| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Christian Bale |
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| Taye Diggs |
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| Sean Bean |
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| William Fichtner |
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| Mathew Harbour |
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| Emily Watson |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Adventure |
| Director |
Kurt Wimmer |
| Producer |
Jan De Bont |
| Writer |
Kurt Wimmer |
| Studio |
Disney / Buena Vista |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
107 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| A broad science fiction thriller in a classic vein, Equilibrium takes a respectable stab at a Fahrenheit 451-like cautionary fable. The story finds Earth's post-World War III humankind in a state of severe emotional repression: If no one feels anything, no one will be inspired by dark passions to attack their neighbors. Writer-director Kurt Wimmer's monochromatic, Metropolis-influenced cityscape provides an excellent backdrop to the heavy-handed mission of John Preston (Christian Bale), a top cop who busts "sense offenders" and crushes sentimental, sensual, and artistic relics from a bygone era. Predictably, Preston becomes intrigued by his victims and that which they die to cherish; he stops taking his mandatory, mood-flattening drug and is even aroused by a doomed prisoner (Emily Watson). Wimmer's wrongheaded martial arts/dueling guns motif is sheer silliness (a battle over a puppy doesn't help), but Equilibrium should be seen for Bale's moving performance as a man shocked back to human feeling. --Tom Keogh |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
9 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single side, Dual layer |
| UPC |
786936181081 |
| Release Date |
4/6/2004 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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