The Fifth Element Review

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hello and welcome to mwire movie weekend review

brought to you by the caster radio network i

am one of your hosts dfg and mike and joining

me is steve megatron hello yes and uh... mike

the birdman dot would have been here but uh...

the dark planet ate him he was the fourth element

technically he's the six hundredth element i

was saying it's the fourth element The building

destroyed him. Oh yeah, that's true. Crushed

him in the cave. The Fifth Element managed to

get his finger out. Oh boy. Alright, so, as I

said, this is, well I didn't say it, this is,

we're still in the 90s flashback here in M .Y

.R. and this is episode 97 and we're gonna be

talking about the 1997 movie, The Fifth Element,

starring Bruce Willis. Mila Jovovich, Tiny Lister,

and who else is in this movie? Oh, I forget.

I thought there was one other big name. Oh, Gary

Oldman, duh. Commissioner Gordon himself, a villain

before he was a hero. When did you first see

this? Probably late 90s. Late? well it came out

in the late nineties. I'd probably say I saw

it on TV the first time it was on TV I would

say. Yeah considering you were 11 when it came

out yeah probably somewhere around 98 or 99 I'd

say you probably saw it. For me I think I saw

it in 98 on VHS or something like that. I don't

think this was one that I saw in the theaters.

I don't think this is one that I would have been

able to see in the theaters actually Let me just

double check Looking for an edit point, but damn

it what the hell damn Son of a bitch it doesn't

give the fucking rating nice son of a bitch well

yeah I I need if yeah I get us I gotta pause

this cuz I need to find a damn I don't think

I saw something else but so I'm not sure if I

saw this in theaters and I had to actually look

it up and I forgot what the rating in this movie

was cuz it's it's so weird like From the 80s

spotlight we did back in the 80 to 89 episodes

and now here in the 90s flashback here on MY

it's like I've gone back and I've watched films

that I didn't think were rated R or that I didn't

think were rated PG -13 and this is one of those

ones where I was like what the fuck is this thing

rated? Because I could not remember because it's

got you know all the violence and it's not like

super violent but it does have violence it does

have cursing it does have some brief Nudity not

very Exposing nudity, but it's got some and it's

like I was like did I see this as a 17 year old?

I don't remember But I know I didn't see it in

theaters so let's let's jump over to JT from

Saskatoon with the just the facts he's going

to break down the plot for us and For some stupid

reason there's a Voltron clip in his just the

facts. I have no idea why but anyway Uh, we'll

be back after this. What? Just found a picture

of you. Oh, how do I look? Like shit. Oh, it

must be an old picture. Listen, you gotta bring

me your hat for six months overall. Negative.

ASAP. I don't need one. Hey, you're forgetting

who sat next to you for a thousand missions?

I know how you drive. Finger. I drive a cab now.

Not a space fighter. Okay, so tell me, how many

points you got left on your license? Major, how

many points? At least 50. The fifth element begins

in the deserts of Egypt in the year 1914, just

prior to World War I. A group of alien do -goers

called the Mondo Shiwan travel to Earth to the

disguised outpost in an ancient temple where

an archaeologist is translating some of the hieroglyphics

on the wall. The translation of which describes

a celestial event that occurs every 5 ,000 years

that unleashes the Great Evil, a force of destruction

that seeks to destroy all life on Earth. The

Mondoshi want to arrive and confer with a priest

one of their human acolytes while also recovering

four special stones and a sarcophagus, which

when combined form the only weapon capable of

destroying the Great Evil. Form feet and legs!

Form arms and body! However, part of the temple

begins to crumble, trapping one of the aliens

inside a hidden room with only its hand stuck

outside containing a key. The priest takes this

key and vows to pass on all that he knows of

the Mondashiwan and the Great Evil to future

generations. The story then skips ahead to the

year 2263, where the celestial alignment occurs,

releasing the Great Evil, which takes the form

of the fiery ball of ultimate burning doom, which

proceeds then to head right for Earth. The Mondoshiwan

are also heading for Earth with their ultimate

weapon, but their spacecraft is destroyed by

a bunch of shapeshifters called the Mangalors,

who are in turn hired by evil businessman Jean

Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg, who in turn it turns

out is acting as a proxy for the great evil.

In New York City, President Lindberg of Earth

is told by priest Vito Cornelius, the current

holder of the Mondoshiwan key, about the approaching

evil, urging him to find the weapon before it's

too late. You have 48 hours. That's the length

of time it needs to adapt itself to our living

conditions. And then? And then it will be too

late. The goal of this thing is not to fight

over money or power... ...but to exterminate

life. All forms of life. So what you're telling

me, Father, there's nothing that can stop this?

There is only one thing. The Mondachi One have

in their possession the only weapon to defeat

evil. Four elements. Gathered around the fifth

Supreme being the ultimate warrior created to

protect life Together they produce what the ancients

called the light of creation able to bring life

to the farthest reaches of the universe but if

evil stands there Then what then light turns

to dark life to death forever When government

forces examine the crash site, they recover part

of the sarcophagus, which contains what appears

to be perfect DNA. They are able to use a healing

chamber of sorts at a DNA lab to reconstitute

the genetic material, which becomes a beautiful

young woman named Lilou. Of course, after being

blown the hell up, Lilou freaks out when she

wakes up and escapes from the government lab

she was in. Eventually, she leaps off the building,

falling into the backseat of a cab being driven

by former Special Forces soldier Corbin Dallas.

Though barely able to speak any English, Leelu

manages to get Dallas to take her to Cornelius'

apartment, where Leelu is greeted with much acclaim

from Cornelius and his protege David, and then

they show Dallas the door before he can get any

answers about what the hell is going on. After

consuming mass quantities of food and getting

an education about Earth from the internet of

all things, Leeloo tells Cornelius that the stones

were not destroyed in the crash, but were given

to Diva Plava Laguna, an opera singer performing

on the resort planet Flosten Paradise for safekeeping.

And while Cornelius thinks of a way to get to

the planet, Zorg meets with the Mongoloids who

deliver to him the empty stone case. Upon discovering

the stones are missing, Zork has a mini freak

out, but suddenly calms down and leaves, stopping

outside to reflect on the situation. Died in

the wool killer cold -blooded clean methodical

and thorough now a real killer when you pick

up the Z of one We've immediately asked about

the little red button on the bottom of the gun

Upon returning to his apartment, Dallas is met

by his old commander, General Monroe, who informs

the sarcastic cabbie that his commission has

been reactivated as Dallas was one of the best

of the best of the best and therefore the one

most likely to succeed in recovering the stones.

Monroe orders Dallas to travel to Flosten Paradise

under the guise of him winning a rigged radio

contest and recover the stones. But suddenly

Lilo and Cornelius burst in seeking his help.

But before he can get any answers, Cornelius

knocks Dallas out and steals his winning tickets

and heads for JFK with Lilo. After coming to,

Dallas agrees to take the mission, following

the priest and Leeloo to the airport. After finding

them and taking back his tickets, Dallas accompanies

Leeloo on board the spacecraft that will take

them to Flosten. Not wanting to trust the fate

of the universe to Dallas, Cornelius sends David

to Egypt to prep the temple while he stows away

on board the ship. Upon arriving on Flosten Paradise,

the two try to locate the diva before Dallas

is momentarily separated from Leeloo by flamboyant

radio DJ Ruby Rod. The arrogant Ruby later shanghais

Dallas to Diva's concert performance the next

evening, leaving Lelouch to go and search the

Diva's suite for the stones. However, it appears

that the Mongoloids have survived Zorg's betrayal

and have followed Dallas and Leeloo seeking to

take control of the stones for themselves. They

shoot up the concert hall, fatally wounding the

D .Va in the process. Dallas tries to save her

and learns that the stones are within the D .Va's

body. Dallas extracts the stones and gets Ruby

to guard them while he fights off and kills a

number of the Mongoloids, destroying much of

the ship in the process. While all this happens,

Leeloo also has her own troubles with the Mongoloids

who got to the D .Va's room first. It's cool,

though, because the internet of 2263 is like

the friggin' Matrix, and has downloaded all sorts

of whoop -ass into Leeloo, who easily and somewhat

comically kicks the Mongolor's asses. Zorg soon

arrives searching for the stones as well. He

and Leeloo have a confrontation where the slimy

businessmen shoots Leeloo, forcing her to retreat.

Zorg then steals a case that he thinks has the

stones in it and sets off a time bomb that will

destroy the ship. But after escaping in his craft,

Zorg discovers the case is empty and turns around

heading back to Flosten Paradise. In the meantime,

Leeloo and Cornelius meet up with Dallas and

Ruby, who then escape in Zorg's ship. The agitated

Zorg heads back to the Diva's room, stopping

his own bomb on his way in and begins searching

for the stones. However, one of the wounded Mongoloids

activates a bomb that they brought, destroying

Zorg and the ship. The Quartet head back to Earth,

racing against time as the great evil is almost

there. While sailing through space, a wounded

and delirious Leeloo surfs the net again, viewing

examples of man's inhumanity to his fellow man,

which in turn makes her unwilling to fulfill

her role in stopping evil. Arriving at the temple,

Dallas and her heroes set the stones on pedestals

according to their elemental symbol, but the

weapon does not activate. Dallas inadvertently

discovers the stones only activate in the presence

of their element. The group scatters across the

room, each activating their stone with air, water,

earth, and fire, but the demoralized Lilou refuses

to complete the circuit and releases the Divine

Light, which will destroy the Great Evil. Corvance

snaps Lilou out of her funk by kissing her and

confessing that he has fallen in love with her

over the day's events. Lilou releases the Power

of Love, which pretty much is what it is, and

renders the fiery ball of ultimate burning doom

inert, transforming it into a second moon. After

saving life as they know it, Dallas and Leeloo

are taken back to New York City to recuperate

the DNA lab in the healing chamber where they

start to make love, ending the film. Released

on May 7, 1997, the fifth element was directed

and co -written by acclaimed French film director

Luc Besson, best known to North American audiences

for films like The Professional, La Femme Nikita,

and the Transporter film series. The film starred

Bruce Willis as Corbin Dallas, Miele Jovovich

as Leeloo, Gary Oldman as Zorg, Chris Tucker

as Ruby Rod, Ian Holm Vito Cornelius and Tiny

Lister as President Lindbergh. The fifth element

received both applause and criticism from critics

upon its release. Critics such as Todd McCarthy

of Variety described the film as a misfire of

a European attempt to make an American -style

sci -fi movie spectacular, and critic for Slate

magazine David Edelstein said that the movie

was one of the worst films ever made as well

as saying it was one of the most unhinged. However,

there were also fans of the film, such as Kevin

Thomas of the LA Times. Thomas wrote that the

film was hard to follow, much like Mission Impossible

the year before, but that it was a lot more fun

and boasted some of the best set production he

had ever seen. and the duo of Siskel and Ebert

both gave two thumbs up to the movie. Ebert wrote

in his review for the Chicago Sun -Times that

he described The Fifth Element as one of the

great goofy movies and that he loved the richness

of imagery that the European -inspired production

had. As a result of its quote -unquote cult status,

The Fifth Element currently holds a fresh rating

of 73 % on RottenTomatoes .com. Now, through

the film, when Lila was speaking bad English,

she's actually speaking a completely made -up

language created by director Besson and Mila

Jovovich herself. In fact, by the end of the

filming, they would actually carry on regular

conversations using this non -existent language.

Not only that, but Luke Besson had been working

on the story of the fifth Ellen since he was

in high school. And you may not have realized

this, but hero and villain never meet in this

movie. Indeed, Corbin Dallas and Jean Baptiste

Emmanuel Zorg Wow, that's a mouthful. Never speak

so much as one word to each other throughout

the whole picture. And at the time that it was

in theaters, The Fifth Element was one of the

most expensive movies ever produced outside of

the Hollywood superstructure, and was even selected

to open the Cannes Film Festival that year. I've

said it before. I'll say it again. I freaking

love this movie. The actions, the effects, the

set design, everything. Seriously, there isn't

anything that I would change about this film.

except for adding more Gary Oldman. His portrayal

of Zorg is just so much fun to watch that I wish

there was an actual scene where him and Corbin

Dallas verbally spar for a few minutes. Yeah,

that would be pretty good. This has been Just

the Facts for the Fifth Element. I'm GT from

Saskatoon, and now I'm sending it back to Mike

and the rest of the crew on this edition of MWIRE.

Thank you so much JT for those amazing just the

facts and I can't believe and in part of that

he said that this had opened the Cannes Film

Festival I Can't believe this was a movie at

Cannes Film Festival in 1997. They must have

been really desperate Yeah Because when I think

of the Cannes Film Festival, I think of like

kind of like when Dan and I did our Oscars episode

high society you know moviegoers and movie buffs

that basically put their nose up to the world

okay granted it's not really that but that's

just when i hear about that festival that's that's

what i think in my head and i know it's probably

wrong to think that but um so the fifth element

you've got uh... john mcclain is a taxi cab driver

who uh... is ex -military and he has to save

the universe this time around Yeah, I don't know

what to say about that other than the fact that

it's John McClane again. Did you enjoy watching

this movie? Yeah, I will honestly say that. I

pretty much like anything that Bruce Willis is

in, for one. The concept and a lot of the vibes

to it were very weird. almost felt like it should

have been in the 80s. I mean, it really did.

It felt like it was like the total recall of

the 80s, but modern and with Bruce Willis. But

no, I mean, it was pretty enjoyable. I mean,

you got all the action in it, you get your brief

nudity, and then you've got your flamboyant villain.

Yes, I mean, so it's just it's all kind of weird,

but it it's really Entertaining with all the

action that's going on. Oh Yeah, it is. It is

very entertaining I will say one thing that could

have been I Understand why it was so flamboyant,

but I think it could have been toned down just

a little bit is the whole ruby rod thing I How

does Chris Tucker go from being smoky in Friday

to this? Happy accident? Unhappy accident, you

mean? Yeah. I just don't get it. I understand

the character is needed. I get that. It's kind

of... I don't want to get too far into this territory,

but to me, it's kind of like blending the whole

sexual orientation thing. Cuz you've got women

who are hot for him and then you've got all these

other Males that are around him who are the super

green crew or whatever the hell was my man. Yeah

This is so weird I Like the movie I I really

think it is a solid movie and in JT's just the

facts He said that a couple of critics panned

it because it was hard to follow. It's not that

hard to follow I think the pacing on it sometimes

is a little bit too slow in parts and it's also

a little too fast in parts but like you said

the action is there the action is solid Corbin

Dallas you know he is pretty much the kick -ass

23rd century John McLean Oh God die hard 27 in

the 23rd century or whatever. Holy crap. I just

know But I love the movie I think it's great

I think it's really really weird that Zorg Seems

to think that he'll be safe Once the dark planet

comes down and destroys everything Yeah That

was just weird Yeah, that was very weird. What

are some of your favorite scenes? Well, the initial

where they're chasing Corbin Dallas at the very

beginning where you have the limo and everything

or the taxi cab and they're kind of chasing him

through his place and he's getting out. Then

you have several scenes where, you know, he's

kind of almost falling for Leeloo. You can kind

of see because he's having to, you know, racer

around all over the place. Pretty much anything

with Chris Tucker. And it was funny just because

it was so odd and weird. Like it was just it

was just so bizarre that it it was it just made

it funny. And then you have Gary Oldman. I didn't

realize that was him until I'd seen the Dark

Knight trilogy and I kind of went to look and

I was like, holy shit, that was him. Because

he just looked so different in that movie. Yeah,

he did. It was just kind of hard to picture him

playing that kind of a character. I always, when

I look at him, I see, you know, his either Harry

Potter style look or his You know, Commissioner

Gordon. I mean, I don't I would have never placed

him in that film. Yeah. It's so funny because

he's putting on an accent in this film. He's

he's essentially doing a voice and while I like

it and I think it's great, I like you. I was

like. I I usually remembered him because of this.

this in in Air Force one but it was one of those

things where it's weird now watching this movie

again and seeing him as the villain because now

we are and of course who knows what's gonna happen

with the bat franchise in the future but I hope

that whoever gets their hands on it will bring

him back as Gordon I don't know if that's possible

with the story that was told in the Dark Knight

trilogy, but I like him as Gordon. I think he's

a really damn good Commissioner Gordon. And in

this he plays the total opposite of that. At

the same time, he's more of a comedic villain.

I mean, you get the whole thing where he gets

choked and Father has to slap him on the back

to have him spit the thing out and the technology

fails him and all that. I think everyone that

either has known about this movie or has maybe

seen Bits and Pieces, everyone remembers the

airport scene. Lilo Dallas, multi -pass. I think

this was the first film I'd ever seen Mila Jovovich

in. Most definitely for me, yeah. This and Resident

Evil 1 after that I haven't seen her in anything

because I just don't watch the Resident Evil

films after one I've seen all of them They actually

get progressively better after When you hit the

fourth one And then you have of course a Couple

of other you know perfect getaway and that kind

of stuff, but But yeah, I think this is just

and she actually plays roles kind of like this

a lot of the kind of half -naked Covered up like

action hero chick, you know, which I find oddly

strange Yeah, I Guess like I like this film this

film. Well, like I said, it's really cool was

lethal i'm trying to think no lethal was 98 see

yeah i know i saw this i know i saw this film

after i had seen lethal weapon 4 because i went

back and i had watched this and i was like hey

it's uncle benny because it's it is it's the

the the guy that plays uncle benny in lethal

weapon 4 the the Chinese food lunch guy that

gives Dallas his lunch he's like could be important

when he's talking about the message same guy

So I was like what the hell is Uncle Benny doing

in this movie? Nice Getting into the cast we've

we've talked about Willis before here in the

90s flashback, but his filmography is just It's

it's up there most people obviously in film Will

know him from diehard obviously Well, that would

be his primary one Yeah, that would be the one

that kind of really set him that that was the

one that I think he either left or something

happened with Moonlighting where he left that

to do this or something But he started out on

TV and moonlighting but but just looking at his

filmography. It's one of those things where He's

done so much like the die -hard franchise The

look who's talking franchise. He was the voice

of Mikey and that was so funny I loved him as

the voice of Mikey and the look you see you say

what you want about those movies and how Corny

and cheesy they are but having Bruce Willis as

the voice of the baby. That was awesome. That

was so cool He was You'll find this interesting,

and you might have to go back and track this

down to see where he was in the movie, because

I don't remember. He was John McClain uncredited

in Loaded Weapon 1, and I don't remember that

scene at all. Huh. Loaded Weapon 1 is the spoof

that has Emilio Estevez and... Yeah, I know,

Charlie Sheen, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I think I may

remember that, actually. Yeah, I'm gonna have

to go back and watch that movie to see where

he is cuz I don't remember I don't remember him

in there Obviously pulp fiction 12 monkeys He

was a voice in Beavis invited to America Not

surprising You know the jackal mercury rising

next week. We'll talk about Armageddon with with

Dan and I The sixth sense the story of us the

whole nine and ten yards Disney's the kid Unbreakable.

I mean the guy's filmography just reads like

oh my god. He's been in a ton of animation, too

Yeah, he's been in a lot of stuff The biggest

thing recently He was in Moonrise Kingdom which

is something that a lot of people might know

him from, and of course he started his, well,

he didn't start his run, but he's in all three,

and yes, I do mean three, Expendables movies,

because Expendables 3 is currently filming and

it'll be out next year. He is the original G

.I. Joe Joe Joseph Colton coming out later this

month in G .I. Joe retaliation, so that's gonna

be interesting. Yes, it will. I... He is the

definitive action star. He is, yes. I find it

interesting that both he and Dwayne The Rock

Johnson are like everywhere this first half of

2013. The Rock has been in like four, five, six

different films and Willis, you know, kind of

the same where they're just... Willis has, so

far, four films coming out this year. A Good

Day to Die Hard, which already is out. G .I.

Joe 2. Red 2. and Sin City, a dame to kill for,

yeah. He's in sequels this year. Yes, yes. And

you mentioned earlier about Mila Jovovich. I

actually, it's a good thing we go through these

actors now here on MWR, because like I said,

I have to look at her filmography, because I

don't, like, I don't think I've ever seen Days

and Confused. I know that's probably a travesty

to most of the listeners, but I just, I don't

think that movie was for me back then. I do remember

her in He Got Game. She was in Zoolander, obviously

the Resident Evil movies. Other than that, I

have not seen anything with her in it at all.

I don't know, it's not that I dislike her, it's

just I don't like the movies that she makes.

I've seen her in Fifth Element, obviously, all

the Resident Evil series. then like I said the

a perfect getaway right but other than that I

really can't I mean I knew she was in like ultraviolet

and some other films I just I didn't care to

see them so it didn't register with me yeah I

think it's I think it's Kevin not you that hates

married with children right I think so Yeah,

she was Yvette in the episode Fair Exchange of

Married with Children, 1989. It's probably one

of Fostino's, it's probably one of Bud's flames

that he tried to bring home. Or somebody that

went into Al's shoe store. Yeah, it could be.

That could be. All right, so Gary Oldman. Again,

we kind of talked about him a little bit already,

but him, he started... Fairly, I think he started

fairly early in his acting career. Yeah, he started

way back in 82 Oh No, that's the wrong I was

gonna say wait a second he was in the firm I

don't remember seeing him in that but that was

a other it was a 1989 the firm it wasn't the

John Grisham oh My god Yeah, yeah, that's right.

He was um he's Dracula in Bram Strokas Dracula

92 Like we said obviously this he's in Air Force

one Lost in space he was a voice. He was Sir

Ruber in quest for Camelot. He's gonna be at

the Robocop remake. Is he really? Yes. Oh When

does that come out? Think this year. No, it's

according to the film a separate August 2013

releases Then Wikipedia has it wrong. Yes, they

do 14 Yeah, that was an old screw up there. I

knew it was but Yeah, that's that's fine. That's

he was Lord Shin the voice of Lord Shin and Kung

Fu Panda to He's in the book of Eli. He was in

He was Tiny Tim, Tom Cratchit, Jacob Marley,

a voice role in A Christmas Carol in 2009 Obviously,

you know Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Dark Knight

Rises, as Commissioner Gordon But he's gonna

be in RoboCop and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

That's gonna be interesting He's done a lot of

stuff Yeah, he's done a lot of stuff he's um

he's been in Three Spyro video games, I think

he helped found them actually I Don't know he

participated in the creation of them I was gonna

say it must have been the new games because these

are listed 2006 to 2008 Legend of Spyro new beginning

the Eternal Night and Dawn of the Dragon He's

also in Call of Duty, World at War, Black Ops,

and Black Ops 2. But again, a guy that most everyone

will recognize. Just very, very awesome. He wins

a ton of awards though. Yes he does. At least,

I mean he's been nominated crap ton and then

he wins like half out of the ones he's nominated

for. That's cuz he's such a damn good actor For

some strange reason and I know you're gonna probably

punch me through the internet here, but For some

strange reason I always get tiny Lister and the

dude that plays the black captain on deep space

9 confused Because he played well because tiny

plays the president in the fifth element and

they kind of Kind of a little bit look alike.

No, they kind of not not really but kind of Like

if you're just doing it like as a as a just a

one -off glance a little bit but Tom Lister,

he's Tom Lister jr. He's been in a ton of stuff

Well, he did play a Klingon in Star Trek Enterprise,

but that's about the only Star Trek connection

you can make with him Yeah, he was a dark knight

He yeah, he was yes, he was he's a prisoner on

the dark night. He was oh my god He was in Beverly

Hills cop 2. I did not know that Stuff like he

was in an episode. He was uncredited in an episode

of Fresh Prince of Bel Air Obviously everyone

should remember him from as Debo and Friday If

you've seen it, yeah, if you've seen it most

of us have Most people have I have not he's in

the players club. He was in Wishmaster 2 next

Friday Austin Powers and gold member. He was

a prisoner in that movie Vegas Vegas vampires

for saying that I thought that said Vegas vacation

damn it But I mean he's done a bunch of stuff

Just Just amazing amazing but the dude can act

and he's he's one of those actors that you just

like you see him show up and It's like oh that

dude very cool What else about this film did

you like Some of the gadgetry that they kind

of used like the replication machine where they

Built lilu yes, I thought that was pretty interesting

how they took a piece of finger from the one

creature Yeah, and turned it into her Yeah Which

I found oddly weird Yeah, that's that is a little

strange. I will have to admit. It's a Little

out there, but I guess whatever works, right?

Yeah, you know, it's funny though. They they

got a bunch of sites have you know ranked it

as like cult classic the Top 20 best worst science

fiction movies of all time The 50 most influential

video effect films of all time It makes a lot

of all -time lists, but It's kind of weird the

ones that it does make It even made the best

and worst summer blockbusters of all -time list

Somehow that doesn't actually surprise me and

then it's one website They actually singled them

out as Chris Tucker's work as the lowest point

of the film Yeah, it wasn't that good because

he was just supposed to be weird Well, it is

supposed to be weird, but as I said before it's

supposed to be flamboyant and over -the -top

and Bruce Willis his character in Corbin Dallas

He's pretty much the no -nonsense Kind of guy

and just one word answer and it's like John McClane

in space. Yeah, yeah pretty much That would be

awesome, oh wait that was Armageddon too this

is the deep future yeah some trivia bits here

in the future New York City Central Park is the

same size as the real one and is in the same

place but 100 feet in the air that's interesting

the only phrases from Leeloo's alien language

that are included in the captioning are Big bada

boom. Okta. Sino -okta gamut. Uh... Everything

else appears in unknown language or is after

it's specified the divine language. It's interesting.

That's just weird. I can't believe the dude that

wrote and directed this originally wrote this

when he was in high school. Luke Bassan? Yeah.

That's he was doing some kind of serious acid

or something Wow, he was even married to Mila

Jovovich Somehow that doesn't surprise me at

one point during this movie actually I think

Yeah, it's true. Okay. Now. This is interesting

and I can't believe that they Can't believe that

this happened and I know I I know I saw it in

the film But I didn't say I didn't see everything

that it was that it read but Corbin's termination

notice reads in part Notice of termination of

your contract effective as of today due to violation

of codes blah blah blah blah blah blah blah your

engagement with this company finishes immediately

for and on behalf of zorg so it turns out corbin

dallas worked for zorg when he drove his taxi

so this would have been implied anyways in the

previous scene zorg gave the order for one million

of his workers to be fired so you've got the

hero working for the villain yet they never meet

in the entire film that is pretty sad At the

time, this was the most expensive production

in Galman's history. That's interesting. At the

time, it was the most expensive film ever produced

outside of Hollywood. Wow. Hmm. Wow, they made

a spin -off of it. Yeah, they tried. Which was

created by Activision for the PlayStation. Yeah,

the video game. yeah the video game back in 2001

and it was met with negative reviews which is

hilarious and there was a naval adaptation of

the second of the spinoff which i think i'm gonna

have to like obtain all right So we are the IGN

replacement crew zero is you'd know your own

arm off before watching this one is Don't watch

this even if it's free two is worth a watch if

it's free on TV three is worth adding to the

Netflix list I don't believe it's on Netflix

anymore it was at one point, but I don't think

it is now and Four is this one's worth adding

to the DVD collection. What are you rank it?

I'd say a four it may not be the strongest of

films but I would still say that it's better

than a lot of sci -fi that's out there especially

ones that are going for the hokeyness yeah I

agree this um this for me does get a four because

I actually did have a DVD when I had my DVD collection

and it's just it's a fun futuristic like oh my

god what is our future gonna look like kind of

film Sure, it's over -the -top sure the performances

at least on Chris Tucker's part kind of just

take you out of the film a little bit But it's

still a really really good film. So I also give

it a four We are gonna take a quick break and

we'll come back with our Final thoughts. We'll

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Vegan Review, and yes, of course, this movie

is on DVD. It actually got a Blu -ray release,

but the Blu -ray release got critically panned

because the picture quality was so bad, apparently.

So, final thoughts on Fifth Element, sir? Overall,

I'd say it was a good movie. Good Bruce Willis

film. Nice concepts. Kind of freaky But uh overall

an enjoyable film Yeah, I have to agree I like

what I like about this movie is and I know If

mr. Dodd is gonna listen to this seeing as how

it can be on the episode What I like is it potentially

shows you that we could eventually see other

life out there like is they specifically say

That there are other constellations and other

planets with other life Obviously, Agnaut and

his people, the Monglords or whatever the hell

their name is, Monglords, they are a specific

different race. I tell you one thing I do want

though is I want a paid vacation to Flosten Paradise.

That thing was awesome. That thing didn't blow

up. That would have been a great hotel to stay

at. Oh yeah. Holy crap. That's what I want. Alright,

well, that's gonna do it. We only have two more

films in the 90s flashback, so we hope you enjoyed

this episode of M .W .R. I wish you'll join us

next time when we will be continuing the 90s

flashback with Armageddon. Get your seats ready

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TF2 and Mike with Steve Megatron Phillips. Thank

you for listening. Keep those film reels rolling.

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titanium. No charge assault model. Yeah, yeah.

Good thing for me it's not loaded. What do you

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have to push that little yellow button to load

it. Take your time. You want me to... Maybe you

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