A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguar... Read allA dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
- Awards
- 11 nominations
- Captain Welcoming Arysum
- (as Benoit Jacquot)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere are 200 different alien species in this movie. Writer, producer, and director Luc Besson wrote a 600-page book describing in detail all the species. The actors had to read that book prior to filming so they could adjust their performances depending upon the species with whom they were interacting.
- GoofsWhen Valerian gets the 'Update' when they arrive at Alpha, Alex says that since leaving Earth the station has traveled almost 700 million miles (7.5AU), which, if true, would mean that in 400+ years they hadn't even reached the orbit of Saturn yet (which is 9.5AU from the sun), something that probes can do in under 10 years. A good example is Voyager 1, which in 40 years has traveled over 12 BILLION miles from Earth and is now in interstellar space.
- Quotes
Doghan-Dagui: We know how humans work.
Doghan-Dagui: They're all so predictable.
Sergeant Laureline: Clearly you've never met a woman.
- Crazy creditsThe subtitle of this film, City of a Thousand Planets, is an amalgam of the titles of the first two Valerian comics, "City of Shifting Waters," and "Empire of a Thousand Planets."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Alexiane: A Million on My Soul (2017)
- SoundtracksSpace Oddity
Written by David Bowie
Performed by David Bowie
(c) Onward Music
(p) Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC
With courtesy of Fairwood Music/Editer à Paris
Unfortunately I could not get past this huge miss-casting. It removes any potential tension throughout because as the viewer you feel more capable of whatever task needs to be done by the protagonists
The script is also throwaway, full of obvious plot developments and overused dialogue
What brings the rating up to a 5 is that the visuals are both very creative and abundant. There are enough fantastical monsters, weapons, architecture, worlds, space ships etc to fill a trilogy
If only Luc Besson had got a script writer and cast as good as he did for Fifth Element, he'd have another cult classic.
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- Jan 24, 2023
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- Valerian
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Box office
- Budget
- $177,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $41,189,488
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,007,624
- Jul 23, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $225,973,340
- Runtime2 hours 16 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1