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Summary: one of the best movies
Review: I cannot recommend this movie enough. The plot is about a utopian society, similar to the novels Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and 1984, (forget authors name). This is a great movie, for me, especially, since I've read brave new world, and wished there was a movie about it, or similar, that did it justice. This movie is perfect. The suspense is very tense, and the drama also. The actors do a great job in the movie, and everything gives you the feeling of a unfeeling society. The plot is great, the suspense and action just keeps building up as the story goes along, the main character is at first very stern, and uncompassionate, but as he slowly realizes how wrong everything is, he becomes admirable. Instead of just all of a sudden going against the government, he slowly starts doing things differently, and this makes it more believable. Usually when i go see movies, i yell at the main character to do something when something goes wrong, in this movie, he always does what you want him too. Everytime a action scene comes up, its incredibly exciting, me and my brother were shouting cause we loved it so much. It's a great action movie, a great suspense movie, and a great drama movie, and a great sci fi movie, all in one. It's, in my opinion, the best movie out right now. When i read on the cover "better than the matrix" i didnt believe it, but it really is. It's as thought provoking, maybe even more so, than the matrix, and it doesn't need slow mo bullets and incredible special effects (although the effects are great, especially the city design, and the pale blue atmosphere of the movie)Oh, and for all you slamming it for the "dog scene".. that scene adds to the drama, because it may seem silly him being that attached to a dog, but that is because he was never attached to ANYTHING, and the dog appeals to him, and stands for much more than just a dog in that scene. Any critic who slams this movie is an idiot. This movie made me appreciate reality a lot more.
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Summary: As Original and Entertaining as the 1st Matrix
Review: I still can't understand why I never saw this movie in the theaters. I was totally surprised of the visual and mental revelations that were made. Equilibrium presents us with the (very plausible) idea that humankind have figured out how to finally maximize our societal obsession with efficiency. I won't say how, but the idea is realistic and startling. There are enforcers for the system, as played by Christian Bale, and their job is to ensure the continuation of the society. They are expert gunfighters who are sent to the toughest battles. The action sequences will blow you away. Not only are they incredibly artistic and original but they are down right cool and will stun any action-movie junkie. All-in-all the movie is AMAZING!!!!! It's number 4 on my list of ALL TIME BEST MOVIES beat out only by GLADIATOR, MATRIX, and CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON. p.s. Don't let the last one scare you, I know it's not for everybody :).
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Summary: Blew me away!
Review: It's a shame this movie wasn't advertised better. I only saw it because the movie I originally intended to go watch was sold out. The fighting scenes are some of the best I've seen without becoming overly unreal. Christian Bale's performance is intense and brilliant; his character radiating an aura of deadliness. It probably wouldn't be fair to compare Equilibrium to The Matrix, but I'll compare leading actors: Christian Bale is a delight to watch compared to Keanu Reeves. When I watch Keanu's performance in Matrix I can't help but feel I'm watching a male model (with all the associated connotations) given the power of god and told to go save us all. Keanu looks cool, but the guy is one-dimensional as an actor.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This is one of the greatest sci-fi action movies ever!!!!!
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Summary: super
Review: Very nice film, especially the action scenes. Also I liked combat figures. If you saw the matrix series and you liked them, I2m sure that you will like this movie.
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Summary: A Great Film
Review: A very good movie. This is an awsome action flick that deals with the necessity of human emotion, and it pulls it off. In a futuristic totalitarian government of the world, humans must take a pill that voids them of emotion or "feeling". This is done for the effort of stopping the fourth world war, yes the fourth, because the third has already happened. Those who do not conform face death at the hands of the elite law enforcers called "Grammaton Clerics" who use a deadly form of martial art involving two pistols and a set of mathematically coordinated movements that optimizes the fighter. this martial art is caled "Gun Kata" which is a unique new action capability that captures the possibilities of future combat. This movie easily competes with "The Matrix" without using the new bullet time cliche. And, contary to popular opinion, there is not a gun fight over the rescue of a puppy dog, though a puppy dog is involved, it is completly justified. This movie kicks off when one of the Grammaton Clerics stops taking medication and finds out just how valuble human emotion really is. A good performance by Christian Bale and an amazing, if short, performance by Sean Bean
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Summary: Excellent movie
Review: I had never heard of this movie until I saw it and I thought it was great. The action sequences aren't cheesy like most movies, they're very nicely coreographed and executed; everything is just so precise. They also didn't resort to the cheesy bullet time stuff that the Matrix uses so much (while the nifty graphics in the Matrix are cool, the fact that they're almost all CG takes away from their value). If you like 1984/Brave New World and a Matrix-type story line without the religious innuendo, this is a great movie for you.
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Summary: this movie is rubbish
Review: The premise is flawed and the movie is boring. Unfortunately I can't give it anything lower than 1 star. The action sequences are not very good at all in comparison to the Matrix. So even these, as a potentially redeeming factor, in the end leave the viewer unsatisfied. I don't know why there are so many reviews here giving this movie 5 stars. It doesn'tt deserve such a high rating at all. I rented this movie and am glad I didn't buy it. it certainly would not lend itself to repeated viewings. if you must see it, rent it instead.
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Summary: Great for any action/sci-fi fan!
Review: This time is the not-so-distant future, after a third world war. The place is a city called Librium. The status quo is that all persons are no longer allowed to feel emotions, the reasoning is to prevent their dark emotional desires to fight and cause another world war. To supress their emotions, all persons must take a regular dose of Prozium (opiate?) which causes emotional vacancy. Also all forms of music and art, and anything which conjurs human emotion are illegal. Christian Bale plays Johnathan Preston, aka "Cleric", whose job is to uphold the law and find "sense-offenders." Along the way he begins to think he can feel emotions again, and he eventually stops taking his Prozium. Soon he begins to work against the status quo and tries to help the underground "sense-offenders". The plot in this movie is nothing too original, but it is a valuable metaphor. What is outstanding in this movie, is the action and fight scenes. The gun battles are excellently done and well choreographed, there is also enough action to satsify an old-school John Woo (Hard Boiled, Killer) fan! Christian Bales performance is also outstanding, if you are a fan of his (he's the new Batman!) this movie is worth a watch. The rest of the casting is also pretty good, except I don't really agree with using Taye Diggs as the emotionless, new partner of the Cleric. Overall this movie is well-done and not too well-known, so if you haven't seen it and you are an action, sci-fi, or any other type of movie fan, I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: I must say, this is an excellent filmed movie and I'm disappointed in not seeing it come out in the cinemas.
(compared) to the matrix, I myself and my friends liked this one better, though I'm not saying they are the same, the matrix is completly different in storyline and plots than of Equilibrium.The storyline is great though not original but well enhanced :P The film is a mix of Orwell's 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and the old Metropolis. Based in a ruined dystopia world where art, music, literature, emotions and anything expressional are the causes of mankinds trouble (war love and hate) and are prohibited in the totalitatian state of Liberia which control the people with injections of prozium to make them into unemotional working zombies for Big brother who has his Grammaton Clerics busting down sense offenders who oppose the states tactics and laws. The gun fights (gun kata) is the first I've ever seen in years in action flicks and Theres also some nice quick sword-fighting aswell. An excellent low budget film that should of made it on the screen and gotten I recommend this film to all my friends
It will blow you away ;)
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