This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris make sure they have their Multipass and discuss Luc Besson’s 1997 classic The Fifth Element, which is back in theaters on July 26th and 27th.
Starring Bruce Willis as former special forces soldier turned taxi driver Korben Dallas, the literal savior of the universe falls into the back of his cab in the form of Leeloo (Milla Jovovich). The mystical “Fifth Element”, Leeloo is a perfect being and the only weapon that can defeat pure evil that is heading toward Earth in the form of a massive, burning planet. Working on behalf of that evil is ruthless industrialist Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman), who is looking to prevent Leeloo from acquiring four powerful stones that represent the classical elements and are part of the ritual that allows her to unleash her power. Zach and Chris discuss whether this is Luc Besson’s best movie, the incredible production design, Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker) storming into the movie like a tornado, the final action sequence feeling like a mini Die Hard, and more.
You can watch The Fifth Element in theaters on July 26th and 27th or, if you can’t make it out, watch it on Netflix, Tubi, or YouTube. Next week, with a new Spider-Man movie out in theaters, we’re revisiting arguably the best movie featuring the wallcrawler, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2.
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