In the 28th century, Valerian & Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the đô thị of a Thousand Planets, và Valerian & Laureline must race khổng lồ identify the menace và safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

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Dane De
Haan Cara Delevingne Clive Owen Rihanna Ethan Hawke Herbie Hancock Kris Wu Rutger Hauer John Goodman Elizabeth Debicki Sam Spruell Ola Rapace Alain Chabat Thom Findlay Mathieu Kassovitz Aymeline Valade Sasha Luss Pauline Hoarau Jonas Bloquet Sand Van Roy Louis Leterrier Olivier Megaton Sam Douglas Diva Sicard Eric Lampaert Alexandre Willaume Gavin Drea Réginal Kudiwu David Michie Show All…Marion Roussignol Emilie Pommelet Roman Blomme Emilie Livingston Alexandre Nguyen Aurelien Gaya Mikael Buxton Yun Lai Anders Heinrichsen Tristan Robin Yun-Ping He James Flynn David Clark Ben Mauro Jean-François Lenogue Peter Eberst Xavier Giannoli Eric Rochant Benoît Jacquot Gérard Krawczyk Pierre Cachia David Saada Hippolyte Burkhart-Uhlen Florian Guichard Stéphane Mir Thierry Barthe Pier Ewudu Andrew Tisba Yannick Lorté Charly Akakpo Clément Beauruelle Audrey Kamp Anthony Hornez Julien Bleitrach Maxime Babara Touré Barbara Weber-Scaff Marilhéa Peillard Lee Delong Judith Brunett Marie Barrouillet Cindy Bruna Sija Titko Daphnée Kbidi Nick Marzock Stefan Konarske Mahamadou Coulibaly Julien Marlin Yvan Lucker Tom Hygreck Abel Jafri Laurent Ferraro Jean-Robert Lombard Leonid Glushchenko Akim Chir Laminé tía Paul Lefèvre Guillaume Maison Jean-Christophe Brizard Patrick Cottet-Moine Irene Palko Tonio Descanvelle Velvet D'Amour Doug Rand Grant Moninger Robbie Rist Christopher Swindel Claire Tran Alain Etoundi Fayet Nsumoto Kristina Kachinskaya Veronika Khayla Sissi Duparc Noam Frost Pauline Serreau Philippe Rigot Étienne Ménard Peter Lamarque Maximilien Seweryn Zouheir Zerhouni Tristan Zerbib Elliot Jenicot Staiv Gentis Chloé Hollings Aguendia Fotabong Tania Dessources Gaëtan Cotigny François Bredon Peter Hudson Cédric Chevalme Thalia Besson David Clark


Giovanni Quéné Gregory Fromentin Lorenzo Donati Jean-Marc Duez Jonathan Ly Julien Moine Philippe Brunel Lucie Chauveau Yannick Freess Jean-Mary Vodoz


Production Design
Production Design


Hugues Tissandier


Art Direction
Art Direction


Patrice Garcia Gilles Boillot Dominique Moisan Stéphane Robuchon Thierry Zemmour Ben Mauro Augustin Collet Christian Vallat Sylvain Despretz Deak Ferrand Etienne Rohde Thibault Pinto Olivier Martin Adrien Ernandez Simon Witte Alain Brion Noémie Brunet


Nicolas-Alexandre Noel Philippe Theroux Simon Descamps François Dumoulin Martin Hill Sophie Leclerc Scott Stokdyk Paul Story Ken Mc
Gaugh Lee Mc
Nair Philippe Rebours Louise Bertrand Joseph Kasparian Seth Kenlon Yanick Wilisky Marc Jouveneau Gerardo Aguilera Cedric Lo Liu Tiansheng Ji Hyun Yoon Elizabeth Gray Mark Smith


Laurent Demianoff Aurelien Gaya Kefi Abrikh Daren Nop Antoine Piquet Clément Huet Anthony Pho Raimundo Querido Ludo Silemetzoglou Yannick Ben Benoit Lavelatte Jérôme Gaspard John Medalin Marc David Yann Brouet Amadéo Cazzela Gary Cothenet Jessica Decalion David Demianoff Lyne Doffagne Christophe Dupuis Cullet Eric Bodie Fitzpatrick Wilfried Gomba Alexandre Lopoka Ilya Nikitenko David Nop Brayane Rafiq Arman Vossougui


David Farmer Tom Johnson Juan Peralta Didier Lozahic Stéphane Bucher Guillaume Bouchateau Aymeric Devoldère Philippe Penot Nia Hansen Gurwal Coïc-Gallas Samson Neslund Jérémy Babinet Alexis Place Chris Trueman


Costume Design
Costume Design


Olivier Bériot Stéphanie Watrigant Sarah Nakhle-Cerruti


Makeup
Makeup


Frédérique Ney Aya Yabuuchi Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen Hue Lan Van Duc Simon Livet Clarisse Domine Aurelija Liansbergaite Elodie Leprince Lola Maillard Vesna Peborde


Hairstyling
Hairstyling


Félix Puget


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Belga Films River Road Entertainment Grive Productions Europa
Corp UFA Fundamental Films Gulf Film Novo Pictures TF1 Films Production Orange Studio BNP Paribas Fortis


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science-fiction kích hoạt adventure


Themes


Monsters, aliens, sci-fi và the apocalypse Epic heroes earth, sci-fi, space, spaceship or mankind sci-fi, aliens, space, spaceship or earth future, sci-fi, technology, kích hoạt or technological monster, creature, dinosaurs, scientist or beast action, villain, superhero, nhân vật or action-packed Show All…

Every summer movie season needs at least one out-of-left-field entry that is so cheerfully bonkers it stands as a living rebuke to lớn an industry that churns out noisy and soulless garbage lượt thích “Transformers: The Last Knight.” This year, that film is “Valerian và the thành phố of a Thousand Planets,” a deliriously entertaining film that finds writer/director Luc Besson swinging for the fences in his efforts lớn make a weirdo sci-fi epic for the ages and coming up with a virtual trang chủ run derby. It"s a film filled with humor, charm, excitement & so many memorable images that many viewers will find themselves struggling khổng lồ keep from blinking so as not to lớn miss any of the eye-popping delights crammed into each overstuffed frame.


The film is inspired by Valerian & Laureline, a French comic book series created by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres that is said, especially among European comic book buffs, lớn have influenced the look of any number of films over the years, including “Star Wars.” The comics also helped to instill an interest in the genre in a ten-year-old Besson, who would eventually go on to employ Mezieres lớn help kiến thiết the look of his own elaborate sci-fi epic, “The Fifth Element.” Besson may be one of the leading players on the international moviemaking scene, but while watching “Valerian,” he has reverted, in the best possible way, khổng lồ the mindset of a kid helplessly enthralled by the wild plotting, bizarre alien worlds và breathless derring-do on display—albeit a kid who has been able khổng lồ marshal together armies of cutting-edge visual technicians and a near-$200 million budget (the largest in French film history) lớn bring it all to lớn life exactly as it played in his head.

Set in the 28th century, the film centers on Valerian (Dane De
Haan) và Laureline (Cara Delevingne), a pair of special operatives fighting crime throughout the universe. As the story begins, the two are sent off to lớn Big Market, a virtual-reality bazaar whose hordes of vendors can only be seen and approached after donning special equipment, to lớn confiscate an ultra-rare & powerful Mül Converter, an adorable creature capable of reproducing anything that it eats. The cocky Valerian soon finds himself being pursued by any number of creatures while the far more cool và collected Laureline is charged with saving his bacon, presumably not for the first time. 

The twist this time is that, due to lớn a technological malfunction, Valerian is also trapped between two different levels of reality with most of his toàn thân in the real world while his arm is stuck in the virtual universe. This may not make a lot of sense in the explanation but the over result on the screen is a hilarious & exciting thing of crackpot beauty that is just one high point of a film filled with them.

After securing the Mül Converter, Valerian and Laureline report to lớn Alpha, a massive floating thành phố that began centuries earlier as the International Space Station and has expanded over the years to serve as a trang chủ away from trang chủ for aliens from throughout the universe lớn live together in harmony. Now Alpha’s very existence is being threatened from within, & Valerian and Laureline are charged with getting khổng lồ the bottom of things before it is too late. The two uncover evidence of a massive government conspiracy to lớn cover up a ghastly mistake. As they try to lớn unravel the scheme before all is lost, the two are separated and have a series of adventures involving a wild collection of creatures, the most memorable of which is a shape-shifting “glampod” played by pop princess Rihanna, who turns up lớn help Valerian rescue Laureline. 


Besson has long been one of the most stylish filmmakers, but he outdoes himself here. There is not a scene in the film that does not contain a visual worth savoring, whether it is an unusual creature, an extravagant costume or just a throwaway oddity lurking in a corner. (This is one of the rare recent films in which the 3-D option is clearly the way lớn go.) At the same time, though, Besson is using his visual skills as a way of telling the story instead of merely serving up bits of gourmet eye candy. Take the extended early sequence mix on a bucolic distant planet whose sleek & iridescent inhabitants go about their business before being interrupted by a cataclysmic event. The scene is an initial grabber because of the absolutely gorgeous kiến thiết of the planet & its inhabitants. But as it goes on, we quickly get a sense of who they are in relation to lớn each other and how their world functions without a single word of dialogue lớn explain any of it.

Some will complain that the screenplay is little more than a series of action sequences linked together by a story that doesn’t make any sense and absurdly clunky dialogue. While some of the criticisms are valid—there are times when the dialogue sounds as if it underwent one pass too many through translation software programmed by George Lucas—Besson’s narrative is more ambitious than usual this time around and, for all the silliness on display, ultimately touches on real-world concerns such as political corruption & the international refugee crisis in ways that lend real emotional weight to lớn the proceedings. At the same time, “Valerian” is unusually optimistic in its depiction of the future from the charming prologue showing the evolution of Alpha to the sight of its inhabitants living together in peace. At a time when virtually every futuristic film envisions some khung of dystopian nightmare, the sunnier take shown here is refreshing.

The only weak element lớn “Valerian & the city of a Thousand Planets,” ironically enough, is Valerian himself. Throughout his career, Besson has never shown much interest in telling stories based around conventionally masculine heroes. Most of his films have centered on tough & resourceful female characters, và when guys have been front-and-center, Besson has subverted their macho natures in some way (such as dressing Bruce Willis in Jean-Paul Gaultier in “The Fifth Element”). Here, Valerian should be brave, bold & resourceful, but as inhabited by De
Haan, he comes across more lượt thích a callow kid struggling khổng lồ emulate the effortless cool of Han Solo. Besson is clearly more interested in the character of Laureline, & viewers will be, too, thanks khổng lồ Delevingne"s performance. She is funny, convincing in the fight scenes, charismatic as hell, và capable of taking an absurdly melodramatic speech lượt thích her climactic oratory on the importance of love & making it work. Thanks to lớn films lượt thích “Wonder Woman” và the recent “Star Wars” entries, we are in a new age of exemplary female heroes at the multiplex, và Laureline is fully deserving of a place among them.

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“Valerian & the đô thị of a Thousand Planets” is an utter delight and one of the most gorgeous fantasies lớn hit the screen in recent memory—the kind of film that can take moviegoers logy from the usual array of craptaculars và render them giddy with its pure fun. The question, of course, is whether viewers will be willing to lớn give its weirdo charms a chance. But if you want lớn come away from a film feeling dazzled instead of simply dazed, this is an absolute must. Besides, it is almost certainly going khổng lồ become a cult favorite in a few years, so why not get in on the ground floor while you can?


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