A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
In the twenty-eighth century, space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and his partner Sergeant Laureline (Cara Delevingne). They are assigned by the Defense Minister (Herbie Hancock) to retrieve the last species of converter in a dangerous mission. They succeed and back to Alpha, unknown humanoids abduct Commander Arun Filitt (Clive Owen) expecting to steal the converter. They head to a forbidden area that is infected, but Valerian and Laureline follow them and disclose a hidden secret about the race and the infected area.Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Early in the Big Market mission, Sergeant Laureline (Cara Delevingne) waves at the Kyrian alien guard in the tower with a Vulcan salute, before shooting and stunning him. Vulcans are a fictional extraterrestrial humanoid species in the Star Trek universe; their salutatory hand gesture was popularized by the series Star Trek: The Original Series (1966). See more »
Goofs
When Valerian breaks through Gate 81, he begins "falling in space". This is not possible, as there is no gravity in space. Even if Alpha was large enough to create gravity, he would not fall. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
President of the World State Federation:
[broadcast appearance]
The Alpha intergalactic space station has reached critical mass in orbit. Its weight and size now poses a serious threat to mother Earth. In its great wisdom, the Central Committee has decided to use all resources necessary to release the space station from Earth's gravity. Its new course is set with the Magellan Current. Like the great explorer Magellan, the Alpha station will journey into the unknown. The symbol of our values and knowledge, it will carry a ...
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Crazy Credits
The subtitle of this film, City of a Thousand Planets, is an amalgam of the titles of the first two Valerian comics, "City of Shifting Waters," and "Empire of a Thousand Planets." See more »
Stomp & Swing
(Guy Barker (as Guy Jeffrey Barker))
Performed by Guy Barker (as Guy Jeffrey Barker)
(p) & (c) Bruton Music Ltd
With courtesy of Universal Publishing Production Music France See more »
Most reviews have referred to the lead actress in physical terms...she is hot, but a horrible actress, in fact the acting was about B movie level overall...with the exception of Clive Owen.
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Most reviews have referred to the lead actress in physical terms...she is hot, but a horrible actress, in fact the acting was about B movie level overall...with the exception of Clive Owen.