The Fifth Element (1997) | Let's Watch It Again Film Review!
In this The Fifth Element - Movie Review, Rob Lee welcomes veteran entertainment writer & Director of Events & Community Engagement for WTMD and WYPR Sam Sessa on to the podcast to discuss 1997's The Fifth Element.
In this The Fifth Element - Movie Review, Rob Lee welcomes veteran entertainment writer & Director of Events & Community Engagement for WTMD and WYPR Sam Sessa on to the podcast to discuss 1997's The Fifth Element.
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7.6/10 IMDb
71% Rotten Tomatoes
3.7/5 Letterboxd
Summary
In the 23rd century, a New York City cabbie, Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), finds the fate of the world in his hands when Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) falls into his cab. As the embodiment of the fifth element, Leeloo needs to combine with the other four to keep the approaching Great Evil from destroying the world. Together with Father Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm) and zany broadcaster Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker), Dallas must race against time and the wicked industrialist Zorg (Gary Oldman) to save humanity.
In the 23rd century, a New York City cabbie, Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), finds the fate of the world in his hands when Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) falls into his cab. As the embodiment of the fifth element, Leeloo needs to combine with the other four to keep the approaching Great Evil from destroying the world. Together with Father Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm) and zany broadcaster Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker), Dallas must race against time and the wicked industrialist Zorg (Gary Oldman) to save humanity.
Release date: May 9, 1997
Costume design:
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier
Creators and Guests
Guest
Sam Sessa
Sam Sessa has been part of the WTMD staff since 2006, as the host of Baltimore Hit Parade (formerly Baltimore Unsigned). In 2013, he became WTMD's Baltimore music coordinator, and helps produce and host concerts and other WTMD events. From 2005 to 2013, Sam worked as a reporter and editor in The Baltimore Sun's Features Department.