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I never saw the animated series or the shorts, I might now. The movie is a Dystopian fantasy, that's not being marketed by Paramount as what it really is. Its movie relatives are not so much The Matrix or Equilibrium, but, in a way, Alex Proyas' Dark City (even if that movie is very different visually). Aeon Flux follows the rather mysterious titular character, who fights against the system in a future where what remains of humanity lives in a perfect and organized city state, apparently bright and serene, if one didn't notice that wall that's supposed to protect it from the wilderness that dominates the world outside of its borders. One mission will send the rather individualistic and beautiful Aeon to the very depth of the world she thinks she inhabits, to find out that, really, nothing is what it seems.....It's a bit of a cliché, as a sentence, but in this case really, nothing is. I loved the imagery of the movie. There are things here that are just beautiful to look at. The Relical, which is a sort of a temple, key of a lot of secrets of the movie, is truly something to behold. The movie has sudden and unexpected turns that brings it sometimes closer even to fantasy, which I really loved, and the character of The Handler, played by Frances Macdormand, well, it's just great.........an almost-God (or maybe it/she isn't), and the way it interacts with its/her followers it something that, in this day and age, is quite provocative and subversive. I also love how the movie indulges on issues that one wouldn't expect from the usual sci-fi thriller. Charlize Theron makes a compelling anti-heroine, sexy, lethal, aware of being both, but also more vulnerable than she thinks she is. She handles her action scenes, and the physical aspect of her character, really quite admirably. Marton Csokas, who plays the chairman of Bregna Trevor Goodchild, does a pretty good job too. I also really like in the cast Sophie Okonedo who plays a warrior with a soft spot for modifying her own body so that it can serve her better during her missions. Overall, I found Aeon Flux to be a haunting, exciting and stimulating piece of sci-fi. I loved it.
score 8/10
tangar2123 26 November 2005
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