Equilibrium
2002 · Movie · R · 107 min · ★ 7.1 · 37% critics
In a harsh future, a regime keeps order by forcing people to suppress emotion and punishing art, music, and feeling as crimes. An elite enforcer begins to question his role as cracks appear in the controlled world around him.
Also known as Equilibrium - Killer of Emotions
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Details
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-12-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 37/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (5,029 votes)
- Box office
- $5,368,217
- Budget
- $20,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a fast dystopian sci-fi action movie with shades of The Matrix and V for Vendetta; Not for you if familiar plots or heavy violence bother you.
Pros: exciting action; stylish atmosphere; strong dystopian hook | Cons: familiar story beats; thin characters; sometimes predictable
Themes
- martial arts
- resistance
- dystopia
- fascism
- anti hero
- totalitarian regime
- destroy
- phasing
- book burning
- outlaw
- urban setting
- government agent
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Cast & crew
Christian Bale
as John Preston
Taye Diggs
as Brandt
Angus Macfadyen
as DuPont
Emily Watson
as Mary O'Brien
Matthew Harbour
as Robbie Preston
Sean Bean
as Errol Partridge
William Fichtner
as Jürgen
Sean Pertwee
as Father
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Emily Siewert
as Lisa Preston
Maria Pia Calzone
as Viviana Preston (arrest)
Directed by Kurt Wimmer