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Summary: Awsome Movie
Review: I am not a person of many words; I will not summarize this movie. Here are my feelings of it. The action is second to none. There is no doubt this will become a cult classic. GET THIS MOVIE. The ending alone is worth the cost. Need I say more?
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Summary: don't miss it
Review: Don't "Forget the Matrix" as the cover says, but don't miss Equilibrium either. The last comparable B Sci-Fi movie was "Imposter". Plot: In the future, there is no war and everyone takes a drug to quell their feelings, so everyone lives in a nice orderly society. Stopping your dosage or possessing banned items warrants execution. There is an underground that fights, occasionally blowing up a pharmacuetical facility and our main character gets involved with taking on the society's high cabal. So it's kind of a cross between the movie "1984" and a B version of the Matrix (it is loosely comparable). There could have been more done with Equilibrium than this, but it's a good movie. The fight scenes are cool and at times the acting was very well done, especially on Bale's part. The same rigidity that flowed for the character of "American Psycho" comes back with this non-feeling enforcer who finds humanity and realizes he is a mass-murderer. The story is somewhat empty in that, it's difficult to believe that a whole society could be so brainwashed as to be totally drugged, obedient and willing in the first place to implement such measures, but on the otherhand if I look around these days...
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Summary: This movie rocks
Review: This movie was awsome. There is no doubt this will become a cult classic in the years to come. If you like sci-fi movies with not a ton of special effects rent this movie and then you will want to buy it. I have watched it 5 times already. The action is compareable to Blade and The Matrix. The ending will blow you away.
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Summary: One of the 10 best sci-fi films of all time!
Review: Christian Bale, perhaps one of the most overlooked talents in Hollywood today, delivers his best performance yet. As John Preston, the most esteemed "Cleric," a police-like figure whose responsibility it is to hunt down and kill those reisistance fighters who still cling to human emotion and collect relics of human culture in post-World War 3 civilization, Preston belongs to a government which firmly believes that it is our own emitions which threaten to destroy mankind. The logical conclusion is to shut these emotions out, which is acomplished through the administration of a special drug.
I don't want to summarize the plot for you, but being an employee at a major video rental chain, I see a lot of crap. And this movie had the potential to join that crap in the stinking, steaming pile of garbage movies that are produced each year without fail. But something about this picture is different. Anyone who dismisses the blending of martial arts and gunfighting as ridiculous is obviously not a true fan of the genre, since they accept such equally preposterous concepts such as harnessing the powers of three psychic siblings to tell the future of crime before it is comitted in other similar films (not naming any names). What we have here is a mix of Orwell's 1984 and Bradbury's Farenheit 451, with some Blade Runner and yes, I'm proud to admit, some Matrix-esque slickness thrown in for good measure. The result is pure energy, a film which oozes cool without overtly trying to do so. Hell, even Taye Diggs manages a convincing performance. For that alone this film deserves my rating.
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Summary: Outstanding!!
Review: I'm amazed this movie didn't make it to the big screen, it deserves top billing! Beyond the exceptional Zen, sci-fi, martial arts moves, and stunning performance by gorgeous Christian Bale, this movie has an intense message, "Uniformity at the expense of one's emotions, makes one lose what it is to be human." On many levels, this movie reminded me of Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron", Orwell's "1984", and Huxley's "A Brave New World".
This movie portrays the future as a cold, sterile, charred place, where everyone conforms to one mind, one order; under the rule of the one they call "Father". War has been vanquished but at the cost of human emotions. All emotions are outlawed, and all feelings are controlled by a drug known as Prozium. In a city called Libria, most likely the central nexus of the "one world" lives an elite force called the "Grammaton Cleric" whose sole task is to eradicate all human emotion and anything or anyone that provokes it. Those who illegally feel are called Sense-phants and they or anyone associated with them are quickly annihilated. But the state has something beyond underground rebels to worry about. For its greatest enemy has awakened, John Preston, the highest of the elite clerics, has begun to feel.
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Summary: Just check it out
Review: All right, so it is a little cheesy in certain areas, and has a somewhat weak beginning, but gee golly is it cool! If you ignore the depressing parts and the rather goofy areas, it's a totally nifty movie! I was all set to dub it as just an "okay" movie to watch when bored, until of course I got to the end. I won't ruin it for anyone, but I LOVED the ending, it just made me sooo happy and I wound up cheering for the whole darn thing. So you should definitely check it out.
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Summary: Superb Addition to the Genre
Review: This movie has everything that Matrix Reloaded should have had but didn't. The movie is set in the near, post-apocolypse future, in a world divided into sterile technology and burned out ruins. The film borrows elements from Farenheit 451, Gattaca, 1984, Metropolis, and even Logan's Run. Christian Bale's character, unlike Reeves' Neo, is someone you can truly sympathize with--self-deprived of emotions but ultimately all-too-human. He begins to struggle in a society that adopts the creedo that only man's inhumanity to man can stop man's inhumanity to man. The story is well-written and paced. The fight scenes, using what is referred to as "gun kata," are extraordinary. Also impressive are the sets and CG (limited, thankfully). While the ending is expected, it does leave the viewer asking, "Okay, what do they do now?". Rent or buy it, it's worth the money either way!
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Summary: One of the best movies
Review: This is one of the best movies in the world. It is as good or better than the matrix and it is not copying it. Its a awsome movie!
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Summary: High Quality Acting
Review: Many people may find the often slow pace of Equilibrium to be a bit tedious, but I find it to strike a good balance between the silly over the top action of the Matrix and the almost painfully slow drama of THX 1138, both films in the same vein. Of course, this draws from Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, 1984, Metropolis and countless other repressive future society stories, but it is done so with aplomb. Christian Bale's performance in this movie is downright incredible. He should have played Neo in the Matrix as he is a FAR better actor than Keanu Reeves. In fact, almost all of the acting in Equilibrium is well done. Taye Diggs plays his role very well, even flashing his teeth in emotionless fake smiles. If the story does not move you, the action will. Not only is the action superbly original and more realistic than the fly by wire act of the Matrix (more on this in a minute), but the actors performed their own stunts and had to memorize the fight scenes (watch the documentary), which certainly made their roles physically demanding. Many have argued that the "gun-kata" is silly and unrealistic, and they do have a point. But, such study is not totally from the real of realism. Anyone who has studied Japanese sword fighting learns that in order for many people to attack one person, they must be organized or else all they can do is mob him. But the man alone does not have such constraints. Add to this fact that guns create crossfire (you might shoot your comrades) and the "gun-kata" might even be plausible. This combination of ideas make it unique and an interesting study in fighting. Of course, no one can hold a candle to John Preston in the "gun-kata", but that adds to the fun! All in all, it is a highly enjoyable film, offering fresh insights into one of the most classic genres.
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Summary: Give it a try you'll be surprised
Review: Within the first ten minutes of Equilibrium I was unsure if I would like it. I found myself giggling at the Matrix style fight scene in the opening act. Wondering if it was trying to be "The Matrix" or "Farenheit 451" or "1984". And in truth it is a bit of all of these things. Pieced together amazingly well. So my giggling ceased and became slack jawed awe as the film progressed.
This movie has alot to offer. Thrilling actions scenes that have you rewinding them to watch them again.The action in this film can be described as a beautiful violent ballet. I also found the story line to be quite engrossing, the plot twists truthfully kept me guessing. And the cineamatography is beautiful as well.
I almost didn't see this movie because of the fact that I had heard it was a Matrix [copy], I'm glad I didn't listen to the critics, because I would have missed out on a fantastic film.
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