The Fifth Element / Gattaca

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, et al.

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396081352
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Ent
• Directors: Andrew Niccol, Luc Besson
• Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Gore Vidal, Xander Berkeley, Jayne Brook, Loren Dean
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: color
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

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Fifth Element Where did he learn to negotiate like that? The first time I watched this, it was one of those three-star things that you could take or leave. Yes, it had all the elements (except the fifth) that make for a good shoot-um-up space thing. But I just looked at it as an action movie. For some reason, this movie can grow on you, and you find yourself anticipating the next move. Then you see things that you did not see the first time. Then you start to mouth the words. Soon, this turns into a five-star movie with a plot, good guys, bad guys, and good bad guys. Soon, you start looking in your auto-wash to see if you left anything in there. An ancient threat of doom looms over the earth. An ancient religion keeps the secret of the doom, and the secret of the defense (the fifth element). Prophecy turns into reality, and it is up to Major Koeben Dallas (Bruce Willis) to find the fifth element and save the Earth. Will he be able to do this, and at what emotional expense? What is the fifth element? ------------------------------------------ GATTACA "I never saved anything for the swim back." Well, after ten years, they have gone and done it. We now know the genetic makeup of human beings. We also have electric cars and wrist radios. This is no longer sci-fi; it is speculative fiction. Or at least it is speculative. Anyway, I have a friend who had a back problem in his youth. They left some dye in him, and it was spotted during a job interview physical for a desk job; you guessed it. Anyway, this is a spectacular film. The soundtrack helped support the movie. They did a good job of picking the actors. The characters were believable. Uma did not even have to show her Thurman’s. Ethan did a convincing transformation, and Jude was good enough that you almost thought the film was about him. The scenes were breathtaking. I was most impressed with the sunrise on the solar panels and the swim competition. Two points to look for on your second viewing are: 1. Several times, the brothers compete physically and logically. Even with his handicapped origin, Ethan Hawke,” Vincent Freeman,” surpasses his brother Loren Dean, “Anton.” 2. Jude Law “Jerome Eugene Morrow” Was not without ambition. He was disappointed that his advantage was not advantageous enough for the gold and received his gold through the actions of Vincent. Vincent, who was conceived in the Rivera, as a love child, must compete in a world where all the negative genetic dispositions are usually removed, as was his brother's case. Vincent is tagged for failure at birth. To overcome this social barrier and obtain his goal of going into space, he borrows the genes of an athlete gone astray. The director where he is working (GATTACA) is killed as the last obstacle to the mission. Will Vincent be found out? Irene (Uma Thurman) suspects the number one candidate for the space trip, Jerome, of the murder. She never suspects that he is Vincent. The bottom line is that if you aren't genetically correct, the movie may scare you.