The Fifth Element - 4K + Blu-ray + Digital

One of Luc Besson's masterpieces. For those who know this movie it is a romp. For those unfamiliar it is a whimsical tale of the future told in a hopeful, humorous way with all the dazzling, colorful accents that are Besson's trademarks. Different and strange. Absolutely gorgeous in Blu Ray. A must have for those who like great sci fi with heart and humor. 1200 stars!

An ancient secret is needed to save the world, hidden deep in the deserts of Egypt. The movie starts with a prelude from 1914 when the Monascheiwans come to Earth to remove the four Element stones and the Fifth Element because war is coming. The priest in charge of the secret begs the Monascheiwans not to take them, for Evil is coming soon to Earth (every five thousand years) and the weapon of the five elements is needed to destroy the coming evil. The Monascheiwans assure the priest that in three hundred years, when Evil returns, so shall they. Skip to three hundred years later. Mankind has mastered space travel and the new modern world is built into extremely high structures that loom far above the fog below. Major Korben Dallas has retired from the military and now drives a cab for a living. His ex-wife left him for his attorney, and he now lives in a singularly tiny apartment in a shady part of town with a cross-eyed white cat. Priest Vito Cornelius is the priest in charge of the key to the temple in Egypt and the secrets of the five elements. He attends the president and begs that the newly discovered ball of flame not be fired upon, for he knows it is the Evil foretold in the legend. Ignored, the military fires upon the dark planet-like globe, increasing it's size by two hundred percent and wiping out the Earth vessels there to monitor it. Now Cornelius is listened to. The wreckage of the Monascheiwan ship entering Earth's territory is searched and there is just one survivor, a few cells still alive in a metal casing. Technology is such that the being is rebuilt from the few cells, and what the military and scientists don't know is that the woman they have just brought back from death is the Fifth Element from the legend. Escaping and pursued, the Fifth Element, LeeLoo, jumps from the building's ledge and winds out landing in Korben's cab. LeeLoo directs Korben to take her to priest Vito Cornelius, who discovers from LeeLoo that the four element stones were not on board the Monascheiwan ship but entrusted to a Diva named Plavalaguna (Maïwenn Le Besco) who is doing is charity performance on the planet Flostan in the Agean system. Korben and LeeLoo must fetch the stones and bring them to Earth before Evil arrives, fighting both the evil corporate magnate Zorg and his army of Mangalore warriors. As they struggle to gain the stones, time is running out for planet Earth, and the entire universe. This is one of the best SciFi movies I've ever watched. Definitely a ten star film. With a stellar cast, kudos need to be extended to the Editor, for his amazing work in cropping conversations to fit two separate scenes; and to the costume designer for some fabulous futuristic clothing designs (I especially love the flight attendant's uniforms) and to Eric Serra for a fantastic soundtrack - which I also purchased. The FX in this movie is superb - inventive and flawless. The "look" that the casting director found is important to the movie's visuals - an exotic look to every secondary actor and actress for the futuristic population. The costume design is spectacular. Chris Tucker deserves an award for his performance as radio superstar Ruby Rhod. His extremely expressive face and fantastic comedic acting really put the movie together. Gary Oldman is unbeatable in his role as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg - the bad guy to beat all other bad guys. Milla Jovovich really proved, in this early role for her, what an expressive actress she is. She is perfect, and beautiful, as LeeLoo ... the Fifth Element. Ian Holms as priest Vito Cornelius is spectacular, as he is in all the film he's been in. He is an extraordinary actor. Bruce Willis's character of Korben Dallas fits perfectly for Bruce, just as 'Diehard' did - a somewhat similar character performance for him. Character actor Brion James (Blade Runner) as General Munroe, does a splendid job, along with relative unknown Charlie Creed Miles as Cornelius's assistant and priest-in-training David. Lee Evans, as Fog, gives just a superior performance as he did in 'There's Something About Mary' where he played Norm/Tucker. The alien species, both the Monascheiwans and the Mangalores, are intriguingly unique and expertly done, the FX is flawless. This is one of my favorite movies, I watch it all the time. The casting, performances, plot, soundtrack, costume design, FX, and editing all combine to make one of the best movies I've ever seen. If you haven't seen it, you absolutely must. If you didn't like it, you probably didn't pay enough attention to the entirety of the film. It's "perfect" (just like LeeLoo is the perfect Being). A great movie to watch anytime. Ten stars. Enjoy!!

Great Sci Fi movie, one of my all time favorites. Doesn't take itself too seriously, which is nice considering the subject matter. Its about good vs evil, a plot to destroy humanity and a disinterested cabbie who gets involved due to a "supreme being" Femme Fatale falling into his lap. The characters are nonetheless engaging and fun, and Leeloo is beautiful, smoking hot, and hilarious. It does require a suspension of disbelief, but if you're in the mood for something a little weird and fun this might just make your afternoon.

Very nice movie. I'm not a big fan of Bruce Willis but he was good. I thought the visual affects were pretty good and good storyline. I didn't realize when watching it the first time years ago, that there were nudes scenes. But it happens so fast it's hard to see. 5 stars.

The Fifth Element. 10 out of 10; I was all prepared for my rant. I was going to rail against the fact that The Fifth Element was not available on 4k HD Blu-Ray. After all what other movies could you possible use to show off your new Oled 4k HDR tv with your 4k Blu Ray player purring alongside it? Okay yes La La Land is impressive and yes Dr. Strange is a good choice certainly but The Fifth Element is the classic film to show off one's new HD goodness. It truly is a visual treat. You have the film's visual style from Jean Giraud and Jean-Claude Mézières mixed with the costumes designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. Well, first I was going to list all the horrible films that are on 4k Blu-ray while this one isn’t. Turns out however those actual movies on the new format are few and far between. Then I saw it, The Fifth Element was coming out on the format in July to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Yay. Truly everything about this film is fun. Even the stuff you really didn’t like the first few viewings (I’m looking your way Chris Tucker) seems to grow on you. The only strange thing that somehow still works but is jarring every viewing is the ridiculous over the top product placement for McDonalds. I swear The Founder had less golden arches. Some might also object to the rampant sexism, Tiny Lister’s acting, Luke Perry’s acting, and the general way the plot sometimes seems to play out. The Fifth Element has many layers that are not apparent at first. As an example, the good guy and the bad guy not just never meet in the film but are completely unaware of each other’s existence. Here is the kicker. I have watched the movie multiple times and only realized this because I read the trivia section of IMDB. The movie has a lot of depth for such a silly film and holds up extremely well. Definitely worth the watch a true classic.

Multipass

Received In brand new perfect condition. The movie is just okay. Not what I normally watch. It’s just all the new movies are junk. Hollywood lost me years ago. So I buy all the older movies and series. Back when I had to work a lot. Stuff that I missed out on. Plus I don’t watch commercials at all . Regular TV is just plain rude. So DVD’S are the way to go for me. Pay TV is crappy too. They play the same stuff over and over. I have thousands of movies and series. Good luck!

Easily one of my favorite movies…EVER! It’s a zany, exhilarating, sci-fi adventure movie about hope, love and overcoming evil to save the Universe. Featuring a slew of highly memorable and quotable characters, I can happily watch it any time. Director Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, La Femme Nikita) is an artist, and bonkers characters fill his pallet. From the zany opening scenes we find a strangely divine character dynamic in Egypt, an evil planet attack loaded with sci-fi zest, and our graphic novel-esque antihero starts his day to one of the most cosmically cool soundtracks to emerge from the 90s. Corbin (Bruce Willis; A Good Day to Die Hard) is a has-been decorated military officer who now struggles to keep his cat fed and license to drive his hover-cab valid. He awakens like a washed up John McClane after a rough night, expresses that he wishes he had a woman in his life, and dodges calls from his pestilent boss and mother. Despite the massive amount of looney transpiring on screen, we meet numerous memorable and substantial characters and all of them will make you smile. Tiny “Zeus” Lister (Friday, No Holds Barred) is an intergalactic President. Father Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm; Lord of the Rings, Alien) informs him that they have only 48 hours to stop a cosmic force of ancient evil which will wipe out all life in the Universe and only one thing can stop it: a mystical supreme being. After an attack, remnants of an engineered lifeform are recovered and reconstituted into a genetically “perfect” orange-haired woman. Clothed in the thermal bandages so beloved by Comic Con cosplayers around the world, Leeloo (Milla Jovavich; Resident Evil 1-7, Faces in the Crowd) escapes into a world that she clearly doesn’t understand and falls into Corbin’s cab babbling a dead language and being all sorts of indescribably adorable. When she asks Corbin for help, hardly understanding her own tear-soaked words, no one with a heart could say no. Although Corbin almost does. But in helping her, he earns her trust and becomes her antihero protector and the co-savior of the Universe. Peppering more crazy into the cast, Gary Oldman (Leon: The Professional, The Dark Knight) serves up his villainy deliciously as Zorg. Despite being a super-rich evil mastermind, he makes a lot of poor decisions. Rounding out all manner of plays and players, Chris Tucker (Rush Hour 1-3, Friday) is brilliantly idiosyncratic as the manic sex-addict Radio Host Ruby Rod, and Maïwenn (High Tension, Leon: The Professional) plays the mystical operatic Diva. The favorite scene of mine would have to be the Diva’s concert. The Diva’s song is unlike anything you’ve heard, and its high notes score and punctuate the action of Leeloo’s awesome fight sequence on the Floston Paradise cruise ship. There is nothing technically wowing about the fight choreography, which is clearly meant to be more amusingly dynamic than a demonstration of martial prowess, but with the music and Besson’s humorous approach I could watch it all day. This scene steamrolls into a bigger, longer, more explosive action sequence full of Corbin’s cynicism, Ruby’s hysteria, and Leeloo’s endangerment. Now almost 20 years old, The Fifth Element’s special effects will not wow you. And whereas I feel they hold up more than well enough on their own, when combined with the score the scenes remain highly entertaining. The music alone will ignite your attention. This is especially evident during the taxi-police chase scene, during which I completely forgive the dated CGI as I watch Leeloo pinballing around the back seat to Cheb Khaled’s “Alech Taadi.” Most entertaining for me is how Leeloo (the supreme being) speeds through the internet learning 5000 years of history, culture and language, along with mastering Kung Fu in order to save all humanity much as Neo (“the one”) did in The Matrix (1999)…two years later, and now apparently less original. Of course, The Fifth Element isn’t 100% original either—in fact, Ug in Critters (1986) did the same thing. You’ll find parallels and homages to loads of other sci-fi. Many ships look like Empire Star Destroyers, there’s the Dark Side of the Force and Mr. Shadow coming to bring darkness to the Universe, and the Diva appears to be a cross between the Xenomorph and Jabba’s Twi’lek slave girl dancer Oola. Oh, and Bruce Willis is basically playing Die Hard in Space—but in the best way possible! For all its awesome fun, it’s Leeloo that breathes life into this film. Leeloo is among the most beloved characters in the Sci-Fi genre—making the ranks of Yoda, Luke and Han. When Leeloo smiles it’s sincere emotion, naïve to the workings of the world around her, and she will infect your heart. There is such purity to her goodness. And when she says “multipass” it will brighten your day. I recommend this movie to everyone. EVERYONE. I was 16 when I saw it in theaters so I know this movie carries a lot of nostalgia for me. But watching this just makes me feel good, satisfied, happy, hopeful, warm-fuzzy, awesome…all that. I expect it to affect you the same. Enjoy!

Excelente edición Bluray 4k, sonido impresionante y video mejor, hacen disfrutar plenamente la película. Eso sí en inglés y alemán, vale la pena.

A pesar de que pone Reino Unido, la película esta en versión de USA y de hecho es Blu-ray zona A, por tanto no se puede reproducir en Europa salvo reproductores multiregión, no confundirse aunque ponga Reino Unido. Otro detalle es que el audio en español es Español Latino, no de España, tener todo esto en cuenta que a mi no me quedó claro a la hora de comprarlo. Aun así si podéis visualizarla la calidad es 10.

Good price and a good movie

Dieser Film stellt einen absoluten Klassiker des Genres dar und hat auch nach vielen Jahren nichts an seiner Attraktivität eingebüßt. Die schauspielerische Leistung des gesamten Ensembles ist hervorragend und trägt maßgeblich zum Unterhaltungswert bei. Besonders hervorzuheben ist die technische Umsetzung dieser 4K Ultra HD Ausgabe: Die Bildqualität ist exzellent und lässt dieses visuell opulente Werk in neuem Glanz erstrahlen. Auch der Ton präsentiert sich auf einem sehr hohen Niveau und überzeugt durch Klarheit und Dynamik. Für Besitzer der herkömmlichen Blu-ray lohnt sich das Upgrade auf dieses Format definitiv, da der Qualitätsgewinn deutlich wahrnehmbar ist. Insgesamt bietet dieses Produkt eine erstklassige Möglichkeit, dieses zeitlose Meisterwerk in der derzeit bestmöglichen Qualität zu neu erleben. Ein Upgrade auf 4k lohnt sich definitiv!

audio e legendas em ingles, espanhol e frances no disco 4k