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Rating: Null/10 (29 August 2017)

As a public service, I'm reviewing this film 20 years after watching it. There are some negative reviews of this film that need to be rebutted!
At the time this film came out, many didn't "get it". It was a sci-fi action romp that seemed to make no sense with ridiculous characters. A villain who has a southern accent. An absurd idea of 4 elements + a fifth stopping a black hole. Over the top costumes and lines. But it was MEANT to be that way. What came across as silly was French and European movie style. Some don't "get it". Here's how to understand:
In this bright, but dismal world (much like today where you can find beauty mixed in with poverty), there's flying cars, magical machines that make rotisserie chicken out of pellets, makeup applicators you put on your eyes like a sleeping mask, and Chinese food delivered by a guy to your window. Oh, and a cigarette dispenser and a shower that doubles as a refrigerator and closet. It's the journey that was all about fun but it all kind of made sense: Save the world.
The characters were perfectly cast for what they did. Yes, Bruce Willis is obviously typecast as a future cabby/ex-cop but that's what he does well. Leeloo/Jovovich is a supermodel with brains who is simultaneously likable and feminine despite the worst hairdoo ever. The action sequences were good for the time and fun and also had a lot of humor. You even can like the villain Zorg with his interesting take on destruction that ought to be part of an economics class.
There were hundreds of moving parts including Chris Tucker acting with Willis that shouldn't have worked, but did. There was a lot of room to have fun and for those viewers who wanted to have fun, they did. Some didn't. And that's OK.