The Fifth Element, 1997. A cab driver helps a genetically engineered girl save the world.
Directed by Luc Besson. Written by Besson & Robert Mark Kamen; story by Besson. Starring Bruce Willis & Milla Jovovich.
Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 3/4 (Good)
Characters: 3/4 (Good)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 4/4 (Great)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great). A shameless and uninhibited celebration of 1970s and 80s sci-fi artwork and movies.
Acting: 3/4 (Good). I'd never actually seen a Milla Jovovich movie (apart from this one, which I last saw in the 90s). She's surprisingly good. Too bad she just makes B horror movies.
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great, 4/4). Lots of fun. It pulls off a nearly impossible balance of not taking itself seriously, but also not quite being a comedy. It should never have worked - should have turned out a disastrous, big-budget sci-fi version of Hudson Hawk - but somehow it does.
Objective Rating (Average): 3.3/4 (Very good)
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