Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, Gary Oldman
Released: 1997
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In this film, there's some aliens, some stones, a perfect person, some more aliens... I could describe the film properly but it would make my brain bleed. Essentially, some evil wants to destroy Earth, a "perfect" being is saved by Bruce Willis and a priest, and they must work together to stop the evil.
I can remember when this film came out; word got around amongst people I knew that this was going to be the best sci-fi film ever because it took the best elements from Star Wars, Blade Runner, etc, and was going to be all put together to be totally awesome!
Sadly, this is far from the actual truth. This is actually a phenomenally terrible film. The (pointless) rip-offs are endless, and go way beyond the idea of being homages, especially from Star Wars, from Ian Holm's character being dressed like Obi Wan Kenobi to the design of the spaceships. The dialogue is consistently terrible, most of the characters are deeply annoying (especially those played by Gary Oldman and Chris Tucker), the story is stupid and messy, the music is shit and the humour is crass and unfunny. The whole film is structured and acted like a farce, but not a very good one.
The only saving grace of this film is that, when it's not shamelessly ripping off other (and better) films, it is actually quite impressive visually. The set design and special effects are largely excellent and inventive; it's actually quite strange to see such a bright sci-fi film, with a colour scheme being full of white, orange and light blues.
This film could best be described as being elegant trash, which might seem fun, but sadly isn't in this case. It's terrible.
Rating: 1/5
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