FREE: The Fifth Element Ultimate Edition 2 DVD Set

Extras: Disc 1:

On the first disc is the Fact Track, which comes in your choice of English, Spanish, or Portuguese. This is essentially a subtitle option that plays overtop of the film itself (disabling any other subtitle options you might choose in the process) and displays some interesting trivia and factoids about the film and those who made it as the movie plays. This track should prove to be of marginal interest to fans as it covers all manner of odd little facts and trivia bits. It gives some background information on some of the effects work, which segments were shot in Africa compared to what was shot in a studio.

Disc 2:

The Visual Element: Essentially a featurette that runs 18:24, this segment takes a look at how the look of the film was developed and then created on camera. There's some interview footage with a few of the artists who worked on production designs and character sketches. This piece also details some of the background and influence that some specific French comic books had on the vision for the film and the look that Besson wanted for the movie.

The Digital Element: The featurette for this second segment clocks in at 9:46 and focuses on how a lot of the digital effects were created and composed for the film by Digital Domain. Containing interviews with a few of the technicians who orchestrated a lot of this work, this piece also features some interesting 'green screen' footage as well as some behind the scenes shots.

The Star Element: This section contains three featurettes – on a piece for Bruce Willis (4:19), Milla Jovavich (12:45) and Chris Tucker (4:16). Each one of these segments contains an interview with its respective subject, all of whom give their version of how the ended up cast in the film, and how the feel about the movie and their work in it. Jovavich in particular, who gets an interview almost three times longer than those awarded Tucker and Willis, discusses her initial enthusiasm at being cast as a lead in a Besson (to whom she ended up being married to for two years) film at the tender age of twenty one years old. This section also contains different screen tests for Milla Jovavich, in which her character does look a little bit different compared to how she looks in the finished version.

The Alien Element: The most interesting of the segments contains a featurette for each of the main alien beings in the movie. The Mondoshawans (8:11), The Mangalores (9:45), The Strikers (3:03) and Picasso (4:15). Also contained in here are three screen tests and two outtakes for The Mondoshawans, and one test and one outtake for The Mangalores. This section does a very good job of filling us in on how these creatures came to be and why some of them were used in the film more than others were. For people who enjoy make up effects footage and special effects footage, these are interesting little snippets of how they make it happen, and sometimes why they don't.

The Fashion Element: This is a 7:44 minute look at the fashion design work that renowned French designed Jean-Paul Gaultier did for the film, and how he thinks working for the silver screen differs from working for the runways of Paris. Gaultier, in an on camera interview, discusses his work on the movie and some of the themes and ideas that were running around in his head that he wanted to get up on the screen in his designs. This section also contains three test footage segments for Leeloo's character and one for Korben Dallas.

The Diva: While not part of the 'Elements' section, it more or less follows the same format. This section contains a featurette running 16:13 and which contains the first on camera interview that Maiween Le Besco has done on her work in this film. She discusses some of the difficulties involved in the shoot, some of the technical issues, and some of the more personal memories she has of the film (she and Besson were engaged while this film was shooting and the two of them have a child together). Also in this section are two general outtakes, a third outtake from the Opera House scene, and some make up test footage for The Diva.

Rounding out the extra features is a nice photo gallery consisting of twenty five different variations on the film's poster art from different international marketing campaigns, and trailers for Leon – The Professional, The Forgotten and Mirrormask.