Korben Dallas
Bruce Willis
Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg
Gary Oldman
Father Vito Cornelius
Ian Holm
General Munro
Brion James
President Lindberg
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
Finger (voice)
Vin Diesel
David
Charlie Creed-Miles
General Staedert
John Neville
Professor Pacoli
John Bluthal
Mactilburgh
Christopher Fairbank
Major Iceborg
Julie T. Wallace
General Tudor
Al Matthews
Stewardess
Genevieve Maylam
Munro's Captain
Hon Ping Tang
Ground Crew
Vincenzo Pellegrino
President's Aide
Sonita Henry
Scientist's Aide
Tim McMullan
Head Scientist
George Khan
Head of Military
John Hughes
Mondoshawan / Mangalore Aknot / Airport Guard
Clifton Lloyd Bryan
Mondoshawan
Justin Lee Burrows
Mondoshawan
Richard Ashton
Mondoshawan
Jerome St. John Blake
Mondoshawan / Ground Crew
Kevin Molloy
Mactilburgh's Assistant
Bill Reimbold
Staedert's Captain
Colin Brooks
Mactilburgh's Technician
Anthony Chinn
Flying Cop / Military Technician
Roger Monk
Flying Cop
Jean-Luc Caron
Check-in Attendant
Sophia Goth
Warship Captain
Martin McDougall
Diva's Manager
Pete Dunwell
Ruby Rhod Assistant
Stewart Harvey-Wilson
Ruby Rhod Assistant
David Fishley
Ruby Rhod Assistant
Carlton Chance
Diva's Assistant
Gin Clarke
Human Aknot
Vladimir McCrary
Mangalore Akanit
Aron Paramor
Mangalore Kino
Alan Ruscoe
Airport Cop
Christopher Adamson
Shuttle Pilot
Kaleem Janjua
Shuttle Co-Pilot
Tyrone Tyrell
Shuttle Mechanic
Kevin Brewerton
Emperor Kodar Japhet
Sonny Caldinez
Princess Achen
Zeta Graff
Roy von Bacon
Eddie Ellwood
Fhloston Hostess
Laura De Palma
Police Chief
Lenny McLean
Fhloston Commander
Robert Oates
Fhloston Captain
John Sharian
Hotel Manager
Fred Williams
Zorg's Secretary
Sibyl Buck
Scientist
Sarah Carrington
Military Technician
Dane Messam
Military Technician
Nathan Hamlett
Military Technician
Cecil Cheng
Staedert's Technician
David Garvey
Staedert's Technician
Stanley Kowalski
Staedert's Technician
Omar Williams
Robot Barman
Robert Clapperton
Warship Technician
Robert Alexander
Power Operator
Leo Williams
Power Operator
C. Keith Martin
Zorg's Man
Patrick Nicholls
Zorg's Man
Alex Georgijev
Burger Assistant
Marie Guillard
Burger Assistant
Renee Montemayor
Burger Assistant
Stina Richardson
Glamorous Alien Diva at Event
Kristen Fick
Mondoshawan #3
François Guillaume
Japanese Hostess
Anita Koh
Glamorous Japanese Girl
Kamay Lau
Stewardess
Tracy Redington
VIP Lounge Worker
Gito Santana
Mangalor alien
Joss Skottowe
Screenplay
Robert Mark Kamen
Original Music Composer
Eric Serra
Production Design
Dan Weil
Art Direction
Ira Gilford
Art Direction
Michael Lamont
Art Direction
Jim Morahan
Art Direction
Kevin Phipps
Set Decoration
Maggie Gray
Set Decoration
Anna Pinnock
Costume Design
Jean Paul Gaultier
Post Production Supervisor
John A. Amicarella
Production Manager
Sarah Bradshaw
Unit Production Manager
Crys Forsyth-Smith
Production Manager
Bernard Grenet
Production Manager
Barrie Melrose
Second Unit
Pascal Chaumeil
Director of Photography
Thierry Arbogast
ADR & Dubbing
Curt Schulkey
Makeup Department Head
Lois Burwell
Makeup Artist
Amanda Knight
Makeup Artist
Pauline Heys
Art Department Coordinator
Katie Gabriel
Property Master
Barry Wilkinson
Assistant Art Director
Paul Kirby
Assistant Art Director
Frederic Evard
Assistant Art Director
Gary Tomkins
Construction Coordinator
Ray Barrett
Construction Coordinator
Richard Guille
ADR & Dubbing
Victoria Rose Sampson
Sound Recordist
Gary L.G. Simpson
Sound Recordist
Brian D. Lucas
Sound Recordist
Andrea Eliseyan
Sound Recordist
Daniel Brisseau
Sound Designer
Mark A. Mangini
Sound Designer
John Pospisil
Sound Effects Editor
Dwayne Avery
Sound Effects Editor
Julia Evershade
Sound Effects Editor
Howell Gibbens
Sound Effects Editor
Geoffrey G. Rubay
Sound Effects Editor
David A. Whittaker
Sound Effects Editor
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ron Bartlett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris Jenkins
Sound Engineer
Pierre Excoffier
Sequence Supervisor
Sean C. Cunningham
Sequence Supervisor
Sean Dever
Sequence Supervisor
Christine Lo
Sequence Supervisor
Joshua I. Kolden
Sequence Supervisor
Rodney J. McFall
Visual Effects Art Director
Ira Gilford
Visual Effects Art Director
Ron Gress
Stunt Coordinator
Marc Boyle
Camera Operator
Jean-Paul Meurisse
Second Unit Cinematographer
Nick Tebbet
Steadicam Operator
John Ward
Still Photographer
Jack English
Rigging Gaffer
Kenny Monger
Animation Supervisor
Daniel Robichaud
First Assistant Editor
Simon Cozens
First Assistant Editor
Yann Hervé
First Assistant Editor
Donald Likovich
Location Manager
Kevin De La Noy
Location Manager
Andrew MacDonald Brown
Associate Producer
John A. Amicarella
Conceptual Design
Jean Giraud
Makeup Artist
Melissa Lackersteen
First Assistant Director
Chris Carreras
Second Unit Director of Photography
Pascal Chaumeil
Assistant Director
Jamie Christopher
Second Assistant Director
Frédéric Garson
Third Assistant Director
Robert Grayson
First Assistant Director
Kelly L'Estrange
Assistant Director
Franck Lebreton
Third Assistant Director
Susan Inge Wood
Third Assistant Director
Simon Downes
Second Assistant Director
Kevin Westley
Assistant Director
Olivier Horlait
Assistant Director
Didier Kwak
Assistant Director
Camille Lipmann
Assistant Director
Aimée Peyronnet
Production Illustrator
Jacques Rey
Set Designer
James Hambidge
Standby Painter
Paul Couch
First Assistant Camera
Eamonn O'Keeffe
Costume Supervisor
Janet Tebrooke
Carpenter
Dominic Ackland-Snow
Digital Effects Supervisor
Karen E. Goulekas
Production Controller
Kieran Woo
Propmaker
Paul Stephenson
Utility Stunts
Dean Forster
Video Assist Operator
Bob Bridges
Visual Effects Editor
Debra Wolff
Script Supervisor
Jean Bourne
Color Timer
Bob Putynkowski
Best Boy Electric
Kevin Edland
Electrician
Cindy Lagerstrom
Lighting Technician
Chris Mortley
Production Accountant
George Marshall
Production Coordinator
Sallie Beechinor
Boom Operator
Jean-Marie Blondel
Music Supervisor
Anita Camarata
Orchestrator
Hubert Bougis
3D Coordinator
Jean-Paul Rovela
Creature Design
Nick Dudman
Digital Compositors
Gray Marshall
Special Effects Supervisor
Nick Allder
Visual Effects Coordinator
Tracy Takahashi
Visual Effects Producer
Daniel J. Lombardo
Visual Effects Supervisor
Bill Kent
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This movie is one of the best movies of all time! It has a great story lines and graphics of it's time and even to today's standards it is brilliant. The world is well though out and well demonstrated. Zorg is a great bad guy, played by Gary Oldman and Bruce Willis plays his role very well. All in all a excellent movie.
Matt Golden
A simple enough concept: Guy must save a World (in the Future!) from Evil! by protecting a Magical Macguffin, only in this case it’s a Girl! instead of a Thing.
There’s really not a lot of story here. Not a lot of character either. Why waste valuable screen time with such paltry concerns when you can instead have Chris Tucker prancing around as a flamboyant radio host in the most annoying cinematic sci-fi supporting character not created by George Lucas? Instead, the film casts actors who do a fair job of acting simply by being themselves: Bruce Wills is Korben Dallas, a brawny, shoot-first hero who, when the chips are down, is brawny and shoot-firsty. The Magical Girlfriend MacGuffin, Leeloo, is played by Mila Jovovich (in her breakout performance) and some strategically-placed wrappings (the wrappings have had a harder time breaking into more mainstream roles). Ian Holm turns up as the Old Mentor, and filling out the cast is Gary Oldman as the antagonist Zord (in his hammiest role ever).
The film seriously rises to the level of made-for-SciFi Channel-original and no higher. The plot is nonsensical, the acting committed but laughable, and the dialogue so stiff you’d think the script pages had been starched.
So where does the film go legitimately wrong? Two main places: first, Besson carries on the proud tradition of French filmmakers doing weird things solely for the sake of being weird. The entire film is filled to the brim with the kind of idiosyncratic touches that I’ve come to expect from that region. Most of the bits don’t work, but I’ll give them credit for keeping things interesting.
The second, more serious issue is another that seems to plague genre French directors, and that’s the whole matter being played (largely) for farce. The most successful (creatively) American (sci-fi/)action films are defined in very large part by their villain. This film, like so many other sci-fi/action films I’ve seen from French directors, never establish or maintain an element of power for the villains over the heroes. The villains are painted as clueless, moronic, out of their depth, or outright incompetent. That tradition continues here. What would Star Wars be without Darth Vader? Die Hard without Hans Gruber? Aliens without…uh, aliens?
Lacking a strong (or even memorable) central villain (we have two: a Gary Oldman so hammy I’m pretty sure Muslims couldn’t work on the film, and the other being a giant planet-size ball of…Pure!Evil! No joke.), the film sacrifices the one shot it had at having some kind of weight or dimension. There’s no sense of danger or peril, no chance that the Hero won’t triumph, and [spoilers!] the day is essentially saved by a Care Bear stare.
So, does what I’ve just said make it bad? Well, yes. Let’s try again. Does that made it unenjoyable? No, and it’s an important distinction to make. The film is an interesting curiosity. After a half-hour of the bizarre, if you can let yourself be swept into its idiosyncratic world you’ll find a perfectly watchable B (or C)-movie. It rankles a bit to think about how much was wasted making dreck this dreck-y, but it’s entertaining dreck.
Gimly
Ever since I first watched The Fifth Element in the late 90s, I've been inspired by Gary Oldman's Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg.
_Final rating:★★★½ - I strongly recommend you make the time._
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