High-style garbage

Rating: 4/10 (24 May 2009)

There's Bruce Willis, who can act but, except for Die Hard, Sixth Sense and maybe a couple of others, has never chosen his starring vehicles wisely. There's Milla Jovovich, who's very beautiful and who can act a little. There's Ian Holm, who can act, thrown into the mix. Gary Oldman plays his usual costumed cad. And there's Luke Perry, in a stupid part. The rest can't act. Some are there solely because of dubious celebrity status, like the incredibly bad Tommy "Tiny" Lister. Then, there's Chris Tucker doing his screech shtick.
The f/x is OK, but there's nothing original about this movie. It's Blade Runner -- Willis doing Harrison Ford, Jovovich doing Daryl Hannah (complete with somersaults) -- meets Flash Gordon -- all the interstellar camp and glossy glitz -- deducting about 8 years and/or 30 IQ points for the intended audience. From the absurd scores it gets, I'd say it found its audience.
Luc Besson hasn't done much directing since this one. I can see why.