Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

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Gregory Beautiful special effects. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/07/21 Full Review Hughe J Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was released in theatres in 2017 and stars Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevigne, Clive Owen, Rihanna for some reason, and Ethan Hawke. The movie was written, directed and funded by Luc Besson, and his wife was the producer. It was based on a French comic book that is largely unknown in the United States but is apparently popular in Europe. The movie is set in the 28th century where a huge international and multi species space station is pushed away from the Earth due to it's size. It's home to over 3000 species and has it's own police force which include DeHaan's character of Valerian. They are sent to find some kind of thingy that threatens the station but then learn of a rare space creature that can process energy or something from a world whose people were killed off. Valerian and Delevingne are then involved in all kinds of crazy alien fight scenes and chases on different ships and locations. The plot was sort of convoluted for me and there were way too many CGI characters and too few people. The two main actors had zero chemistry and didn't act very well but maybe that was due to all of the green screens. I had no idea what was going on most of the time and the film really dragged on too long. Honestly the best part of the movie was the first five minute opening with the creation of the space station. Visually it was impressive, but there was little substance below the surface. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/13/25 Full Review Carole A. A great escape and lots of fun. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/09/25 Full Review Kaleb B. Small Summary—- This movie was super good. One of the most unique movies I’ve ever seen. Very similar to like, certain aspects of guardians of the galaxy, ready player one, and stuff like that etc. There’s 2 secret agents that are sent on a mission to retrieve an animal. The last of its species. This species ends up being the only one capable of giving power that another species needs to survive. They go through many different difficulties, almost drowned, attacked, lots of action, they go through battles in space, there’s soooo many different species and futuristic technology. Hard to say much about the plot without spoiling it, but amazing movie. Great watch. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/29/25 Full Review Helene S bonkers but so unique and creative. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/26/25 Full Review Omar F What was everyone thinking back then? This movie is absolutely mind blowing. The cinematography is stunning and full of life. The aliens and character design are wild and beautiful. The storyline is insane yet deep, with real character growth and great chemistry between the actors. The soundtrack goes hard too. Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne shine as Valerian and Laureline. Clive Owen, Rihanna and Ethan Hawke add so much personality and style. It is such a tragedy that hardly anyone ever talks about this movie. Everyone should give Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets a second chance. One day people will look back and realize it was a true sci fi gem. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/25/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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