Equilibrium
starring: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus Macfadyen, Sean Bean
directed by: Kurt Wimmer
directed by: Kurt Wimmer
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The matrix meets minority reportStudio: Buena Vista Home VideoRelease Date: 06/06/2006Starring: Christian Bale Sean BeanRun time: 100 minutesRating: RDirector: Kurt Wimmer
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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
The matrix meets minority reportStudio: Buena Vista Home VideoRelease Date: 06/06/2006Starring: Christian Bale Sean BeanRun time: 100 minutesRating: RDirector: Kurt Wimmer
Amazon.com:
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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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Great Action
this movie had alot of action and killing which was good. the plot sometimes seemed thin.
Rating: 
- Neo meets 1984 meets Fahrenheit 451
This movie will remind you of a lot of movies but only in part and that's the problem with this movie.It tries to do too much while not giving us enough of a background to understand or care about what is happening.The main character is a 'cleric' but that's never truly explained.The whole society seems to produce nothing so how does it survive?
In any society, if you continually gave drugs to people to suppress their emotions, it would destroy the ability to produce REM sleep. ... Read More
Rating: 
- pretty good
pretty good movie only one complaint and thats the ending that the movie had been building up to was def underplayed it ended to quickly literally the main bad guy dies in one move
Rating: 
- Belief Can Only Be Suspended So Much
Okay, giving a movie with Christian Bale in it one star really hurts me. He is a fantastic actor, with American Psycho being one of my all time favorite films ever. He's great in everything he does actually, even if the movie itself is not so good. Unfortunately, this movie is not so good, actually it's pretty bad.
I have read some of the positive reviews and it would seem as though these people have never heard of Ayn Rand. There is also a lot of comparison to the Matrix due to the theme ... Read More
Rating: - Not 1984 or The Matrix
I love this movie.Love it.It reminds me of the older sci-fi movies like Soylent Green, Rollerball (the original with James Caan), Logan's Run, Silent Running ... or even the more modern Demolition Man.
Sci-fi with a message.Fortunately for us, this one manages to cram a lot of gunfire in with that message.
Some reviewers have compared this movie to The Matrix.The are, simply, wrong.There are brooding heroes in both.That's about where the similarities stop.
... Read More
- Great Actionthis movie had alot of action and killing which was good. the plot sometimes seemed thin.
- Neo meets 1984 meets Fahrenheit 451This movie will remind you of a lot of movies but only in part and that's the problem with this movie.It tries to do too much while not giving us enough of a background to understand or care about what is happening.The main character is a 'cleric' but that's never truly explained.The whole society seems to produce nothing so how does it survive?
In any society, if you continually gave drugs to people to suppress their emotions, it would destroy the ability to produce REM sleep. ... Read More
- pretty goodpretty good movie only one complaint and thats the ending that the movie had been building up to was def underplayed it ended to quickly literally the main bad guy dies in one move
- Belief Can Only Be Suspended So MuchOkay, giving a movie with Christian Bale in it one star really hurts me. He is a fantastic actor, with American Psycho being one of my all time favorite films ever. He's great in everything he does actually, even if the movie itself is not so good. Unfortunately, this movie is not so good, actually it's pretty bad.
I have read some of the positive reviews and it would seem as though these people have never heard of Ayn Rand. There is also a lot of comparison to the Matrix due to the theme ... Read More
- Not 1984 or The MatrixI love this movie.Love it.It reminds me of the older sci-fi movies like Soylent Green, Rollerball (the original with James Caan), Logan's Run, Silent Running ... or even the more modern Demolition Man.
Sci-fi with a message.Fortunately for us, this one manages to cram a lot of gunfire in with that message.
Some reviewers have compared this movie to The Matrix.The are, simply, wrong.There are brooding heroes in both.That's about where the similarities stop.
... Read More
