Week 9: Equilibrium

Delivering awesome high-tech action in the power-packed style of THE MATRIX and MINORITY REPORT, EQUILIBRIUM stars Christian Bale (REIGN OF FIRE) and Taye Diggs (CHICAGO) in a thrilling look at a future where the only crime is being human! In an attempt to end wars and maintain peace, humankind has outlawed the things that trigger emotion -- literature, music, and art. To uphold the law, a special breed of police is assigned to eliminate all transgressors. But when the top enforcer (Bale) misses a dose of an emotion-blocking drug, he begins to realize that things are not as they seem! Also starring Sean Bean (THE LORD OF THE RINGS) and Emily Watson (RED DRAGON).

"Equilibrium is easily the best movie we’ve seen so far. Batman whoops ass like no one else. If I was creating a super team based on the list thus far, John Preston would be my Captain America (for those wondering, Lloyd Christmas would be my Iron Man, Boxer Santaros would be The Hulk and Janeane Garofalo would be Thor ). Also Christian Bale and Taye Diggs have the best fight scene ever."

5 / 5 thrusters and 1 stinky red ribbon

"It was a good apple commercial. Trade the sledge hammer for guns with baby bayonets on the butt and the headband-touting-jogger for a fat Machinist Neo. In this Gun-Fu shoot em up, Neo saves his wife, saves the girl that reminds him of his wife, saves the lives of countless bodyguards, saves the criminals from execution, saves his friend, saves a cache of priceless paintings, saves a dog. In an interesting twist, Neo joins the priesthood (but they are ninja-clergy). Working in the Deco-Do-Hexa-Hedron, there’s some serious priest on priest action to be seen! (spoiler) Someone brings a gun to a sword fight…idiot.  BTW – Neo vs. Big Brother: Close quarter gun fight is truly one of the coolest fight scenes I’ve ever seen."

4 / 5 thrusters and an “ohhhhhhh gooood for you”

"I really enjoyed the movie.  The most influential character in the toppling of the evil regime would have to be Muffins. If not for those loving puppy kisses who knows what would have happened."

4/5 thrusters 

"I liked this movie, especially since the romance portion wasn’t too heavy handed.  Some of the fight scenes turn out other than expected; poor Taytay bit it in half a second, Christian sliced the smug smile right off his face. Best character was his son the secret badass, second best character was Jeneane Garaffalo as muffins."

3.7/5 thrusters

"What is it with Sean Bean always dying in the first 5 minutes of everything I see him in? This movie was billed as 1 million times better than the Matrix and while I thought this movie came out before the Matrix – it didn’t – it came out 3 years after it. It’s a millionth as good as the Matrix, it’s a poor man’s Matrix, it’s just the Red Lobster of Matrix movies. However, Muffins (Batman’s dog) stole the movie and I look forward to the sequel – Equilibrium 2: Revenge of Muffins."

2.5/5 Stars