The Fifth Element

Great Sci Fi movie, one of my all time favorites. Doesn't take itself too seriously, which is nice considering the subject matter. Its about good vs evil, a plot to destroy humanity and a disinterested cabbie who gets involved due to a "supreme being" Femme Fatale falling into his lap. The characters are nonetheless engaging and fun, and Leeloo is beautiful, smoking hot, and hilarious. It does require a suspension of disbelief, but if you're in the mood for something a little weird and fun this might just make your afternoon.

One of my favorite films! Great cast. Great visual effects. I watch it all the time! I would recommend this film for sure.

A top 10 favorite movie, Period. An essential sci-fi movie!

Quality picture and sound. Menu item and extras work. Arrived unbroken.

One of my favorite movies to watch. If you like sci fi and Bruce Willis movies you will love this movie!

Easily one of my favorite movies…EVER! It’s a zany, exhilarating, sci-fi adventure movie about hope, love and overcoming evil to save the Universe. Featuring a slew of highly memorable and quotable characters, I can happily watch it any time. Director Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, La Femme Nikita) is an artist, and bonkers characters fill his pallet. From the zany opening scenes we find a strangely divine character dynamic in Egypt, an evil planet attack loaded with sci-fi zest, and our graphic novel-esque antihero starts his day to one of the most cosmically cool soundtracks to emerge from the 90s. Corbin (Bruce Willis; A Good Day to Die Hard) is a has-been decorated military officer who now struggles to keep his cat fed and license to drive his hover-cab valid. He awakens like a washed up John McClane after a rough night, expresses that he wishes he had a woman in his life, and dodges calls from his pestilent boss and mother. Despite the massive amount of looney transpiring on screen, we meet numerous memorable and substantial characters and all of them will make you smile. Tiny “Zeus” Lister (Friday, No Holds Barred) is an intergalactic President. Father Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm; Lord of the Rings, Alien) informs him that they have only 48 hours to stop a cosmic force of ancient evil which will wipe out all life in the Universe and only one thing can stop it: a mystical supreme being. After an attack, remnants of an engineered lifeform are recovered and reconstituted into a genetically “perfect” orange-haired woman. Clothed in the thermal bandages so beloved by Comic Con cosplayers around the world, Leeloo (Milla Jovavich; Resident Evil 1-7, Faces in the Crowd) escapes into a world that she clearly doesn’t understand and falls into Corbin’s cab babbling a dead language and being all sorts of indescribably adorable. When she asks Corbin for help, hardly understanding her own tear-soaked words, no one with a heart could say no. Although Corbin almost does. But in helping her, he earns her trust and becomes her antihero protector and the co-savior of the Universe. Peppering more crazy into the cast, Gary Oldman (Leon: The Professional, The Dark Knight) serves up his villainy deliciously as Zorg. Despite being a super-rich evil mastermind, he makes a lot of poor decisions. Rounding out all manner of plays and players, Chris Tucker (Rush Hour 1-3, Friday) is brilliantly idiosyncratic as the manic sex-addict Radio Host Ruby Rod, and Maïwenn (High Tension, Leon: The Professional) plays the mystical operatic Diva. The favorite scene of mine would have to be the Diva’s concert. The Diva’s song is unlike anything you’ve heard, and its high notes score and punctuate the action of Leeloo’s awesome fight sequence on the Floston Paradise cruise ship. There is nothing technically wowing about the fight choreography, which is clearly meant to be more amusingly dynamic than a demonstration of martial prowess, but with the music and Besson’s humorous approach I could watch it all day. This scene steamrolls into a bigger, longer, more explosive action sequence full of Corbin’s cynicism, Ruby’s hysteria, and Leeloo’s endangerment. Now almost 20 years old, The Fifth Element’s special effects will not wow you. And whereas I feel they hold up more than well enough on their own, when combined with the score the scenes remain highly entertaining. The music alone will ignite your attention. This is especially evident during the taxi-police chase scene, during which I completely forgive the dated CGI as I watch Leeloo pinballing around the back seat to Cheb Khaled’s “Alech Taadi.” Most entertaining for me is how Leeloo (the supreme being) speeds through the internet learning 5000 years of history, culture and language, along with mastering Kung Fu in order to save all humanity much as Neo (“the one”) did in The Matrix (1999)…two years later, and now apparently less original. Of course, The Fifth Element isn’t 100% original either—in fact, Ug in Critters (1986) did the same thing. You’ll find parallels and homages to loads of other sci-fi. Many ships look like Empire Star Destroyers, there’s the Dark Side of the Force and Mr. Shadow coming to bring darkness to the Universe, and the Diva appears to be a cross between the Xenomorph and Jabba’s Twi’lek slave girl dancer Oola. Oh, and Bruce Willis is basically playing Die Hard in Space—but in the best way possible! For all its awesome fun, it’s Leeloo that breathes life into this film. Leeloo is among the most beloved characters in the Sci-Fi genre—making the ranks of Yoda, Luke and Han. When Leeloo smiles it’s sincere emotion, naïve to the workings of the world around her, and she will infect your heart. There is such purity to her goodness. And when she says “multipass” it will brighten your day. I recommend this movie to everyone. EVERYONE. I was 16 when I saw it in theaters so I know this movie carries a lot of nostalgia for me. But watching this just makes me feel good, satisfied, happy, hopeful, warm-fuzzy, awesome…all that. I expect it to affect you the same. Enjoy!

Every now and then you run across a movie that you can honestly truly call a guilty pleasure a movie that you don't mind seeing over and over again like Caddyshack or Trading Places to use a very unrelated example The Fifth Element is awesome the special effects are perfect or close to perfect the plot is excellent and they fold in enough humor to make it a lot of fun this is one of those rare movies that literally takes you into the world that they're trying to construct for you the presentation takes you there if you allow it to it's an unqualified success in my opinion and if you've never seen this movie buy it you will not be sorry if you like Sci-Fi movies this is a great one it's a classic and will be judged so I believe as time goes on I bought it in 4k because of my love for it it's a dynamic movie and should have looked perfect I'm afraid that I have to give the transfer however a 8.5 out of 10 it's not as good as it can be if you compare it to movies like Dunkirk or Guardians of the Galaxy 2 or the kingsman the Golden Circle it doesn't stand a chance so far as picture quality so far as the actual enjoyment of the movie it's right up there with the best of them so the movie five stars and if I could give it 10 I would the quality of the transfer 8.5 out of 10 which is a shame because 4K can look so really wonderful better than real life if it's done properly and your equipment is tuned and calibrated but even if it's not 4K HDR something to behold and after all if you're happy with what your set looks like that's all that counts 4K and HDR well it is worth the money truly truly worth the money invest in it if you can afford it and if you can't buy the movie anyway The Fifth Element is a classic and if you take the time to watch it you'll really enjoy it I can guarantee you a great time watching this picture it's a great escape. thank you for taking the time to read my review I hope it's helpful.

Fast shipping. A awesome movie. The video and audio is great too. Just love these movies that I watch as a young age

Excelente edición Bluray 4k, sonido impresionante y video mejor, hacen disfrutar plenamente la película. Eso sí en inglés y alemán, vale la pena.

A pesar de que pone Reino Unido, la película esta en versión de USA y de hecho es Blu-ray zona A, por tanto no se puede reproducir en Europa salvo reproductores multiregión, no confundirse aunque ponga Reino Unido. Otro detalle es que el audio en español es Español Latino, no de España, tener todo esto en cuenta que a mi no me quedó claro a la hora de comprarlo. Aun así si podéis visualizarla la calidad es 10.

Good price and a good movie

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Excelente película. Viene en varios idiomas incluido español latino (aunque no es la versión que veía en la televisión) SI vale la pena