Terry Gilliam?

Rating: 3/10 (27 September 1998)

The random and eclectic story made me almost believe that Terry Gilliam directed this film. I found the inter-cutting of parallel scenes interesting at first, but grew tired of it as the technique was over-used throughout the film. Towards the end of the film, this cross-cutting became too much of a nuisance to reaching the resolution of the film. Also, I found the the third act of the film to be overly contrived. The urgency of reaching Egypt was lost when Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) told the President that he would call back in two hours, and, "poof!", he arrived in Egypt.
Bresson overtly stated improperly the fifth element. From a classical Greek standpoint, the four basic elements are earth, water, fire and wind, which Bresson used correctly. However, for the Greeks, the fifth element was the "heavens;" all celestial bodies were composed of this uneartlhy element.