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Okay, Luc Besson said he has had this story in his mind since he was a kid and
now it's eventuated, The Fifth Element. Now while that this isn't the best sci-fi movie
ever made, it's still entertaining. The story goes as such. It's 300 years in the future,
the world is overpopulated and polluted and Bruce Willis is an ex-government agent who has
a crappy life as a hover cab driver with 10 points on his license and to top things off he
misses his wife. Now every 5000 years a force of complete evil arrives in the solar system
to destroy everything it sees, and earth is next. The only thing that that can stop it is
the convergence of five elements, but there is a snag, they have been stolen by Gary
Oldman and is evil sidekicks, darn. Did I mention Gary Oldman is great in this movie? Oh
well I just did! So now Bruce must travel the stars and beyond to save the planet Earth
from certain destruction. Along the way he will fight hordes of ugly aliens, cops and
really strange radio presenters, which by the way is a great performance by Chris Tucker.
To see what happens you will have to watch.
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| VIDEO |
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The best there is video wise, there is not on obvious glitch in the print at
all, the colors were rich, shadow detail excellent, a general all round super duper
classic transfer. One other thing to
mention is the fact that the movie has French titles and end credits, but as this was a
French flick it didn't bother me too much, besides the titles were still easy to figure
out.
The Fifth Element is Framed at 2:35:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
This is a single sided, single layer disc.
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| AUDIO |
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WOW! the sound in this flick is so
aggressive, the center, surround, front and .1 channels were all used to
the max in this one. The speech was always easy to hear and it really
sounded like you were there. The sound formats used were English DD5.1,
English Dolby Surround, French DD5.1, French Dolby Surround & Spanish
Dolby Surround. And you know what, when you switch it over to French,
Bruce's voice sound really seedy, you know, like porno seedy. Quite funny
actually.
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| EXTRAS |
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Oh my god what a letdown, Theatrical posters and cast & production notes.
What a letdown.
Subtitles include: English, French,
Spanish & Dutch.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
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Fun movie and the best DVD visually and aurally. It's a pity the extra's are so
limited. Great job Tri-Star keep it up with your next releases.
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
DVD Player: Panasonic A350 Player using S-Video Cables.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound
5.1 speaker system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 25 May 2000 14:23:24 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
PG |
| Running
Time: |
123
minutes |
| Case
Type: |
Keep
Case |
| Release
Date: |
15/12/98 |
| Catalog
Number: |
D25275 |
| List
Price: |
$34.95 |
| Distributor: |
Columbia/Tri-Star |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
Label
only |
| Disc
Format: |
SS-SL |
| Chapters: |
18 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
CTHV
France |
| Aspect
Ratio:
|
2:35:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital:
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5.1 Surround
2.0 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
Languages:
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English
French
Spanish |
| Subtitles: |
Yes |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
None |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
None |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
Yes |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
| Scene
Access: |
Yes |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
None |
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