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Aeon Flux is an assassin trying to undermine a Utopian society where almost the whole population has died from some disease and everyone else lives in a perfect city. It's predictable that the wall around the perfect city is going to end up getting partially destroyed so people can go live on the rest of the planet.
It ends up that everyone is a clone and they are trying to have children naturally but this is already happening and those people are being killed by a mystery figure who is revealed at the end. That might sound like I have spoilt most of the plot there but far from it, theres a lot more plot and its extremely complex too.
I truly wanted to like this. It's a little too complex to make any sense in the amount of time it's presented in. I watched the DVD version & I get the feeling it's been edited to hell & beyond. You get the feeling this was supposed to be lots longer (especially seeing as there are 4 hours of bonus features on the DVD).
The film looks brilliant visually, but you can't sell a film on visuals alone. It turns out this was based on a cartoon (which I've never seen) so I wondered how much they were trying to remain true to the original concept. Charlize Theron looks incredible, her costumes certainly make the most of her figure and body. Pete Postlethwaite is pitifully underused. I like the locations and set designs, but the plot and storyline are a bit deep and hard to follow.
I think I only really understood the film as I watched it with the writers commentary on at the same time which explains a lot of things you may not otherwise get. Johhny Lee Miller is playing a bit too Americanised along with Paterson Joseph. Just because it's a Hollywood picture there was no reason they couldn't have retained their English Accents.
Very weird film that does look great, has a bit of a weak ending and relies a little too much on visuals and action sequences to carry it. Could have done with a much better explanation of the plot and been simplified a bit more.
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Like the animated series its based on,Aeon Fluxis the kind of sci-fi thats best ... more
appreciated by the MTV generation. Its a serious attempt at stylized, futuristic action/adventure (the titlecharacter, played by Charlize Theron, is essentially a female Ja...
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Like the animated series its based on,Aeon Fluxis the kind of sci-fi thats best ... more
appreciated by the MTV generation. Its a serious attempt at stylized, futuristic action/adventure (the titlecharacter, played by Charlize Theron, is essentially a female Ja...
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Expertly Trained. Ruthlessly Efficient.Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron stars as Aeon ... more
Flux, the underground operative fighting totalitarian rule in 25th-century Earth's last living city.Aeon is the rebels' best hope of overthrowing the oppressively...
Advantages: GREAT stunts and special effects, Theron looking stunning! Disadvantages: Some of the characters lack the depth that would make them engaging
mkkreuk 29.09.2007 (29.09.2007)
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