Equilibrium
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In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics largely dismissed Equilibrium as a derivative raid on dystopian classics — Fahrenheit 451, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brave New World — without adding much of its own. The film sits well below the midpoint of critical opinion, yet audiences have consistently rated it far more generously, making that gap the defining fact of its reputation.
“Equilibrium would be a mindless action picture, except that it has a mind. It doesn't do a lot of deep thinking, but unlike many futuristic combos of sf and f/x, it does make a statement.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Kurt WimmerDirector
Christian BaleJohn Preston
Emily WatsonMary O'Brien
Taye DiggsBrandt
Angus MacfadyenDuPont
Sean BeanErrol Partridge
Sean PertweeFather
Matthew HarbourRobbie Preston
William FichtnerJürgen
Dominic PurcellSeamus
David HemmingsProctor
Christian KahrmannOfficer in Charge
John KeoghChemist
Klaus BadeltComposer
Dion BeebeCinematographyEquilibrium
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics largely dismissed Equilibrium as a derivative raid on dystopian classics — Fahrenheit 451, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brave New World — without adding much of its own. The film sits well below the midpoint of critical opinion, yet audiences have consistently rated it far more generously, making that gap the defining fact of its reputation.
“Equilibrium would be a mindless action picture, except that it has a mind. It doesn't do a lot of deep thinking, but unlike many futuristic combos of sf and f/x, it does make a statement.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Kurt WimmerDirectorChristian BaleJohn PrestonEmily WatsonMary O'BrienTaye DiggsBrandtAngus MacfadyenDuPontSean BeanErrol PartridgeSean PertweeFatherMatthew HarbourRobbie PrestonWilliam FichtnerJürgenDominic PurcellSeamusDavid HemmingsProctorChristian KahrmannOfficer in ChargeJohn KeoghChemistKlaus BadeltComposerDion BeebeCinematographyStream
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