[DVD Review] Equilibrium

Equilibrium (2002)
Cast:
Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson, Angus MacFayden, Sean Bean, William Fichtner.
Director:
Kurt Wimmer
Genre : Sci-Fi

Ok its an "old" movie, so what?

lets the review begin ^_^

Libria, a Metropolis that ruled by a ruler known as "Father". In order to create a "perfect" society, where there are no crimes, wars, murders and other violence. All of Libria Citizen requires to use a drug (Prozium) that will erase their violence behavior and other senses, such as joy, love and compassion from the world around them. But not all people happy about the rules. So there are a Resistances that trying to fight for the freedom of senses. In orther to keep the society in place, "Father" have a special force to tackle the Resistances, the special force is call Tetragrammaton Cleric who is highly trained in Gun training and also martial arts called "Gun Kata".

First I will say, congratulations Kurt! you make a superb movie with a low budget (Estimated 20 Millions - source wikipedia). Unfortunately the movie not a big hit worldwide, or even in US market. But nevertheless this movie earn the right to be "must seen" movie of all time from me.

Secondly, Beside an ugly cover, I hate the dvd box that have quote "Forget The Matrix, This movie will Blow you Away!" . Yes it did blow me away, thats why Im reviewing the movie and become one of my all time favorite. But I must get this straight, Equilibrium can't be compare to The Matrix...

The movie have created a fighting style that was very interesting to watch (and maybe learn) called Gun Kata. Gun Kata is a combination of fighting with guns that can literally make it almost unbeatable from any angle. The action scene very well done even though not perfect. The gun fight scenes were very memorable and I can guarantee that. Christian Bale as Cleric John Preston is a right choice, he played the character very well and I guess thats why he got the role for Batman Begins (kudos to Bale).

So, I recommend to get the DVD, its under $10 now which is cool.

Overall Rating: B+
-Bezoe