Best Science Fiction Film Round 2b: The Fifth Element (7) vs Akira (39)

[Chris]

The Fifth Element
Release Date: 7 May 1997 (France)
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker
Plot: In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.



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Akira
Release Date: July 16, 1988
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Cast: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida
Plot: A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
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[Kairi HoHo]

You can say Akira is the Holy Bible to me when it comes to Anime I gotta stick to it till the end.

 

[Chris]

Went with Akira as well tbh

 

[Marty McFourth]

Akira not really my thing tbh, I rewatched Fifth Element recently and it holds up pretty well.

 

[Keith]

Fifth Element. Good visuals, and a fun romp of a film. Found Akira overrated. Much prefer Ghost in the Shell.