Equilibrium (2002) 8/10

Starring : Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus Macfadyen, Matthew Harbour, Sean Bean, Sean Pertwee, William Fichtner
Director : Kurt Wimmer
Running Time : 103 mins

In an Orwellian future where people are given drugs to stop them feeling emotions as a method of preventing conflict, a lone Cleric name John Preston (Bale) finds himself starting to sympathise with those criminals who won’t take their meds and makes the conscious decision of aiding the underground in destroying the totalitarian regime under which they live.

This was a surprisingly good movie, which for some unknown reason has been compared to The Matrix despite having little or no similarities. This was, in many ways, actually superior to The matrix, with a clear plotline and actual direction to the plot, and some nice unexpected twists. Bale plays the emotionless Cleric well, and the supporting cast did a great job on the whole.

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