Science fiction worthy of imagination that gets too silly.

Rating: 6/10 (10 January 1999)

Showing you how fun saving the world can be is judged by having a chance to see THE FIFTH ELEMENT. It's a wild fantasy ride 300 years into the future that makes this one enjoyably satisfying, but the imagination gets clearly overstated by making itself too obnoxious. Of course, the visuals are as good as any recent sci-fi outing and there is some appropriate meaning about a female life-form while staying alive to prevent the end of the world from coming. The big beef is that its futuristic setting gets over-exaggerated for its strange behavior. Part of this factor is Chris Tucker, who is downright annoying as a radio freak on hyperwarp. I like how science fiction is vigorously refined for the 90s and beyond. I wish the film crews and directors would find better alternatives in not forging over the top on excess junk material. Pray that STAR WARS - EPISODE ONE doesn't fall into the sleaze trap where STARSHIP TROOPERS and this film landed in.
Sony, your formula is greatly showing. Keep it up, or we'll run your godd--n studio like a bunch of professionally trained business execs who want to discuss a corporate takeover!