MTV Aeon Flux - The Complete Series (Animated) (DVD)

Aeon Flux - enthralling

Advantages: GREAT stunts and special effects, Theron looking stunning!
Disadvantages: Some of the characters lack the depth that would make them engaging

gorgeously fitting tight leather, who works for a rebel group trying to avenge a set of mysterious deaths. I do not wish to ruin the film for you lot so that's all I'm telling you!. SPECIAL EFFECTS The special effects are what make this film really stand out for me! There are some really beautiful and stunning scenes and the film starts with a brilliant one where we see the kick ass awesomeness of Aeon Flux, who's assassin-like skills are demonstrated by her ability to catch a fly with her eyelashes!! CHARACTERS The main character of Aeon Flux and one of her sidekicks is developed quite well and their dialogue together is actually quite good but the peripheral characters lack the depth which could have made this film quite special. SPECIAL FEATURES The special features on the DVD are not bad either! There are a fair few features ...

mkkreuk 29.09.2007 · Read full review
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Not enough flex in the flux

Advantages: Decent enough in places; Theron's wardrobe!
Disadvantages: No oomph at all; more like an episode of a TV series than a film

I've been putting off watching Aeon Flux for a while, although I'm not too sure why. It probably had something to do with the negative feedback it gained after promising so much. Adapted from a sci-fi series in the early 1990s and starring Charlize Theron, who is usually on fire on screen, I was surprised when it got slated, but last night, with the wife round at a friend's house and son William tucked up in bed, I thought I'd give it a go. The plot is far fetched, but then it's sci-fi fantasy. In the year 2011, a virus kills 99% of the World's population. Dr Goodchild creates a vaccine, and takes the remaining 5 million inhabitants to a safe location to try and reconstruct humanity. 400 years later, the Goodchilds have continued to run the government and improve things, but now there is a small gang of fighters known as the Monicans ...

pmcds 22.01.2009 (13.02.2009) · Read full review
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Aeon Flush

Advantages: It won't make its budget back
Disadvantages: Where do I start?!?

Charlize Theron with this pile of cack. Apparently she damaged her neck while doing the stunts for this movie; if only her pain had been worthwhile. I've seen trees less wooden than her performance here. It's hard to believe this is the same woman that poured heart and soul into making Aileen Wournos human in "Monster". She manages to make Aeon Flux even more two-dimensional than her animated incarnation. She spends most of the film staring blankly into the middle-distance, occasionally speaking in a flat monotone and failing to engage the audience. She can't even make a kiss with her real-life fiancé Stuart Townsend look convincing. Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo gives a sulky, constipated performance as Aeon's multi-handed sidekick Sithandra. She's never given enough to do and one gets the feeling her stunt double spent more time on set than ...

afy9mab 07.04.2006 · Read full review
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