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Information
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 107 min.
- Director
- Kurt Wimmer
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rating *
- 7.4
- Votes *
- 243,758
- Checks
- 16,275
- Favs
- 1,151
- Dislikes
- 237
- Favs/checks
- 7.1% (1:14)
- Favs/dislikes
- 5:1
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Siskoid
Equilibrium is one of those grand dystopias like Farenheit 451, 1984 and Gattaca - and it may remind you of any of these - but it has its own message. In the world of Equilibrium, emotion has been outlawed, and agents known as Clerics are tasked with finding those who aren't taking their meds and destroying the emotion-inducing works of art they hoard. Christian Bale is perhaps the best Cleric that's ever been, but when he misses a dose by accident and starts to feel, he turns against the regime. So it's about self-medication and desensitization, and while I wouldn't call it an iconic SF masterpiece, it is at least a solid entry in the genre. The marketing seems more geared towards action fans, and it does have some of the sweetest gun fu I've ever seen. 8 years 9 months ago -
