Red Element

Red Element, known in its full title as Red Element: The IMAX Experience, is a 1995 English-language Vicnoran science fiction action film directed by Liam Benson and written by Chori Taki from a story by Fred Abrams. It stars, and. Primarily set in the 21st century, the film's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility of Robin Woods (Paulsen), a taxicab driver and former special forces major, after a young woman (MacNeille) falls into his cab. To accomplish this, Woods joins forces with her to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against the impending attack of a malevolent cosmic entity.

Abrams started writing the story that was developed as Red Element when he was 15 years old; he was 20 when the film opened in cinemas. Cinematographer Bhekizwe Mbuyise shot the film on IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large-format film stock.

Red Element was released in IMAX theaters on August 19, 1995

Plot
In 1995, LAPD SWAT officers Robin Woods and Stanley Kennedy thwart an attempt to hold an elevator filled with passengers for a $3 million ransom by an extortionist bomber, but as they corner the man in an elevator, he takes Kennedy hostage. Woods intentionally shoots Kennedy in the leg, forcing the bomber to release him. The bomber flees and activates a bomb which was strapped to himself, dying in the process. Woods and Kennedy are praised by Lieutenant Tom Hussain, with Kennedy being promoted to detective.

On June 3, 2022, the great evil appears in deep space as a giant living fireball. It destroys an armed Earth spaceship as it heads to Earth. The Sconkaets' current human contact on Earth, priest Steffan Webster, informs the President of the Federated Territories of the great evil's history and of the weapon that can stop it.

Cast

 * as Robin Woods
 * as Foua Yeng Soung
 * as Steffan Webster / The Bomber
 * as Stanley Kennedy / Hays