A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Fifth Element”. (1997, 4*, 12). Original title: Le cinquième élément. Luc Besson’s 1997 Sci-Fi comedy made the rounds as an Everyman Throwback back in February of this year but, as for many of the Throwbacks I saw on the big screen at this Oscar-rich time, I failed to … Read more
This review could get me into trouble – a lot of trouble: my wife LOVED “Taken”, LOVED the slightly dodgier “Taken 2″ and even LOVED “Taken 2.5: he flies!” (a.k.a. last year’s “Non-Stop” vehicle for Neeson). It was a given (if not a taken – LOL) that she was going to LOVE “Taken 3”. … Read more
Luc Besson has always tended towards strikingly different movies – “Leon the Professional” and “The Fifth Element” being cases in point… strange blue alien woman doing soprano opera anyone? “Lucy”, both written and directed by Besson, is probably a ‘Marmite’ (love it or hate it) sort of film, as whilst it delivers a solid sci-fi … Read more