Oscar winner Christian Bale leads this 2002 action sci-fi as a star enforcer for a totalitarian government that makes its citizens take a drug which suppresses emotions. Art, books, music, and any displays of affection are strictly banned. However, when the enforcer misses a dose of his drug, the lingering emotion sends him on a path of revolution and redemption.
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If someone left "1984," "Fahrenheit 451," "Brave New World," "Gattaca" and the Sylvester Stallone potboilers "Judge Dredd" and "Demolition Man" out in the sun and threw the runny glop onto a movie screen, it would still be a better picture than Equilibrium, a movie that could be stupider only if it were longer.
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An unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously, "Equilibrium" sports a mix of "Matrix"-like chopsocky and cautionary Big Brother-isms ripped directly off the old "Fahrenheit 451," "THX-1138," "Brave New World," et al. block.
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Flashy, "MATRIX"-style action sequences trump ideas; it's hard not to feel you've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story.
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"Equilibrium'' would be a mindless action picture, except that it has a mind. It doesn't do a lot of deep thinking, but unlike many futuristic combos of sf and f/x, it does make a statement: Freedom of opinion is a threat to totalitarian systems.
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Equilibrium is available to stream in Australia now on Apple TV and Prime Video Store.
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