1997 · sci-fi · action
The Fifth Element
Directed by Luc Besson2h 6m1997
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Our read: The Fifth Element (1997) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive sci-fi · action entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured sci-fi / action, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- redemptive
- epic-stakes
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