Equilibrium (2002) Review
April 20th 2010 19:01
Slick futuristic movies with gunfights in them became a staple in the post-Matrix pre-Matrix Trilogy world. Filmmakers jumped at the chance of capturing the same thrills that the Matrix had. Sadly, it takes more than bullet-trails and long leather trench coats to make a movie that captures the
same magic “The Matrix” had, (it's mediocre Sequels have proven that) films like “Art of War” bragged about their special effects and “Matrix style action” but were abysmal pieces of Hollywood tripe that are better off forgotten. Just taking a glance at Kurt Wimmer's 2002 spectacle “Equilibrium” it's easy to mistake it for a brainless matrix clone, but it's not. It's an amazing Matrix clone.
“Equilibrium” tells the story of a world that has rebuilt after an undisclosed apocalyptic event. We don't know what this event was, but we do know it was humankind's fault, as the new regime in charge determined it was man's out of control emotions that caused all the trouble and started giving the public a drug called “prozium” (A combination of Prozac and Valium, two popular mood drugs) to eliminate all emotion. Not stopping there, the government goes as far as destroying everything that may cause an emotional reaction, including paintings, music, video games, fancy food, even forcing people to cover up their windows so they can't see the potentially nice view out of their windows.
A ruthless government organization, The Gramaton Clerics, are the men in charge of seeking out “Sense Offenders” who horde paintings, music, and other contraband. John Preston, expertly portrayed by the steely Christian Bale, is a Cleric so hardcore that he turned in his own wife for sense offending and claims he “Feels nothing” about it. Due to a freak accident, John Preston misses his meds and winds up hit with a wave emotion he doesn't know how to deal with. A memorable scene has the tough as nails cleric is driven to rebellion to defend a puppy he found among a stockpile o
f contraband, where he would've blown the thing away without hesitation if he'd been on his pills [ Click here to read more ]
I've always Hated this poster, but the movie is great despite the bad graphics,
The Gun Kata in action is somthing everyone should see at least once
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