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Equilibrium

Equilibrium (18-Oct-2002)

A law enforcement official in a dystopian society rebels against his superiors.

ABSTRACT
The year is 2072. Libria, a totalitarian state formed out of the ashes of the Third World War, maintains a firm grip over its subservient populace through the banning of any and all "emotionally-stimulating material" and acts of free expression. Those who dare resist Libria's strict regulations are branded "Sense Offenders", arrested on sight, and sentenced to death by incineration. Enter John Preston, a high-ranking Librian law enforcement official responsible for administering punishments to "Sense Offenders"; when the normally-compliant officer misses a dose of Prozium, the drug responsible for keeping the Librian population pacified and in check, he suffers a classic crisis of conscience, driven to revolt against the regime after his freed mind opens up to thoughts of political liberalization.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Christian Bale	Actor	30-Jan-1974		The Dark Knight
Sean Bean	Actor	17-Apr-1959		Boromir in Lord of the Rings
Taye Diggs	Actor	2-Jan-1971		How Stella Got Her Groove Back
William Fichtner	Actor	27-Nov-1956		Agent Mahone on Prison Break
David Hemmings	Actor	18-Nov-1941	3-Dec-2003	Blow-Up
Angus Macfadyen	Actor	21-Sep-1963		Braveheart
Sean Pertwee	Actor	4-Jun-1964		Equilibrium
Dominic Purcell	Actor	17-Feb-1970		Prison Break
Emily Watson	Actor	14-Jan-1967		Angela's Ashes
Kurt Wimmer	Screenwriter	9-Mar-1964		Equilibrium

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 20-Jun-2005)

Really good bad movie. A great melange on the dystopias in 1984 and Brave New World, the entire populace drugs itself daily to completely suppress all human emotions. Mr. Bale plays an enforcer who hunts down people who are maudlin collectors of kitsch and art... People who apparently abandon their drugs to feel emotions, and wind up primarily feeling nothing more than a helpless loss. All forms of self expression that convey emotional reactions are banned on pain of death. So it does for "Precious Moments" collectors what Logan's Run did for 30 year olds (or 21 year olds, if you refer to the book.) It's not a bad movie because it's derivative, it's a bad movie because Bale's character first crosses the line from enforcer to criminal because he's ordered to destroy a Newfoundland puppy (yes, pets are emotional triggers and are therefore verboten) and he just couldn't do it. Oh, and because it uses gun-kata, the idea that the choreographed rapid pointing and shooting of a gun (in a fashion completely disconnected from the locations of the people you're shooting at) is more effective in a gun fight than... uh... aiming your weapon. But there are a lot of good bad fight scenes and lots of good cheap use of East Berlin cityscapes (the epitome of dystopia.)

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