Equilibrium (DVD)

...radar so when I watched Equilibrium (2002) the other evening I had no idea what to expect. I had never heard of the director, Kurt Wimmer but the main cast was fairly recognisable with the likes of Christian Bale, Sean Bean and Emily Watson. The film set in a post World War III world where in order to prevent another war the cause of war is punishable by death - that is to have and display emotion. The focus of the film is John Preston (Christian ...
...law enforcers, deadly killing machine and summary executioner) with the very best intuitive mind -in other words he knows what you are thinking and knows if you are feeling - who begins to question the very law, government (a kind of post modern fascist dictatorship which uses elements of Kung Fu meditation and fighting in its rule and enforcement, which brainwashes and sedates the population and removes by wanton destruction anything which may stimulate ...

Suzela 14.09.2007 · Read full review
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*Personal comments* When it is an Orwellian tale, uplifting and self affirming? When it's not an Orwellian book at all, but a Kurt Wimmer film that wants to be. And that is my main problem with this film, because despite being a thoroughly good action film, and with some surprisingly wry comments on our society today, it still has too much of a vision stolen from other sources, for it to be accepted as a gem in its own right. *Scene setting* A ...
...of the future, dim and bleak and grey, where you are nothing more than a grey blur moving along in shapeless accord with the passing scenery. A small beep sounds and you raise a rather nifty injector and inject some golden liquid into your neck. "Now why would I do that?" you cry in disbelief. "I know drugs are wrong." Ah but drugs aren't wrong here. *This* drug suppresses the emotions which spark humanity to war. The hatred, the anger, the violence, ...

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...the dictatorship that is ruling Equilibrium with an iron fist? Will he join the resistance and fight for whats right? Will he hide his emotion and continue to enforce the laws and commands that he now knows to be wrong? I'm not telling you, you will have to watch the film. Equilibrium is one of those films that makes you think. Would a world devoid of emotion be worth living in? Is there any point in living if you are unable to feel, to love, to ...
...heavy? Wouldn't you rather live with the threat of war than give away all the things that make you the person you are,the things that make life so wonderful? We are very quickly introduced to the cold, hard, killing machine that is John Preston. A man with no scruples, I mean come on, he kills his own partner, for reading a book. He is the sort of character that we all take an instant dislike to. Christian Bale is excellent in his portrayal of this ...

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Somehow I have managed to miss this film every time it has been shown on TV, but I finally remembered to put it in my Sky Planner so it came on automatically when it was shown on Film Four earlier this week. It has been a film that I have wanted to watch for quite a while, so I made sure that I watched it, no matter what else I had to miss in the process! The film is completely intriguing to me. The ideas within it are completely fascinating, and ...
...experience in our lifetime. The film is set in the 21st century, although we are not given a specific year, and it takes place sometime after a World War III and Earth has we know it has changed unrecognisably so. We are told of a country that doesn't really exist, which is called Libria. This is the place that the film focuses on and where the film takes place. In a nutshell, the story of the movie is that feelings in humans have been eradicated, ...

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...set in an unlikely society, Equilibrium challenges the boundaries of human existence and the reasoning of being afforded a vital emotion. Picture the scene….. …….the group of men talk to each other hastily in the derelict room, the fear in their voices painfully obvious as they hear the Clerics advancing stealthily in the background. Suddenly the lights go out and the door is kicked down, leaving a shimmering jagged bolt of light piercing the eerie ...
...not seen since the Matrix, Equilibrium dares not only to push the bar higher in high-octane fighting, but also without a huge amount of computer generated graphics which is admirable. Christian Bale (previously in American Psycho) stars in this underrated and largely un-promoted gem of an action film, set in the future in an almost parallel universe and one, which has done away with the emotion of “feeling”. This in turn creates a dystopian society ...

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...enjoyed it a great deal. Equilibrium is set in a fictional place called Libria. There is no crime, war or rape as a result of the emotion-numbing drug called Prozium. It represses all emotion and despite the good benefits, it sacrifices emotions such a love, kindness, friendship, sadness or guilt. Everyone in Libria takes the drug daily at the same time each day. When a Grammaton Cleric (Christian Bale), the highest position in law/order enforcement ...
...offence' i.e. feeling, misses his dose by accident, he begins to encounter minute feelings. The viewer follows the journey made by Preston, the Grammaton Cleric, through his ability to deal with his emotions. I won't say too much more as I may give plot points away - the journey is a very interesting and exciting one. For a film that bases its selling point on a city without emotion, it intrigued me that I felt so much attachment and emotion towards ...

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...However, the actual story to Equilibrium is very much different. not only that but it has an entirely different feel and pace from The Matrix. If you watch this film, you will come away thinking of it as a good, enjoyable film with a very good standard of acting, but nothing particularly spectacular. Don't get me wrong, this is a superbly unique and inspiring film that definately pushes to the top of my list and is one that I will definately watch ...
...down in the history of groundbreaking films. My final words to you are this. If you hated The Matrix and don't like such films, then you probably won't be too enthralled by this. But for everyone else, you should definately try and see this film. It is not to be missed! ...

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...brought to our screens. Equilibrium is meant to be set in the not to distant future after the happenings of World War 111. In response to this war the government have devised a law to prevent such a catastrophe from ever reaccuring again. In short the government has outlawed the human quality most likely to give rise to future conflicts.....emotion. To stop emotion from ever arising in any human again the government lead by the higher power only ...
...rigerous regieme of injecting them selves with a drug know as "Prozium". The government, led by the Tetragrammaton leader known simply as Father, has declared it illegal, that anything that stimulates human emotions such as art, music, poetry, even wallpaper and snow globes has to be destroyed. To stop the population of Libia (the city that was left after the war) breaking the law the government has introduced a new class of police. These guys go ...

JamesBrock 22.05.2003 · Read full review
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...over the world etc. Equilibrium is a superb film. The plot is well thought out but not head-shagging, it shares qualities with other sci-fi films but I can't think of a completely original sci-fi film, unless you go all the way back to films such as "Planet Of The Apes". The Soundtrack provides added feeling and grace to the action sequences and the rest of the film, director Kurt Wimmer exploits this well. Equilibrium is a underated treasure ...

DarkMark 26.06.2003 (03.07.2003) · Read full review
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...directed by Kurt Wimmer (Sphere), Equilibrium is a story set in the future. John Preston (Christian Bale) is a cleric in Libria. Now what is Libria and what is a cleric? Libria (a country / city; I am not sure), led by the 'Father', has a new method to control people, to create a utopia - by suppressing people's emotions. In order to stop war, hatred, jealousy, murder etc, emotions are altogether suppressed - at the sacrifice of happiness and love. ...
...fixed intervals to suppress their human nature. And what are clerics? They are high ranking 'policemen' who seek out the sense offenders (people who don't take their doses of Prozium and decide to rebel against the Father's Will) and properties which might evoke emotions (i.e. paintings, music, literature), and destroy them. Preston is an extremely good cleric and one of the highest ranked of them all. His partner, Errol Partridge (Sean Bean), turns ...

immortal_pheebs 10.07.2006 · Read full review
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...his partner (Taye Diggs)? Equilibrium is a film that must be enjoyed with an open mind. The fight scenes are a wonder to behold (fight technique 'gun kata'), and if you watch them with the knowledge that actor Christian Bale nailed many of them on first take, then all the better. They didn't have an enormous amount of money to make this film, some parts were rushed due to these constraints but the end result still makes for a wonderfully engaging ...
...be somewhat closer to understanding it's draw. The most important aspect of this film however, is the cast. Christian Bale's portrayal of a man coming to terms with emotion so suddenly, is captivating and further cements the proof in my mind that he is one of the finest actors of his generation. Another cast member that must be mentioned is Sean Bean. It's a small part, but he certainly makes it his own. An actor of his calibre has the ability ...

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General Plot This is a great film set in the post WW3 world, in a place called "Equilibrium". As a result of all the fighting a leader known as "father" has decide the best way to stop future war and fighting is to ban emotions. A drug is administered to all people which stops all human emotions in the form of a quick and easy injection. This seems to be working fine except from a small number of people who rebel and live underground, away from ...
...Preston (Christian Bale) is a top member of the Grammaton Cleric, a new form of police who's task it is to find these "sense offenders". Anyone who ceases the dose and begins to feel emotion again will be incinerated after being interogated for information (nice)! After John Preston has to terminate his partner for such an offence he is paired up with another who believes himnself to be the next best thing to take over from Preston. When Preston ...

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The world is ruled by a figurehead known only as the father. After a devastating third world war what remained of the human race sought to eradicate the source of our strife. Emotions were singled out as the source of our inhuman actions. The new order created the grammaton cleric, an army with the sole purpose of ensuring that emotions remained surpressed with an iron fist. Art, literature and music are all illegal. However when Cleric John Preston ...
...emotions he sees the world in a different light. Soon its apparent a man trained by the order itself is the last hope of stopping it. Equiliberium is one of those movies that seemingly escapes bad reviews but never gets great reviews. It slipped under the radar almost, i didnt think it was worth going to see. When I actually watched it I was very pleasantly surprised. Don't get me wrong its not going to win any oscars or break new ground but it ...

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Equilibrium - Starring Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Sean Pertwee, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, William Fichtner, Angus MacFadayen. PRICE... I found it at Amazon.co.uk for £12.59 on DVD and for £10.39 on VHS. This is one film I was not that bothered about renting or buying for that matter, but my other half turned up with it for £8. So I settled myself down with my bottle of wine and bag of crisps to watch it with him. To my amazement it was very good, ...
...The title was changed to Equilibrium which means balance. Equilibrium was filmed on location in Berlin, Germany. It's runtime is aproximately 103 minutes. There is a lot of action and shooting in this film. Bale is excellent, he is trained to the extreme and nobody can outshoot/fight him, this is where the films reminds me of the Matrix, but I think these scenes are better than the Matrix, and last mutch longer. It is a great combination of the ...

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The movie is really good. The action is fantastic. A futuristic dictator has suppressed war events by destroying Art, Culture, Music, etc. and turned people into drones and working machines for him. To do so, they are periodicaly fed with dozes of Prozium, which is a mind altering drug which supresses all the emotions coming insid a person. Cleric John Preston who is a highly ranked officer who is supposed to destroy the ones who do not abide by ...
...and starts to become shakey. He starts to feel uneasy and slowly he realizes that hes started to feel emotions. He decides to stop taking the drug and feels that life without emotions is completely useless. He feels father of such kingdom should be stopped before he ruins the whole country. In this way he accidentally meets the people who are hiding from the clerics. He discoveres a whole underground network of the people who are working against ...

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