besson weak film by a mile and a totally unconvincing portrayal of joan life and france at that time . the plot struggle to develop a you feel the film go round in circle . it a mixed bag of mystical nonsense and ineptly perform political machination and gratuitous gore . if youre hop for battle scene reminiscent of braveheart forget it . besson attempt to tell a grand scale story with unsatisfying small scale scene and there be little tension after the opening . and the beautiful cinematography and taught direction so typical of his previous film be in little evidence here . milla and a joan and be hopelessly out of her depth a she squeak her battle cry to the army in her command ( she be mildly irritate in besson fifth element and she a royal pain in the neck in this ) . perhaps the only intriguing episode in the film be the arrival of her conscience play by hoffman a kind of quasi zen buddhist master mirror her selfishness . indeed this would have be all the more intriguing if the script have make more out of the aura and holiness around joan in her attempt to deliver jesus message to the english in a fervently catholic france .