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The Fifth Element (1997) - Luc Besson | Houselights #259
The Fifth Element is loud, strange, and completely confident in its own weirdness. This review looks at why the movie still works decades later: the energy, the phenomenal costumes, the sincerity underneath all the craziness. From Bruce Willis playing it as low-key as possible to Milla Jovovich turning innocence into power, it’s a film that commits. Wildly imaginative and impossible to mistake for anything else, it’s the kind of sci-fi that reminds you how fun big swings can be.
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