Equilibrium
Can I Borrow This?
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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| title: |
Equilibrium |
| purchase date: |
13-10-2006 |
| publisher: |
Alliance (Universal) |
| published: |
20-05-2003 |
| price: |
CDN$ 19.95 |
| net Rating: |
4.5 |
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| fullTitle: |
Equilibrium |
| features: |
NTSC |
| currentValue: |
CDN$ 14.11 |
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182479760 |
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ca |
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DVD |
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B00008UZPD
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