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The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element

1997
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
2h 6m
New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to be a hero. But he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years - a perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Now, together, they must save the world. (Columbia TriStar)
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The Fifth Element

1997
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
2h 6m
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Rated 10 Aug 2009
98
99th
If Michael Bay made this, it would've cost 2 billion dollars, had more shots of Milla Jovavich (working on cars, tossing hair, running, etc all in slow motion), Bruce Willis would wear a thong for comedic value and Chris Tucker would've been a robot. Thank you, Luc Besson. Thank you.
Rated 10 Feb 2007
0
0th
Pure kitsch. Paltry.
Rated 25 Jan 2010
85
63rd
The best sci-fi action movie of the 90's that isn't the Matrix. Warts and all, it's so flamboyant and inspired. Feels like a live action cartoon.
Rated 25 Nov 2015
85
63rd
If you made a movie based on the fantasies of a nerdy, hyperactive 13-year-old boy, this would be it. Wait, what's that? Luc Besson wrote this when he was a teenager? Well, whaddaya know!
Rated 31 Jul 2009
80
84th
Putting aside some of the dodgy performances and a pretty cumbersome script, The Fifth Element is a highly imaginative and original piece of sci-fi. Lots of great action, brilliant sets, wonderful cinematography and a far fetched but entertaining plot all mean I'm very fond of this movie. Totally over the top and loads of fun.
Rated 18 Dec 2009
40
1st
One of the most irritating sci-fi thrillers I have seen.
Rated 10 Aug 2010
0
12th
An ungodly mess. Promising hokey prologue, in Egypt, in 1914; dopey mood-dampening attempts at comedy; ugly creatures, costumes, haircuts, sets, special effects. Besson, who was already thinking Hollywood while still in France (La Femme Nikita), proves conclusively that he truly belongs. He can squander money with the best of them.
Rated 05 Apr 2017
59
36th
Ages since I saw this, and it doesn't hold up all that well. Sets and setting are its strengths, the whole movie looks 'bandes dessinées' as all hell. But I'd rather read something drawn by Moebius than see a live-action approximation of his style with two-dimensional characters, goofy-ass music and cringeworthy annoying shit instead of 'whoa, cool!' moments. Chris Tucker almost ruins the movie single-handedly.
Rated 03 Mar 2008
85
79th
A campy gem from the amazing Luc Besson. Note that the protagonist and villain never actually meet, and are never even aware of each other's existence. Incredible.
Rated 27 Aug 2008
94
94th
One of the most whacked-out film experiences of all time. This takes everything a 14-year-old boy could possibly want in a movie and throws it all up on the scream in a delightful mess of a ride. It doesn't matter that it doesn't make sense; it's too fun to pay any attention to.
Rated 06 Feb 2009
70
79th
Gotta applaud anyone who tries to do something fresh in Hollywood. With a great cast of unique people and aliens, in a fantastical future setting that mostly stays away from cliché I'd recommend this film.
Rated 06 Jan 2010
85
87th
Original story with lots of fun characters and situations, good action sequence on the space cruise ship
Rated 10 Jan 2010
69
76th
The blue alien opera singer is played by Luc Besson's former child bride, who he impregnated at the age of 32 and she was 15! Fun facts!
Rated 19 Feb 2010
76
53rd
one of gary oldman's greatest performances
Rated 27 Aug 2010
92
58th
This film has both comedy and action. Take a trip to the future and find out how it would be to live in the year of flying cars and aliens. Bruce Willi brings all of the action while Chris Tucker doesn't hesitate to bring all of the funny. This is a great movie to watch if you ever have a day where you're feeling futuristic.
Rated 06 Feb 2007
72
63rd
I still enjoyed this film even with the always obnoxious Chris Tucker dressed up as a women. It was surprisingly good.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
87
82nd
Of all of the sci-fi action films out there, The Fifth Element is among the best. It's non-stop fun. The story is exciting, and the characters are all unique and memorable. Bruce Willis leads the film with super cool gusto, and his unique blend of action and sarcastic humor are perfect for the film. Really good!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
6
70th
Hyperkinetic and insane - the closest thing a 68 rating can be to an absolute must-watch, if that makes any sense. It's a little too silly for me at times, but Gary Oldman is quite entertaining.
Rated 16 Jan 2008
76
64th
Modern swashbuckling in space. The action, adventure and comedy of this spectacular movie creates an almost numbing thrillride from start to end.
Rated 22 Feb 2008
90
94th
Great Sci-Fi action movie. The music made this movie even better. The fight scene during the oprah song, I'm pretty sure I watched that part on repeat before.
Rated 13 Apr 2008
90
94th
Finally, something different in the genre that's not horror-based. Bruce Willis is excellent in this, and Luc Besson gives us a story that's not only complex, but keeps you watching. Truly a star of the genre.
Rated 28 May 2008
75
62nd
All-time action favourite. Great score too, particularly the diva song.
Rated 04 Jul 2008
94
25th
The Fifth Element is an absolute hoot! The cinematography is explosive and the acting is superb. Gary Oldham was magnificent. Sci-fi with a real sense of humor.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
96
90th
I love this movie, too bad we'll never get a sequel.
Rated 13 Apr 2009
80
86th
"Every five minutes there's a bomb or something, I'm getting out of here!" This is one of the most entertaining movies I have ever seen, very funny, good action sequences, looks great, original storyline and its fun as hell to watch everything go down cause a million things seem to be happening. Blue people singing opera, multiple styled guns, whoa. Awesome. I reccomend.
Rated 25 Apr 2009
80
54th
Perfect combination of action, drama, comedy. If you watch it now, you probably won't think much of the graphics, but they were unparalleled in 1997.
Rated 19 May 2009
78
63rd
This movie is incredibly strange, and yet I love watching it. Chris Tucker is hilarious and Milla Jovovich is weird, but hot. The whole thing is done well and worth watching.
Rated 30 Jul 2009
100
93rd
There is literally nothing wrong with this movie. Great cast, great costumes, great soundtrack. Perfect.
Rated 14 Nov 2009
20
1st
I like that hot alien chick.
Rated 30 Aug 2010
62
71st
It embraces the silliness and fun that's behind every space opera, and basically throws seriousness out the window. The coincidences get a little bit ridiculous, especially because Besson feels required to insert one in order to have a scene change. But the future design is cool, the direction is enthusiastic, and the movie is enjoyable, so that forgives a lot of the cliched, contrived plot.
Rated 16 Jun 2012
92
83rd
The best Star Wars movie
Rated 08 Aug 2012
4
74th
An eccentric and underestimated film about the cyclical nature of existence: the yin and yang of creation and destruction, masculine and feminine, life and death. It's an action movie paradigm shift that humanity's savior is a woman, the ultimate force of creation, but she can only be facilitated by Bruce Willis racking up a body count. Besides all that, it's just a fun and frantic mix of action and comedy. The plotting is dense, the production design is Gilliamesque, and the cast is stellar.
Rated 11 Jan 2013
15
2nd
Painful. It's attempts at humour are at best completely unfunny and obvious, and at worst highly grating and annoying (Chris Tucker's character in particular is mindnumbingly irritating). That's enough to kill it for me, even before we get to the matters of the bland story, the dreadful ending, the kitschy visuals...
Rated 12 May 2015
6
46th
Most people don't know, but the fifth element is actually farts. Actually there are 36 other elements, but farts is the fifth.
Rated 22 Sep 2015
86
83rd
Don't let the 'thriller/suspense' tag fool you, there's humor in damn near every scene. I can't help but love the genre nods - from Twi'leks and Leia buns to Ian Holm and Brion James trapped in the same room (the A.I. from Ridley Scott's Alien and Blade Runner). It's an honest celebration of sci-fi with a unique spin.
Rated 14 Apr 2018
75
77th
I once considered it one of the best science fiction adventures of all time, but it did not hold up nearly as well as I had thought and hoped. The visuals (including the really cool bad guy creatures) are still great, but most of the performances are kind of bad. It most definitely helps quite a bit that Milla Jovovich is smoking hot, but that fact does even begin to make up for Chris Tucker's obnoxius Ruby Rhod, a character so intolerable that it is hard to believe one's hurting eyes and ears.
Rated 06 Apr 2019
54
13th
Overblown fantasy film is a collage of underdeveloped first draft ideas which never kicks into high gear; the fun, candy shop set design turns sickly and ugly when no attempt is made to explore or examine its dynamics. Disparate elements (ahem) clash uneasily with each other; Willis is almost sleepily laid-back, while Oldman's bizarre bit of scenery chewing feels like its own separate movie! Fatally torpedoed by Tucker's initially amusing but ultimately wearying mugging in the second half.
Rated 16 Oct 2020
73
40th
I mean they really dove into this 110% didn't they? The peak-career Jean-Paul Gaultier costumes, the opera-techno blue lady, Chris Tucker as a drag queen. For all it's bad writing, bad acting and racist and sexist moments, I still can't help but appreciate how committed Besson and crew were to truly embracing just being weird. P.S. Besson is a pedophile (if that wasn't already obvious from watching Leon)
Rated 12 Dec 2006
80
55th
Milla Jovovich nudity. I'm in.
Rated 30 Jan 2007
87
69th
A lot of gleeful fun. The absurdity feels surprisingly organic and never manages to tire.
Rated 01 Feb 2007
89
95th
One man's life work becomes a seminal action/comedy/sci-fi flick. Assisted by one woman, 5'9", blue eyes, smooth skin, you know, perfect.
Rated 22 Feb 2007
60
62nd
Good film.
Rated 19 Mar 2007
70
46th
This movie is so goofy, so dumb, and so entertaining. Is that really Gary Oldman with some weird comb-over and black blood coming out of his nose?! And oh my goodness, is that Chris Tucker in drag?! Now everything is being shot at and blowing up, and Bruce Willis drives a flying cab, and Ian Holm wants a bag of rocks... What in the world?? It's so absurd, yet so entertaining.
Rated 13 Apr 2007
80
61st
Every time I see this movie I'm reminded of how terribly weird it is. Good, but just...odd.
Rated 16 Apr 2007
75
77th
Great fun and Willis is his usual campy self, the best kind of Willis. I'd most certainly watch it again! Luc Besson is imaginative and captivating as always!
Rated 04 May 2007
89
92nd
Beautifully shot movie, with some gorgeous special effects. Luc Besson's vision of the future is so colorful.
Rated 28 May 2007
8
78th
Besson best work after Léon. A sentimental fave of mine.
Rated 11 Jun 2007
80
60th
Campy and fun, but the heart of the story is a bit weak when compared to the scenery.
Rated 11 Jul 2007
2
33rd
Pretty, but lacks substance.
Rated 16 Jul 2007
90
95th
Great sf-action movie. This is why i watch movies, lot of action, lot of fun, and that strange french mix of action, fun, set-design and costumes.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
95th
I can watch this movie anytime!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
7th
I am quite shocked that this silly unoriginal mess glued from ideas stolen from better pictures and suitable for 10-year olds at most, was considered a serious sci-fi, let alone a good movie, by anybody. It includes Chris fuckin' Tucker, goddamit!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
3rd
Frenetic and over-the-top but not good. If anybody describes this movie as being "cool", the only valid conclusions to be derived from this concern the stupidity of the concept of "cool" itself.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
68th
I thought heart was the fifth element
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
55th
Good kemp arty action. Bruce as the savior again. Beson did it again.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
69
44th
Bruce Willis! The future! Space!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
77
52nd
This film is a guilty pleasure. Milla Jovovich gives my score a bonus 5 points. This is just a fun movie to watch. Not great, but good.
Rated 31 Aug 2007
80
49th
Bizzare, funny, and cool. Everyone should give it a shot.
Rated 09 Feb 2008
92
90th
It does not matter that the plot is pretty infantile. No, it does not.
Rated 11 Feb 2008
79
67th
This is one of those movies that you have to watch when it comes on. Kind of mesmerizing, actually.
Rated 22 Feb 2008
97
99th
My favorite Sci-Fi movie. Milla is spot on, and Willis is John McLane in space. Gary Oldman again proves he is one of the most versatile actors of the 90's.
Rated 04 Mar 2008
89
62nd
So many good things about this movie.
Rated 08 Mar 2008
20
19th
I have at least a dozen favorite filmmakers (myself included :-) ) who could have made movies for the rest of their lives with the production budget of this silly thing. Millions and millions of dollars and great FX and costumes wasted on a stupid story. You just want to cry
Rated 23 Mar 2008
91
76th
Quirky, bizarre, fun.
Rated 24 Apr 2008
100
76th
Classic, Sci-Fi story with retro scifi imagary and a story line that will keep you engaged and laughing all the time. Outstanding concept and great/comical acting by willis and oldham.
Rated 10 May 2008
75
61st
Nothing more than mindless fun, but sometimes that's enough.
Rated 15 May 2008
100
92nd
Big fun, gorgeous to look at.
Rated 26 May 2008
86
64th
I simply love quirky movies. And that French guy sure makes quirky movies. Sci-fi, but with so many oddbal elements.
Rated 12 Jun 2008
90
87th
Completely over the top. I love it!
Rated 21 Jun 2008
94
84th
One of the freshest sci-fi films to emerge since the end of the first Star Wars era. Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich ratchet the action up a notch, Gary Oldman is almost unrecognizable as the evil Zurg, and Chris Tucker is comically absurd as an intergalactic talk-radio host. This movie is great for the kids and family and remains a stylistic, slick, fresh look into the future. Luc Besson is a visionary director, and nowhere has this been more exemplified than in The Fifth Element.
Rated 23 Jun 2008
100
89th
this is up there with all time sci fi greats, Bruce Willis manages not to totally overact! the aliens are terrific and the fifth element herself is seriously kick ass,however the film does carry a message is is quite piongant at times. watch it for the the Diva Plana laguna scene,if only opera where this good!
Rated 30 Jun 2008
90
63rd
Stylish and fun, this great sci fi action film keeps you entertained the whole way through and is a delight for the eyes
Rated 30 Jun 2008
73
60th
The first and last movie that I loved Milla Jovovich in.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
100
98th
beautifull space opera.
Rated 06 Aug 2008
93
98th
One of Luc Besson's best. MULTI-PASS!
Rated 11 Aug 2008
89
90th
Exactly as much Chris Tucker as I can stand, and no more.
Rated 12 Aug 2008
95
67th
Great actors, great effects, a futuriste time, some great weapons, wonderfull vehicles and a great direction i don't need more to say.
Rated 23 Aug 2008
85
62nd
Absolutely campy, and hilarious.
Rated 07 Sep 2008
72
88th
Better than Star Wars. This film has great CGI. The plot is also very good.
Rated 03 Oct 2008
95
98th
Fantastic details and lots of humor in a good mix
Rated 15 Oct 2008
100
97th
Great action and a fantastic plot!
Rated 20 Nov 2008
100
81st
Ruby Rhod is the only thing I don't like about this movie; if I wanted that much screeching in my house I'd have a parrot. I still use phrases like "Ekta gamat" (sp?) and "Chicken good!" routinely, however. Milla Jovovich is amazing, her Mangalore fight scene to the techno-opera remains the best music-to-action edit I've ever seen, and of course there's that thing about Bruce Willis making an awesome deadpan action hero. And Gary Oldman...just wow.
Rated 23 Nov 2008
83
87th
Lots of memorable scenes and Willis make this movie worth watching over and over again.
Rated 07 Dec 2008
100
0th
One of my all-time favorites. Bruce Willis really shines.
Rated 11 Jan 2009
90
85th
Amazing movie. It put a momentary breath back into the lungs of what we loved in the 80's and dubbed action/comedy. I think the casting was brilliant on every level. It looked amazing with the help of having an actual fashion designer produce the wardrobe for it. Great original story. It's a fun movie all around. "Gimme the casssshhhhh.."
Rated 25 Jan 2009
75
68th
Oh so fun, though Chris Tucker tries his best to ruin it. It's pure spectacle, and Besson keeps things colourful and moving at break-neck speed. Willis is really in his element here (no pun intended), as the kind of witty charming bad-ass he could play with his eyes closed (and Will Smith has been trying to replicate unsuccessfully for years). Throw in Oldman as a terrific villain, Milla for hotness and Ian Holm for a bit of comic relief and the result is endlessly watchable, if a bit empty.
Rated 03 Feb 2009
48
53rd
Chris Tucker isn't a blackman according to black people.
Rated 24 Mar 2009
95
96th
one of my all time top five
Rated 17 Apr 2009
10
97th
A very re-watchable film. On reflection of this review, I love this film. I bought the pop vinyls. Sci-Fi royalty.
Rated 16 May 2009
75
52nd
It's been called the best film Terry Gilliam never made, and it's a real guilty pleasure. A script that could've been better written by a 5-year-old and flat characters portrayed by by actors whose performances would seem garish and over the top at a pantomime. The bizarre costumes and colourful vistas distract you just long enough for you to suspend disbelief and enjoy the film for what it is: a mindless visual feast. Though, sadly, I don't think that's what it was meant to be.
Rated 31 May 2009
99
99th
A film that is just fun to watch in any way. Good story. Great actors. Every character is so unique and fun. Being a Sci-Fi film special effects still hold up strong to date. Chris Tucker is terrible in mostly everything except this film. He was put on this Earth to play Ruby Rhod and becomes one of the best characters ever thought up.
Rated 10 Jun 2009
70
59th
Action and humour come together to form this cult-thingy. Jovovich is the best part.
Rated 19 Jul 2009
93
69th
A flawless execution of a fun story.
Rated 19 Jul 2009
90
73rd
Just a gorgeous movie. Bruce Willis is terrific in this one and the CGI is stunning.
Rated 20 Jul 2009
82
53rd
Well-executed, well-aged sci-fi adventure that keeps a nice balance of action and plot, while at the same time not taking itself too seriously.
Rated 21 Jul 2009
94
68th
A good-hearted, haute couture trashterpiece: could we ever have anything better of its kind?
Rated 27 Jul 2009
74
59th
A high-energy sci fi thriller that hits well on many levels. Funny and interesting, as well.
Rated 29 Jul 2009
75
37th
Funny and good action
Rated 13 Aug 2009
3
31st
Okay, this movie is stupid. Has just enough for me to not hate it - mostly supplied by Jovovich and Ian Holm.
Rated 18 Aug 2009
98
97th
Completely over the top - I loved it!

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