Equilibrium Director: Kurt Wimmer Cast: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus MacFadyen
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Features
Closed Caption; Feature commentary with director Kurt Wimmer; Feature commentary with director Kurt Wimmer and producer Lucas Foster; "Finding Equilibrium"; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound; Widescreen (2.35:1) enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Side #1 --
1. Man's Inhumanity to Man [7:28]
2. An Unfeeling Society [4:12]
3. The Prodigal Cleric [3:08]
4. A Heavy Cost [5:43]
5. A New Morning [4:52]
6. Existence and Purpose [4:39]
7. Awakening Emotions [6:42]
8. Signs of Remorse [7:59]
9. Doubting Father? [2:34]
10. A Big Mistake [9:03]
11. "He's A Sense Offender" [6:25]
12. Questions for Mary [3:17]
13. Contacting the Resistance [5:19]
14. Incineration [3:11]
15. Nothing to Hide [8:47]
16. "Not Without Incident" [5:07]
17. Paying the Price [5:42]
18. End Credits [5:53]
Editorial Reviews
A man who dares to feel finds his life in danger in this cautionary science fiction drama. In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation known as Libria rises up under the unquestioned leadership of Dupont (Angus MacFadyen). Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, The Father has decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of Prozia II, a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law; violating either regulation can be punished by death. John Preston (Christian Bale) is a Grammaton, an elite law enforcement officer who tracks down and punishes "sense offenders." One day, Preston accidentally fails to take his Prozia II, and for the first time begins experiencing emotions himself. Preston becomes aware of an underground of rebels who refuse to take their medication and have embraced art and literature, and he finds himself becoming infatuated with one of their number, Mary O'Brian (Emily Watson). Equilibrium is the second feature-length directorial effort from Kurt Wimmer, whose screenwriting credits include The Thomas Crown Affair and Sphere. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 15 and UP
What to watch out for
- Violence:
Violence and peril
- Drugs:
Sci-fi drug use
- Language:
Some strong language
- Messages:
Not an issue.
- Sex:
None
- Consumerism:
Not an issue.
What Parents Need to Know
About Equilibrium
Parents need to know that this film is violent. The opening scenes show a sense police raid, involving much shooting and death. The closing scenes are of greater violence, big explosions and more death. In between there is intermittent violence and death. Despite this, the film isn't unusually violent for this kind of movie, and the deaths aren't gory. Some younger children might be upset by the sense police's arrest and abduction of Preston's wife in front of her young family.
Families Can Talk About
Families can talk about how Preston, emotion and beauty win over the dour, controlling Librian state, yet rather than straightforward tales of good over evil, the film leads one to question these opposing concepts. Peace is surely good, but in this case evil derives from an all-consuming quest for peace, which itself breeds violence. Familes can also talk about how the importance of love, loyalty and joy abound in this film, but glory is associated with violence and destruction
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