Equilibrium
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Equilibrium description
A broad science fiction thriller in a classic vein, Equilibrium takes a respectable stab at a Fahrenheit 451-like cautionary fable. The story finds Earth's post-World War III humankind in a state of severe emotional repression: If no one feels anything, no one will be inspired by dark passions to attack their neighbors. Writer-director Kurt Wimmer's monochromatic, Metropolis-influenced cityscape provides an excellent backdrop to the heavy-handed mission of John Preston (Christian Bale), a top cop who busts "sense offenders" and crushes sentimental, sensual, and artistic relics from a bygone era. Predictably, Preston becomes intrigued by his victims and that which they die to cherish; he stops taking his mandatory, mood-flattening drug and is even aroused by a doomed prisoner (Emily Watson). Wimmer's wrongheaded martial arts/dueling guns motif is sheer silliness (a battle over a puppy doesn't help), but Equilibrium should be seen for Bale's moving performance as a man shocked back to human feeling. --Tom Keogh |
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there was a reason this film never made it to the theatres. now, i know why.
it's not a terrible film, but it just doesn't work. the action scenes aren't particularly believable, even with suspension of disbelief, they just don't ring true ... and that false note carries on through the rest of the movie, as well. everything seems forced. the plot just doesn't have a good flow. it's like a building constructed by a little kid with high-tech building blocks; nice material, but it doesn't hold together well. |
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