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It is not blood. It is a substance that reveals the presence of evil force, a condensation from surrounding air combined with some sinister force that is making it look that horrendous. It is there to remind that this force has a real presence and that the closer you are to it, the darker the reality becomes.

In reality, it is chocolate (Hershey's) sauce.

Former Special Forces Major Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), currently working as a taxicab driver in the 23rd century, is more than surprised when an orange-haired woman calling herself Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) suddenly falls into his cab. Engineered to be "perfect", Leeloo is actually a divine creature placed on Earth to deflect "the Great Evil", an interdimensional weapon that comes to Earth every 5,000 years with the sole purpose of destroying all life in the Universe. Korben and Leeloo, together with Father Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm) and interstellar radio personality Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker), must retrieve four elemental stones in order to trigger the fifth element that will defeat the Great Evil. However, ruthless businessman Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman) and his team of mercenary Mangalores are also searching for the stones, and they will stop at nothing to get them.

The Fifth Element is based on a screenplay written by French film director Luc Besson and American screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. However, the film was subsequently novelized as The Fifth Element: A Novel (1997) by Terry Bissen.

Right before the leader of the Mondoshawan opens the secret chamber in the temple he says that "...war is coming, stones not safe on Earth anymore." He probably means that, given the year of 1914, that the Great War might spread to the region where the temple stands and the secret chamber and the stones could be discovered. Additionally, World War II is in the future, barely 20 years hence, when Nazi Germany would seek to seize control of Northern Africa, as would Fascist Italy, whereby the temple could be destroyed during that time as well.

Albanian opera singer Inva Mula. The selection she sang was from the Italian opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" Act 3, Scene I ('Il dolce suono mi colpi') by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti.

No one was credited for these roles, and there's no clear evidence as to who was used. However, some have speculated that it was Jill Mullan, who is credited under Other Crew for "special thanks" and she has since been credited on imdb for the role. Others have suggested that Finger sounds like Bill Nunn or Vin Diesel but neither of these have been confirmed. Luc Besson dismissed that it was Vin Diesel and stated it was a friend of Bruce Willis that provided the voice of Finger.

Tom Kane voices Mr. Shadow.

The film suggests love, whilst the filmmaker elaborates further: "The film, for me, was something far more intimate, centered on this fifth element, which represents life, love and art. A sort of model, a reflection or mirror, a way of exploring how to live better with others and with oneself. In peace." - Luc Besson, in The Adventure and Discovery of a Film: The Story of The Fifth Element