But as the movie was hitting so many production delays it started to look like that may not be an option so Besson cast his eye to his second choice, Mel Gibson. Having starred in box office sensations and action favourites like Die Hard, Pulp Fiction and Twelve Monkeys, he was always the number one choice for Besson. Though his career has seen better days, back in the nineties, Bruce Willis was a hot property. Now that this super green movie has reached its twenty-fourth anniversary, the bearded folk at TBG have used our Multipass to trudge through the archives and come up with ten fun facts for your reading pleasure. But the skilled Korben Dallas has fallen in love with Leeloo and decides to help her to retrieve the stones. Meanwhile, the Evil uses the greedy and cruel Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg ( Oldman) and a team of mercenary Mangalores to retrieve the stones and avoid the protection of Leeloo. Leeloo tells him that she must meet Father Vito Cornelius ( Holm) to accomplish her mission. She escapes from the laboratory and stumbles upon the taxi driver and former elite commando Major Korben Dallas ( Willis) that helps her to escape from the police. However, a team of scientists use the DNA of the remains of the Fifth Element to rebuild the perfect being called Leeloo ( Jovovich). The only hope for mankind is the Fifth Element, who comes to Earth every five thousand years to protect humans by uniting with the four elemental stones: fire, water, earth and air.Ī Mondoshawan spacecraft is bringing The Fifth Element back to Earth but it is destroyed by the evil Mangalores. In the twenty-third century, the universe is threatened by evil. Tongue in cheek humour mixed with balls-out action and ridiculous costume design could have made this a complete mess but it comes together perfectly to form a loud and proud adventure that continues to be a blast to this day. The thing that makes The Fifth Element so much fun is that despite its use of clichés such as good versus evil, unlikely romances and comedy sidekicks, it never fails to be self-aware of its own lunacy and is all the better for it. There are even swanky cameos from Britain’s favourite sweatbox, Lee Evans and the bug stompin, cigar-chomping legend himself, Al Matthew’s (Apone from Aliens). Featuring a solid cast including Bruce Willis, before he started looking like a thumb, Gary Oldman and Ian Holm alongside up and comers Milla Jovovich and Chris Tucker. This classic from director Luc Besson first hit the screen in 1997 and became an instant favourite to any cinema-goer with a pulse, it was also the most expensive non US movie of its time. Of all the Sci-Fi movies we have enjoyed over the years, there are few that are as loud and outrageous as The Fifth Element.
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