Hayward also considered the issue of environmental damage, in so far as waste and pollution are visible throughout the film. The love story within The Fifth Element was considered to be one of the main narratives in the film, and it faces the same deadline as the main storyline. Korben's journey, however, is under threat not only from the Mangalores and Zorg, but also from Leeloo, who relents and helps him only at the last minute, accepting his declaration of love. In the book The Films of Luc Besson, Susan Hayward considered The Fifth Element to be a classic story of a man 'making his break from the tribe, proving his manhood, over-throwing the malevolent forces and killing the chief, finally to reap the rewards of security and marriage'. With the exception of Tiny Lister's portrayal of the President, all males in the film were considered to be as unmanly as possible in various ways, such as Ruby Rhod's effeminacy, Vito Cornelius's clumsy form of speech, and General Munro's stupidity their purpose was to make Korben's masculinity appear 'god-like' by comparison. Stefan Brandt, in the book Subverting Masculinity, also said that the film 'echoes stereotypical beliefs about gender' of all females in the film, including Leeloo, who he thought only left her passive role in the film during her fight with the Mangalores. When females appear in the film, they do so as passive objects, such as the sexualised flight and McDonald's attendants or stripped of their femininity, such as the 'butch' Major Iceborg. The authors accused the film of erasing women from the introductory scenes, noting that Leeloo's reconstruction marked only the second appearance of a female in the film's first 20 minutes the other is an androgynous, mostly speechless presidential aide. as President LindbergĪn article by Brian Ott and Eric Aoki in the feminist journal Women's Studies in Communication considered gender to be one of the film's main themes. Gary Oldman as Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg.Milla Jovovich as Leeloo Minaï Lekatariba-Laminaï-Tchaï Ekbat de Sebat.She and Dallas are hailed as heroes and, as dignitaries wait to greet them, embrace passionately in a recovery chamber. In response, Leeloo combines the power of the stones and releases the divine light onto the great evil, destroying its power and stopping it. Dallas declares his love for Leeloo and kisses her. They arrange the stones and activate them with their corresponding elements, but having witnessed and studied so much violence, Leeloo has become disenchanted with humanity and refuses to cooperate. Meanwhile, Cornelius instructs David to prepare the temple designed to house the stones, then stows away on the spacecraft transporting Dallas, Leeloo, Rhod and his entourage to the cruise liner.Īs the great evil approaches Earth, the four join up with David at the temple. Dallas takes Leeloo with him after learning she and Cornelius are on the same mission he is. Learning from the Mondoshawans that the stones are in Plavalaguna's possession, General Munro, Dallas' former superior, recommissions Dallas and orders him to travel undercover to the planet Fhloston to meet Plavalaguna in a flying luxury hotel where she is performing a benefit concert a radio contest awarding a Fhloston vacation, sponsored by flamboyant talk show host Ruby Rhod, is rigged to secure Dallas’ passage. Zorg kills many of the Mangalores for their failure to obtain the stones, but the survivors are determined to seize the artifacts in revenge. As Leeloo acclimates to Earth and prepares to seek out the element stones, Cornelius learns from her that the stones were not on the Mondoshawans' ship, but were entrusted to an alien opera singer, the diva Plavalaguna.
Dallas delivers Leeloo to Cornelius and his apprentice, David, and it is revealed that she is the Fifth Element.
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