Should you watch Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets?
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Film · 2017
In the 28th century, Valerian and 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 City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
The sides of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Two agents in a city of a thousand species
- A virtual market in the desert
- A people who lost their planet
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is good for you if…
- you want colourful, crowded alien worlds.
- you like a huge space station full of species.
- you like a dazzling opening montage.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is bad for you if…
- you'd rather skip the flirting. Valerian keeps asking Laureline to marry him.
- two hours and a quarter is a lot for your evening.
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