If you loved The Last Battle, try Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Last Battle

1983 · dir. Luc Besson

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017 · dir. Luc Besson

What they share

Both films are directed by Luc Besson, and they sit in Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Last Battle, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is

Space station Alpha, a marketplace hums. Valerian and Laureline track a dark force through alien bazaars and virtual reality clubs. Luc Besson stages sci-fi spectacle on a grand scale.

If you loved The Last Battle, try Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

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What they share

What Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is

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