Film: Besson at his best - and worst
The more Besson stuffs in, the emptier Valerian feels
Cinema
Valerian & The City of 1,000 Planets 3D: Directed by Luc Besson, Nationwide, 12A,Rating:***
The Farthest: Directed by Emer Reynolds, Nationwide, PG,Rating:*****
The summer sci-fi blockbuster goes deliriously over the top in Luc Besson’s hallucinogenic Valerian & The City of 1,000 Planets, a €200 million 3D visual effects extravaganza adapted from Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières’ 1960s comics. A propulsive, unapologetically shambolic plunge into every science fiction cliché ever minted (all of ...
