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Years ago, the Critical Drinker did a video on the film The Fifth Element in which he said it is so weird you either love it or hate it. It is not the story or the characters that make it polarizing but the general weirdness. That came to mind watching the 1974 science-fantasy film Zardoz. The film is so weird it is impossible to look past the weirdness while watching it and if you are not a fan of weird, you will hate it.

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