A Comic Science Fiction Fantasy

Rating: 9/10 (9 September 2001)

This is a silly and comic science fiction tale of unlikely heroes, a diabolic villain, utterly brain dead mercenaries and monks touting an ancient prophecy set years in the future. Gary Oldman (the diabolic villian), Ian Holm (the main prophecy touting monk) and Chris Tucker make an excellent supporting cast that sometimes overshadow Bruce Willis. Chris Tucker at many moments steals the show as the RuPaul like, strutting and screaming, way over the top, intergalactic talk show host, Ruby Rhod who can't make you do anything but laugh as a parody of many of today's talk show hosts. There is an excellent score behind this movie that is capped off by MaÃ¯wenn Le Besco beautiful performance as the Diva Plavalaguna. I found the special effects good, the costumes excellent and the soundtrack great.