloo, sent to save Earth, Jovovich manages to be both naive and sexy, with broken English and a gymnast's grace.īruce Willis is a joy, as always, to watch, and he carries the film with charm and self-depreciating humor, whether dealing with endless phone calls from his mother, driving his sky taxi recklessly (cabbies change very little in the future!), taking on terrorists single-handed, or falling for the exotic Leeloo. ugly alien mercenaries you'll ever see, terrorizing a space resort, until they meet their match in Bruce Willis' 'DIE HARD in Space' protagonist! Yippee-Ki-Yay, indeed! THE FIFTH ELEMENT is, in the best sense of the word, a classic 'B' movie, a space opera where a prologue vaguely similar to STARGATE leads to a future Earth where traffic jams occur thirty stories above the ground, humanity is ruled by beefy 'Tiny' Lister Jr., and where the Ultimate Evil is served by everyone's favorite villain, Gary Oldman, sporting a Southern accent! If this DOESN'T convince you that this is a 'popcorn' flick, not to be taken too seriously, there is Chris Tucker, sporting a blond hairdo, as the Galaxy's favorite media personality, promoting himself as he hits on his adoring female fans Ian Holm, as the monk who knows 'the Secret', forced, despite himself, to become an active participant in the adventure and some of the most. 'Doc' Smith 'Skylark' Meets Flash Gordon and Barbarella" hybrid with sex, intergalactic action, and even some pseudo-religious overtones tossed in.in other words, a teenage daydream come true! Critics panned the end result for this very reason, sneering at Bruce Willis' Earth-saving (yet again!) Korben Dallas, and Besson's then-girlfriend, clothing-optional Milla Jovovich, as the innocent demigod, Leeloo. "The story goes that director Luc Besson began writing THE FIFTH ELEMENT in his teens, incorporating all the Sci-Fi elements he loved into one over-the-top, grand space opera.sort of an "E.E. THE FIFTH ELEMENT 4K/Blu-ray/Digital HD Steelbook (Limited Edition 4K Steelbook).The Fifth Element (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital HD).The Fifth Element (Superbit Collection).Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Thai Languages: English, German, Swedish, French MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Sub-Genres: Bruce Willis, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspenseįormat: Blu-ray - Color,Widescreen - Dubbed,Subtitled Genres: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense ![]()
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