![]() Going to space as the (at the time) most expensive European film ever made, director Luc Besson & cinematographer Thierry Arbogast take their Cinéma du look stylisation to a galactic level,with Besson leaving out any hint of darkness with a Pop Art vibrancy of Comic- Book coloured reds,yellows and blues giving the adventure a pristine shine. Escaping the lab, Leeloo crashes into the cab of Korben Dallas,who joins Leeloo in going in search for the other four elements. Instead of coming back as one of the aliens, Leeloo comes to life as the fifth element. Finding that the aliens who vowed to guard the elements have been killed by Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, a group of scientists bring one of the aliens back to life,via re-construction. Taking part in a poll for the best films of 1997,I decided that it was time for me to plea the fifth.Įvery 5,000 years a weapon made up of the four classical elements (and a "chosen" human acting as the fifth) must be made to stop the only weapon that can destroy the universe from successfully working. Whilst seeing bits and pieces of the flick when it was endlessly repeated on Sky Movies in the late 90's/early 2000's,I somehow have never fully seen co-writer/(with Robert Mark Kamen) director Luc Besson's Sci-Fi epic. Reviewed by morrison-dylan-fan 7 / 10 / 10 Taking the fifth. ![]()
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