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The Fifth Element

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The Fifth Element
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Time Out says

The 23rd century: Earth's being threatened by a fireball - Absolute Evil - and our only hope lies with the Fifth Element, sent by friendly aliens and given human form as the waifish Leeloo (Jovovich), who's rescued from a suspicious militia by Korben Dallas, spacefighter turned Brooklyn air-cabbie (Willis). Until he takes her to the priest Cornelius (Holm), who alone understands the ancient mysteries, Dallas has no idea of his charge's role in the scheme of things - though her exceptional powers and the unwelcome attentions of Zorg (Oldman), a power maniac aligned with Evil, soon convince him she's something special. While there's enjoyment to be had from Willis's amiably tongue-in-cheek performance, Dan Weil's production design, Jean-Paul Gaultier's outlandish costumes and Digital Domain's special effects, Besson's futuristic fable is flawed by a messy narrative which strains to incorporate far too many grotesque and eccentric characters. Leeloo's sorrowing horror at humanity's propensity for violence and war is a bit rich in a movie that delights in, and depends for effect on, firepower, explosions and loudly destructive mayhem.

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Release Details

  • Duration:126 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Luc Besson
  • Screenwriter:Luc Bresson, Robert Mark Kamen
  • Cast:
    • Bruce Willis
    • Gary Oldman
    • Milla Jovovich
    • Ian Holm
    • Chris Tucker
    • Luke Perry
    • John Neville
    • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Julie T Wallace
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