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Christian Bale, Dominic Purcell, Emily Watson, Christian Kahrmann, Sean Bean, David Hemmings, Dirk Martens, Angus Macfadyen, Taye Diggs, Sean Pertwee (több)Streaming (1)
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Valahol a 21. században, a harmadik világháború után: a megtépázott emberiség élére egy gonosz csoport áll, az Atya vezetésével. Ő és emberei totálisan betiltanak mindennemű művészeti alkotást, sőt az érzelmek átélését is. Az agymosásra egy mindennap adagolt szert, a Proziumot vetik be. John Preston (Christian Bale) az érzelemmentesítést ellenőrző csapat, a Gramaton vezetője. A hű katona még saját felesége kivégzését is szenvtelenül végignézte, majd magára maradt két gyermekével. Egy napi gyógyszeradag kimaradása azonban rést üt emlékezetében és elnyomott érzelmi világában. Mary (Emily Watson), az elfogott lázadó szavai is felkavarják. John megvívja csatáját saját lelkiismeretével és átáll a lázadókhoz. Tudja, hogy egyikükért sem fognak könnyeket ejteni... (Cinemax)
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Az Equilibrium egy szolid B-kategóriás film, amely jó látványvilággal és témával rendelkezik, de a klisék és a kiszámíthatóság miatt bukik el. Kevésbé művészi, poposabb verziója Lucas THX 1138 című filmjének, amely a fiatalabb, számítógépes játékokon nevelkedett közönséget célozza meg. Kurt Wimmer azért érdekes. Ha felnő, nagyszerű rendező válhat belőle.
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The cult status of Equilibrium has indeed remained a bit of a mystery to me, because this film cannot deny its B-movie aspects even through a poor visual aspect, which in some passages literally stinks of a cheap action film, or with the script, which does develop a very interesting totalitarian Orwellian-Bradbury plot, but at the cost of cheap twists and not very convincing replicas. Even the choreographic aspects of Equilibrium cannot match the brilliance of The Matrix, the futuristic martial arts only look good in certain moments, while sometimes it looks like an excessively accelerated pub brawl. Kurt Wimmer really isn't a great director, and the strangled budget certainly didn't help him much, so his film gives off an uneven impression, cheap moments alternate with successful ones, and good pictorial compositions are alternated by crap. I liked Christina Bale the most in the main role. He does not dazzle, but he plays his role with an overview (albeit without Reeves charisma). Overall, Equilibrium seemed to me like a promising sketch, walled up by overly flashy B-movie crayons.
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A slightly schizophrenic mix of 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Minority Report and The Matrix. Some may like it, but it doesn't work together for my taste. The beginning was promising, though, an oppressive vision of an Orwellian society, with the excellent Bale as a cleric discovering his feelings. It had atmosphere, it had depth, but as time went on it became more and more of a mess, kept afloat by the few scenes of Bale and Emily Watson together. I wish Wimmer would make a proper action flick next time, because the final action sequence was excellent. PS: My wish was granted 4 years later, unfortunately.
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Equilibrium is a sort of hybrid trying desperately to please. It would really like to be a philosophical sci-fi reflecting (not only) current affairs and at the same time eye candy full of cool things for the younger generation. In the first case, this effort leads to lame and smart sounding literality that’s enough to make you sick. There is not one originally presented thought here, or rather it has no thoughts at all. Fahrenheit 451°, Brazil and A Clockwork Orange can all continue to sit of their pedestals in peace. In this respect the creators really lost it. On the other hand, the action part works pretty well. If you take into account the movie’s low budget. Christian Bale is the only one holding everything together here with his charisma that also manages to hide his uninspiringly written character. So this is no second Matrix. Just a barely average B-movie playing hard to be something more than it is. And I don’t like that.
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A genre mix with an idea that not even the legendary 1984 managed to bring to its end. What is missing here in some passages in action, makes it better. It is a pity for the slow start, which instead of an exciting action sci-fi ride, resembled a tired post-apocalyptic story. The rest is visually attractive and intellectually engaging, on the second try even more abundant and complex.
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