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Equilibrium (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 80 Fresh: 29  Rotten:51 Average Rating: 4.7/10
 
Consensus: Equilibrium is a reheated mishmash of other sci-fi movies.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Synopsis: In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Clerick John Preston (Christian Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist... In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Clerick John Preston (Christian Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist these rules. When he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it. -- © 2002 Dimension Films [More]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs, William Fichtner, Emily Watson

Director: Kurt Wimmer
Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 10, 2004

[DVD Details]
  • Equilibrium
  • Delivering awesome high-tech action in the power-packed style of THE MATRIX and MINORITY REPORT, EQUILIBRIUM stars Christian Bale (REIGN OF FIRE) and Taye Diggs (CHICAGO) in a thrilling look at a future where the only crime is being human! In an attempt to end wars and maintain peace, humankind has outlawed the things that trigger emotion -- literature, music, and art. To uphold the law, a special breed of police is assigned to eliminate all transgressors. But when the top enforcer (Bale) misses a dose of an emotion-blocking drug, he begins to realize that things are not as they seem! Also starring Sean Bean (THE LORD OF THE RINGS) and Emily Watson (RED DRAGON).
  • Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
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    3/5

    Enjoyable hogwash.

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    04/21/03
    Adam Smith
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    3/4

    You could rant at me for hours all the reasons it sucks, and I'd probably agree with most of them -- but the point is, I had fun.

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    04/02/03
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    The dumbest view of the future I've seen (and, reader, I survived John Travolta in Battlefield Earth).

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    02/25/03
    Rich Cline
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    What a dumb, fun, curiously adolescent movie this is.

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    An engaging ride, with some quicksilver moves.

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    It only adds unneeded celluloid to an increasingly tired genre!

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    01/24/05
    Dennis Schwartz
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    C’est un film qui rivalise avec les plus gros blockbusters hollywoodiens. Je l’ai trouvé beaucoup plus satisfaisant que The Matrix Reloaded.

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    12/16/04
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    ... Equilibrium is one of the better action/sci-fi movies of the year ...

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    01/06/04
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    If you were disappointed by recent sci-fi actioners like Terminator 3, then you’d probably be pleasantly surprised by this underappreciated movie . . .

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    09/18/03
    James O'Ehley
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    D

    Wimmer delivers the already labored story with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.

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    09/06/03
    Josh Bell
    Las Vegas Weekly
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    50% homage to the classic science fiction touchstones and 50% damn solid in its own right.

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    4/5

    Apesar de obviamente inspirado em Matrix (para não citar 1984 e Fahrenheit 451, entre outros), o filme convence graças ao interessante dilema emocional de seu protagonista e às intensas coreografias das seqüências de ação.

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