The Fifth Element 1997

Every five thousand years, the doors open between the dimensions and the dark forces tend to break the existing harmony. Every five thousand years of the universe needs a hero capable of resisting this evil. XXIII century. New York taxi driver Corben Dallas must solve the global problem - the salvation of the whole human race.

Evil in the form of an incandescent mass, endowed with intelligence, is advancing to Earth. It can be defeated only by gathering together four elements (they are elements - earth, water, air and fire) and adding to them a mysterious fifth element.

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"Time does not matter, only life is important"

When evil comes, people collect four elements of nature - water, fire, earth and air around the fifth. The fifth element.
Luc Besson. The name of this producer, screenwriter and main director is known even to the ordinary cinema lover. A man has presented a lot of great films to the world, and is a symbol of modern French cinema.

"The Fifth Element", the idea of ​​which Besson was still hurting at school, stands apart in his work. The most expensive, not only in Luke's career, but in the history of European cinema, "The Fifth Element" is rightfully considered the property of cinema, more than just a film, in every frame of which the hand of the brilliant Besson is felt. Yes, this is not a Hollywood movie, it's Besson, this is France.

The plot of the film is based on the classic scheme of confrontation between good and evil. Absolute evil is represented by Besson in the form of an extraterrestrial and all-destructive sphere that destroys everything in its path and sows death everywhere where there is life. Welcome - in the form of fragile, at first glance, girls, a collective image of all the best that is on Earth, the most perfection.

The key to the success of such films, as practice shows, is the combination of different genres, which always brings success to the film. With one exception, the main thing is to keep the balance. Besson very skillfully combines comedy and drama with an action movie and science fiction. Although the comic component still prevails over all the others.

A huge amount of humor and banter over everything that is possible. Here is the incendiary character of Chris Tucker, Bruce's immortal phrases like: "I only speak English and bad English" and in general there is some frivolity in submitting the material. But the main banter, in my opinion, is the president with the face of the prisoner. In short, there is a lot of humor in the picture.

As for the acting. She is at a very high level, absolutely all have coped well with their roles. The brilliant Gary Oldman, as usual, is beyond praise; charming and insanely beautiful Milla Jovovich; extraterrestrial Chris Tucker (to transfer the voice and facial expressions of which not one translator can not so subtly as all this looks in the original).

Well, the indestructible taxi driver Bruce Willis. It would be as if from a series about a hard nut - this is a fearless face, a legendary grin. Add to this white hair and an orange jersey - here he is a real hero from the future. Bruce is undoubtedly created for such roles.

Perfectly combining interesting fiction, high-quality special effects, very beautiful scenery, bright and unusual costumes, and not forgetting about the amazing music of all Besson's paintings - "The Fifth Element" is a movie for all time, a movie that can be reviewed a huge number of times, time is not subject to time.

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