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Aeon Flux
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Charlize Theron |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Paramount Pictures |
| Web Site: |
www.aeonflux.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Leave them at home. |
| Date Movie: |
Leave them at home
as well. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
There is a scene
and Aeon is in a bunch of skimpy and tight outfits. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Lots of killing,
but only the PG-13 kind. |
| Action: |
Lots of running
and chasing. |
| Laughs: |
Nah. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Nothing really. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
None stand out. |
| Directed By: |
Karyn Kusama |
| Produced By: |
David Gale,
Gregory Goodman, Gale Anne Hurd, Gary Lucchesi |
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Aeon Flux
A Movie Review |
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The only thing I could come up with, as I sat there
watching "Aeon Flux," was that I’ll bet it looked a lot
better on paper. The story was okay, Charlize Theron looked
good, although I didn’t like her hair, but in the end, the
movie just didn’t seem to click for me, and not having seen
the animated series from which it was based, I don’t know if
it was even supposed to. Anyway, here’s the basic story…
It’s 400 years from now and most of the human population
was wiped out, well, about now, due to a way wicked disease.
To save the world, some scientists came up with a cure, then
built this walled-in city, kind of a Utopia, where all is
supposedly well, although all really isn’t. Lately an
underground movement has been afoot to overthrow the
Goodchild family (they’re the ruling brothers, who helped
develop the original vaccine). It seems the underground folk
are becoming increasingly concerned that some citizens just
seem to disappear, for no apparent reason, and it is time to
take action. Spurring on this is Aeon’s, I believe her
niece, being mistaken as a spy and killed by the government
folks. Aeon now has nothing to live for but a mission, and
as it turns out, her mission is to assassinate Trevor
Goodchild (Marton Csokas), one of the ruling brothers. She’s
ready to do the deed, but then starts finding out certain
things, and suddenly she finds him more important to keep
alive, and he quickly realizes that you can’t always trust
your siblings.
As the story plays out, and I won’t ruin the "surprise"
that explains the Utopian world, Aeon is now on the good
side of Trevor, they have to escape, then get back in, she
has to jump on an airship which holds all of the secrets of
the world, and Sithandra (Sophie Okonedo), a dudette with
hands for feet, goes from being Aeon’s ally, to Aeon’s
nemesis, and back to Aeon’s ally, thanks to some weird
telepathic powers that the underground warriors have
developed.
So, what did I find wrong with the movie? I don’t know,
maybe it was because Aeon was just too cold of a character.
Her only emotion was really one of gloom, even in times of
discovery, and her narration just proved droning. The action
sequences were alright, but I suppose the other issue I had
with the movie was that I wish movie folks would quit doing
the "We shoot and kill lots of people yet since we don’t
actually show them getting shot and killed and don’t show
blood, well, we can still get the PG-13 rating to get the
kids" thing and just make the movie an R movie. Aeon had
skimpy outfits, but pretty much screamed to run around naked
a couple of time, they could have had better quality kills
by being R, and could have used dialogue that might be more
appropriate, although maybe vulgarities don’t exist in a
Utopian society. That, or maybe they should have really done
this movie as an animated movie rather than live action, and
just kept it true to the original roots of the movie.
"Aeon Flux" wasn’t horrible, but it seemed more like two
hours rather than the hour and a half running time it
actually had. It’s 2 stars out of 5 for "Aeon Flux." Would
have been better rated R.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |