Breathtaking special effects, funny characters, entertaining, creative and engaging

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 2010)

"The Fifth Element" is an unusual and interesting composition, set in the future of Earth in a lush, visually delicious landscape filled with breathtaking structures, flying cars and colorful skies, with shots also taking place in Egypt. Composed with original music and an excellent soundtrack, the movie is also infused with humorous, realistically-done characters, who all have very different and distinguishable personalities. You have an exotic orange-haired heroine super- being who holds the key to the salvation of the world. Then you got a decorated classic hero with big biceps who happens to be a taxi driver, an evil guy with an accent who wears plastic on his head, a priest who has the knowledge on what the heroine is capable of, and a hilarious fast-talking radio personality wearing a tiger suit.
All of these characters go into the mix in a really clever way, leading up into a very exciting climax of an incredible display of the heroine's supernatural ability, and how ultimately she and the decorated hero/flying taxi-driver fall in love.
Overall, it's a very upbeat, exciting movie with a continuously engaging story that does not go limp on you at any point. It's colorful eye candy, it's a little bit sensual, it's fresh, different and funny, yet also tragic at some points, which adds depth to the movie, and an even-more rewarding sense of achievement and relief at the end. You should not miss this movie!