Product Description

Sony Pictures The Fifth Element (Blu-ray)
New York cab driverKorben 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, theymust save the world. Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman star in acclaimed director Luc Besson's outrageous sci-fi adventure, an extravagantly styled tale of good against evil set in an unbelievable twenty-third century world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #130 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2007-07-17
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
• Running time: 126 minutes

Amazon.com essential video
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

Amazon.com
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

Customer Reviews

A great movie no doubt
I have seen this movie at least 20 times over the years. I liked it when it was new and it is one of those few movies I can enjoy again and again once in a while. Could not resist the urge to buy it last night.

Glad the new bluray version looks like it is susposed to- apparently the old version was not as nice from what others say.

I watched it last night on my plasma and thought the movie looked great in 1080p and sounded quite nice as well.

This movie has a great story as far as being creative goes. I get a laugh every time I see Chris Tucker scream like a girl when they are getting shot at in the hotel. This is just a good movie. The special effects were pretty good for the year it came out as well.

We could use a new movie with a great story and a little humor like this one has. One of my favorite movies of all time.

The story is outlandish but that is what makes it so cool. This was money well spent although I wish I had bought it from amazon and saved ten bucks.

It Had Its Moments, But I Just Didn't Get It.
I had never seen this film before, but had bought it a while ago. It was sat in my DVD drawer... (Yes I have a DVD drawer) It was constantly calling my name, begging me to stick it in my PS3 and enjoy the ride I had heard so much about. How disappointed was I when I was given a movie, that at times even lost itself when it came to what it was about and how it was meant to present itself. It has been billed as a Sci-Fi, action thriller. At times it became a slapstick comedy and others it became a romance movie set in the future. I'm not sure whether she's cursed, but Milla Jovovich has a knack at appearing in over hyped, yet terrible movies. Need I mention the first two Resident Evil movies or the travesty that was Ultraviolet?

The basic plot outline is that in the year 2214 the very existence of life itself is threatened by Evil. Want to know what evil is? It can only be described as a spherical object that absorbs everything mankind throws at it, and it's growing. The only thing that can stop it is the combination of the four elements along with a person who's the fifth element.(hence the movie name) In this year the fifth element is a woman who's created through the remains of a destroyed spaceship. When she's created she goes on the run and finds herself in the unlikely hands of, you guessed it. Bruce Willis, otherwise known as Korben Dallas. He's going to help her achieve her destiny and save existence. They are faced with obstacles, however, in the form of a money hungry "Art Dealer."

Yes. The plot is that weird. You would have thought that along with the strangeness of the plot it will have created a quirky, but gritty action movie. Instead it became a mess and from one moment to the next it simply didn't know what genre it wanted to belong to. If this was a movie trying to take itself seriously, then it failed. If it was meant to be a comedy then I have to admit it succeeded in making me laugh. Apart from the odd cool action sequence, this movie was simply ridiculous and failed to hold my attention. I struggled through it and I'm wondering who I can write to, to get my time back. I expected better from Bruce Willis and I have to be honest, I didn't expect anything more of Jovovich.

Stay away.

Ridiculously BRILLIANT!
Yes, I called this movie ridiculous, which is one of the reasons why it is so brilliant! Essentially, it's a 23rd century version of "Die Hard" meets "Airplane."

A menagerie of outrageous action with tongue-in-cheek humour that adventure film enthusiasts will find within, many, many verbal and visual spoofs of sci-fi, action and thriller genres and, in each new viewing, is bound to evoke memories of earlier works of each of those genres or movies that they had not seen prior to or between viewings; coupled with stunning and subtle direction, as well as cinematics that were overwhelmingly good for the mid '90's.

Many of the background effects, if not noticed in past viewings, were almost subliminal, but hysterically funny if you watch the movie and pay particular attention to the ambient foley effects of unexpected cartoon-ish sounds in the background. For instance, the cliched female of Eastern Bloc-ish origins, Major Iceborg's truncated militaristic head-nod that has a quiet brief "wsht-wsht" sound for the up and down nod.

It is also propelled by a surprising soundtrack (considering that it's a spoof) with beautiful and evocative operatic, new age and middle eastern music punctuated with neo high-tech rhythms and synthesizers.

Rounding the movie out is the stellar cast. I'm not certain if director Luc Besson incited the group to behave in such a fashion, but the actors masterfully use body, face and hand signals that actually seem to display the core of each CHARACTER as they were portrayed in the final script; each with an extensive array of humour as well as seriousness called for in each scene; Willis's eye rolling, Holm's reluctant hero's stutter, Gary Oldman's sinister leer and a full range of Milla Jovovich's persona, ultra-sexy, tiger-like smouldering glare or that of a vunerable, terrified damsel in distress.

Literally stealing almost each scene he's in, Chris Tucker plays an over-the-top, ultra-wealthy, ultra-vain super-celebrity, complete with eccentric and freakish hair styles and costumes and an ever-present
entourage [...]-kissing yes-men who look only slightly less outlandish.

Even thought his character is clearly a heterosexual womanising narcissist, his voice, dress and behaviours are so effeminate that the incongruity itself -- coupled with Tucker's biting wit, sarcasm and the juvenile, over-indulged whining and puling -- make him even funnier.

So, for all of you viewers who thought it was silly: you were right! It IS silly and rightfully so, but in combination with the amazing effects, direction and score, give it another chance...

To quote the research done by Wilipedia:
"...it was nominated for an Academy Award in 1998 in the Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing category, losing to Titanic, but it won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects. It was nominated for seven César awards and won three for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design. Visual Effects Society voted The Fifth Element the 50th most influential visual effects of all time."