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“After World War 3, the world decided the only way for humanity to survive is to ban art and emotion. Inhabitants must take their daily "dose" of drugs that prohibit …”
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A broad science fiction thriller in a classic vein,Equilibriumtakes a respectable stab at aFahrenheit 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), butEquilibriumshould be seen for Bale's moving performance as a man shocked back to human feeling.--Tom Keogh

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Cast: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, William Fichtner, Mehmet Kurtulus, Angus MacFadyen, Emily Watson, Sean Pertwee, Taye Diggs, Mike Smith, David Hemmings, Dominic Purcell, David Barrass, Klaus Schindler, Matthew Harbour, Maria Pia Calzone, Christian Kahrmann, John Keogh, Brian Connelly, Anatole Taubman, Oliver Brandl, Francesco Calabras, Daniel Lee, Dirk Martens, Emily Siewert, Alexa Summer, Florian Fitz, Brian Cook, Brian W. Cook, Kurt Wimmer

Director: Kurt Wimmer

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Date: December 6, 2002

MPAA Rating: R

Screen Writer: Kurt Wimmer

Runtime: 1hr 47min

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