![]() ![]() When the shield covering the being during its immersion in UV light is removed, General Munro appears to be awestruck when he sees a perfectly-formed human woman. He informs the scientist that he hopes the the being is "friendly", stating his intent to destroy the being with a card-activated destruction system inside the machine if he is not. The entire process is explained by the lead scientist to a skeptical General Munro, who is less than enthusiastic about the being's revival. Almost as if this being was … engineered." He continues to describe the cells as being "perfect."īeing that a few cells were still viable in the arm, the lead scientist begins reconstructing the being using the isolated DNA and a complex machine that puts the being together part by part, beginning with the skeleton, followed by the muscles and organs, and finally exposing the body to slightly greasy solar atoms (ultraviolet radiation), forcing the body to take measures to protect itself from UV damage by growing skin and hair. The DNA, far superior to human DNA which contains 40 "memo groups", contains over 200,000 "memo groups." The scientist describes the DNA of the being as being "tightly packed, with infinite genetic knowledge. Discovered by Earth scientists, the severed forearm is transported to a laboratory in New York and analyzed, and its DNA isolated and studied. The Mondoshawans and their ship are destroyed, leaving nothing but a mangled right forearm from the sleeping Supreme Being in the wreckage. The Mondoshawans, as promised, are en route to Earth to return the stones and sarcophagus, when their ship is attacked by a brace of Mangalores. Along with his apprentice, David, he patiently awaits the arrival of the Stones and the Fifth Element. Three centuries later, the current priest, Father Vito Cornelius, preserves the key in his apartment. The priest promises to keep it safe, passing his knowledge on to his successors until they return. They leave the priest with a single bronzed key, which is to be used to open the secret room in the temple for arrangement of the weapon. Knowing that the weapon was designed to defeat a dark entity known as Evil every 5,000 years, the aliens - the Mondoshawan - promise the temple's current human priest that they would return the weapon's components to Earth before Evil arrived three centuries later. We just pray that after this someone is still willing to give him the money to make it.In 1914, a race of aliens in heavily armored spacesuits arrive at an ancient Egyptian temple to collect the four elemental stones and a bronze sarcophagus containing the body of the fifth element in human form. We hope Besson has another film of this caliber left in him. So what if he wasted around $200 million on one of the worst movies ever made? We forgive him and we’d let him do it all over again if it were up to us.Ĭheck out some rad Fifth Element tattoos to take away the pain of Valerian. As a writer, he’s given us The Transporter, District 13, and the Taxi series (the original French versions of that awful Jimmy Fallon/Queen Latifah movie). Beyond The Fifth Element, he is responsible for such great films as Nikita, Leon the Professional, and Angel-A. Throw in some perfect bit parts from Chris Tucker, Ian Holm, and even Luke Perry, mix with stunning visuals, and you have one of the best non-franchise science fiction films to ever exist.īesson should be forgiven for his Valerian misstep. The movie is rounded out by a stunning performance from Gary Oldman as the villain Zorg. Leeloo is played brilliantly by Milla Jovovich, who throughout the film speaks almost exclusively in a language that she and Besson made up and reportedly would converse in on-set. The film stars Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas, a cabbie who unwittingly has to save the entire universe when the titular character, also known as Leeloo, falls into his life – literally, through the roof of his taxi.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |