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Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams. So according to this movie, the future society is a large group of people who lack any emotion due to the usage of a drug called Prozium. Anything that could possibly evoke an emotional response has been outlawed and those caught with any such items are basically put to death. The main problem here is what happens if someone stops taking the drug, the supply somehow runs out or the immune system develops immunity to the drug? A society based on a wonder drug can only be sustained through perfect conditions, which we all know through experience, life is far from perfect. So basically there is an inherent flaw within the system to start, so why is anybody surprised when it starts to fail? It is that flaw that irritated me throughout this movie. After the third world war, a governing council called "Grammaton" was formed to police emotion and curb a forth world war which society would be able to survive. The council was founded by a man known only as "The Father" and located in the city-state of Libria. Grammaton Cleric Preston, considered to be the best cleric or law enforcer, was on a routine resistance hunt when he encountered a woman named Mary O'Brien. She challenged his notions of feelings. After missing a scheduled dose of the drug Prozium, which keeps emotions subdued, he began to question the nature of the world order. He now wonders if giving up the very thing that makes us human, our emotions is worth maintaining status quo and "Equilibrium." Visually this is a very stark movie with the occasional scene with the "sense-offenders" or people who feel" and their contraband to add color. The fight scenes were impressive and it was a great blend of martial arts and gun fire in what is called "Gun Kata" It is nothing to over-the-top with wires or anything like that, just some intense fighting. Christian Bale (BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT) as John Preston is great of course. This is another role that shows his ability to be cold, calculating, emotionless and still come out the hero in the end. Taye Diggs (30 DAYS) as Andrew Brandt seemed a bit to emotional for his role. I am not sure if that was intentional or a directorial mistake, but in either case it just didn't work for me. Angus Macfadyen (KILLER WAVE) as Vice-Counsel DuPont was the same, but for good reason. Emily Watson (CRUSADE IN JEANS) as Mary O'Brien should have annoyed me, as she does in most of the movies I have seen her in. For some reason she did the opposite in this movie. She was strong and challenged Bale's character both physically and mentally. Plus, for some reason, I kind of realized that she is pretty easy on the eyes as well. I have about a thousand other things I would like to write about this movie in this review, but everybody would get bored (if they haven't already) so I will wrap it up. My two beefs are that when given a solution to the worlds problems people will fight it if it means they can't have bright clothes, flashy cars, loud music and feel sad/happy all of the time, and that the system was working just fine so Preston would have most likely gone along with it to his dying days if this were real. Still it was a great movie in story, cinematography and style right up there with Blade Runner. email this review to a friend
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