In the twenty-third century, the universe is threatened by evil. The only hope for mankind is the Fifth Element, who comes to earth every year to protect the world from fire, water, earth and air. A Mondoshawan spacecraft is bringing The Fifth Element back to Earth but it is destroyed by the evil Mangalores. However, a team of scientists uses the DNA of the rest of the Fifth Element to rebuild the perfect being called Leeloo. She escapes from the lab and stumbles upon the taxi driver and train elite commando major Korben Dallas that helps her to escape from the police. Leeloo tells him to meet Father Vito Cornelius to accomplish his mission. Meanwhile, the Evil uses the greedy and cruel Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg and a team of mercenary Mangalores to retrieve the stones and avoid the protection of Leeloo. But the skilled Korben Dallas has fallen in love with Leeloo and decides to help her to retrieve the stones.