The Fifth Element (Remastered) [Blu-ray] | ![The Fifth Element (Remastered) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517PoG17%2BuL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  812 reviews
Sales Rank: 346
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: COLBR21520
UPC: 043396215207
EAN: 0043396215207
ASIN: B000QTD368
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
Release Date: July 17, 2007
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 07/17/2007 Run time: 123 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Ancient curses, all-powerful monsters, shape-changing assassins, scantily-clad stewardesses, laser battles, huge explosions, a perfect woman, a malcontent hero--what more can you ask of a big-budget science fiction movie? Luc Besson's high-octane film incorporates presidents, rock stars, and cab drivers into its peculiar plot, traversing worlds and encountering some pretty wild aliens. Bruce Willis stars as a down-and-out cabbie who must win the love of Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) to save Earth from destruction by Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman) and a dark, unearthly force that makes Darth Vader look like an Ewok. --Geoff Riley
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Ancient curses, all-powerful monsters, shape-changing assassins, scantily-clad stewardesses, laser battles, huge explosions, a perfect woman, a malcontent hero--what more can you ask of a big-budget science fiction movie? Luc Besson's high-octane film incorporates presidents, rock stars, and cab drivers into its peculiar plot, traversing worlds and encountering some pretty wild aliens. Bruce Willis stars as a down-and-out cabbie who must win the love of Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) to save Earth from destruction by Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman) and a dark, unearthly force that makes Darth Vader look like an Ewok. --Geoff Riley
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 I watch this movie once a month atleast November 23, 2008
C. Nicholson (Fecalville, IA)
Fantastic special effects, great acting, funny, and full of action, what more do you need? It's got that too.
very satisfies November 19, 2008
S. Cotton (WV)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Arrived quickly and appears in good shape. It is a Christmas gift and I haven't played it.
Good, stupid action October 29, 2008
Philosopher (FL USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this movie for what it tries to do, which is be a good action movie. It doesn't try to be anything it's not (at least I don't think so). It's so over-the-top with everything, explosions, stupid laughs, and its characters. Pretty much what I want from my dumb action movies.
The Fifth Element DVD October 18, 2008
Kristen J. Jansen (Mills River, NC USA)
This was a movied I had wanted for a very long time and got it at a great price with very reasonable shipping costs. Thanks guys!!
 Luc Besson has made so many great films - choose one of those instead October 8, 2008
Genevieve Hayes (Australia)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
300 years into the future, aliens bring the Fifth Element, Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), to Earth, a supreme being capable of saving humanity from destruction. However, when the aliens are killed, it is up to soldier-turned-cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) to help Leeloo and to protect her from those intent on killing her and bringing about the apocalypse.
It is hard for me to believe that Luc Besson, the man who wrote and directed "Leon - the Professional", one of the best movies that I have ever seen, is also responsible for this uneven, clichéd action movie that never quite decides whether it wants to be a comedy or not. It's not that "The Fifth Element" is a terrible film (I would describe it as mediocre, rather than terrible), it's just that with so much talent involved in the making of this film, it should have been much better. Sure, the special effects are incredible (even more than a decade after the film was made), the action sequences are pretty good (but not fantastic), and some of the jokes are funny, but the film is let down by just about everything else.
Leeloo has no personality at all and I question the message that Besson is trying to send through her character. Early in the film it is set-up that Korben Dallas is looking for the "perfect woman", whom he finds in Leeloo. Except "perfect" as defined by this film is a woman who looks pretty but who can't speak English (or can't speak it well), so is more or less incapable of conversation, who speaks like a child and acts like one too, and who needs to be protected (even though she is capable of punching her way out of an "unbreakable" glass case). Furthermore, the overall message of the film, that "war is bad", although something that I agree with, has been used far too many times and feels tacked on at the end. The villain, played by Gary Oldman, dies far too easily, so viewers are cheated of a decent showdown; and no film has ever been improved by the inclusion of Chris Tucker. In this film, Tucker, with his irritating helium voice, seems completely superfluous, so I wonder why his character was included at all.
Luc Besson has written/written and directed so many great films, including "Leon - the Professional", "Nikita", and "Taxi" (the French version, not the American remake). Watch one of those instead, you'll prefer it.
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