Fifth Element (The)
- Director: Luc Besson
- Writer: Luc Besson
- Producer: John A. Amicarella; Patrice Ledoux
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Camp, entertaining escapism...
Beautifully realised and shot by Besson.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In the twenty-third century, the universe is threatened by evil. The only hope for mankind is the Fifth Element, who comes to Earth every five thousand years to protect the humans with four stones of the four elements: fire, water, Earth and air. A Mondoshawan spacecraft is bringing The Fifth Element back to Earth but it is destroyed by the evil Mangalores. However, a team of scientists use the DNA of the remains of the Fifth Element to rebuild the perfect being called Leeloo. She escapes from the laboratory and stumbles upon the taxi driver and former elite commando major Korben Dallas that helps her to escape from the police. Leeloo tells him that she must meet Father Vito Cornelius to accomplish her mission. Meanwhile, the Evil uses the greedy and cruel Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg and a team of mercenary Mangalores to retrieve the stones and avoid the protection of Leeloo. But the skilled Korben Dallas has fallen in love with Leeloo and decides to help her to retrieve the stones.
Cast & Characters
Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas;
Gary Oldman as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg;
Ian Holm as Father Vito Cornelius;
Milla Jovovich as Leeloo;
Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod;
Luke Perry as Billy;
Brion James as General Munro;
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister as President Lindberg;
Lee Evans as Fog;
Charlie Creed-Miles as David;
Tricky as Right Arm;
John Neville as General Staedert;
John Bluthal as Professor Pacoli;
Mathieu Kassovitz as Mugger;
Christopher Fairbank as Mactilburgh