Makes fun of several sci-fi classics-Campier than Flash Gordon!

Rating: 8/10 (23 May 2016)

Weird blue aliens? Pigs with machine guns? Bombs everywhere in plain sight? Stupid authority figures? Dumb villains? Good special effects? Entirely "tongue-in-cheek". The product of a teenager's imagination? Yeah, it's all that and much more. Bruce Willis is the macho cab driver from the 23rd Century who wins a trip on the most luxurious cruising space ship in the universe. (Like Las Vegas in space.) Chris Tucker plays the gayest newsman of all time and is entirely in drag throughout. It mimics everything from "Star Wars to Last Starfighter". A blue singing diva with hidden compartments inside her. What a weird story. Space travelers stop at the Pyramids in 1914 to pick up the "luggage". The four elements of earth, wind, fire, and water. They will be needed again in the 23 Century to save the Earth from a killer asteroid. The dumb villain wants to rule the Universe but he has to find the Fifth Element, who is "Leeloo". She is "Pure Love", played by Milla Jovovich with red-ragdoll hair! Wearing very skin-tight clothes and, she looks androgynous. She "kicks-ass" like "Catwoman"! Confused? You will be. Fun and very violently silly at the same time. So bad it looks like a "Carolco" production with Bruce Willis subbing for Big Arnold. I should hate it, but I don't!