Great movie-making

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 1999)

A fun, very imaginative, visually stunning movie. No it's not 2001 (what movie with Bruce Willis could be?). It *is* highly entertaining, great movie-making.
The Fifth Element's humor is funny, action strong, visuals great. But what raises it above the average action flick is the clever science fiction of 3-D "car" traffic, ultimate space saver apartments, cool future weapons, 10,000 foot Manhattan skyscrapers, warping space ships, and alien worlds together with human elements like labor strikes, rasta nuclear fuel workers, and love as a reason for existence. These themes pour from the soul of writer/director Luc Besson (of Nikita fame) yielding a rich tapestry for our characters to inhabit. This is one person's vision realized in extraordinary detail, the result being a film that's easy to dive into and enjoy.