Because she's worth it!!

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2000)

A wonderful sci fi romp (a word not usually associated with the sci fi genre but not at all a bad thing). It's a playful film with the obligatory big guns, cute girl, cool aliens, amazing special effects and sweeping landscapes.
Throw in a very cool villian (Gary Oldman is simply one of the best bad guys there is) and outrageous costumes and you have The Fifth Element.
This light-headed movie centres around the existence of a new element we were previously unaware of. So far so good - that's a reasonably strong starting point for a plot. Then we discover this new (fifth) element is a gorgeous babe and we no longer care about the merits of the script. Milla Jovavich does a great acting job as a confused and english-challenged alie... er... element. Her performances have been criticised and I think some critics have brought along their previous opinions as baggage. Here she was great and not just because she exudes cute innocence and sex appeal (which she did with style). The Loriel girl definitely proved she's worth it.
Bruce Willis does the diehard thing again. Aliens get shot, Leloo discovers humanity isn't all roses, things blow up, heroes fallin love. What else do you want?