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www.cinema-scene.com - : After World War III breaks out in a couple years, people will be forced to live lives devoid of emotions, or so says the new film Equilibrium. To ensure that they cannot have anything emotional that might cause feelings, people are forced to get rid of all works of art and media: paintings, music, books, and, probably, movies. For a film critic, this means becoming obsolete, but it also means that humanity will be free from seeing movies as bad as Equilibrium when we get to the future. I'm tempted to say that the effect gives virtue to the cause. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''Equilibrium'' would be a mindless action picture, except that it has a mind. It doesn't do a lot of deep thinking, but unlike many futuristic combos of sf and f/x, it does make a statement: Freedom of opinion is a threat to totalitarian systems. Dictatorships of both the left and right are frightened by the idea of their citizens thinking too much, or having too much fun. more...
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3/4
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www.movieweb.com - : Here we have a case of a movie that's been out for quite a while now and yet has been ignored by such a large amount of people that it really needs to be given some positive press. It was given a cinema release here in Britain only a few weeks ago and other countries are getting it straight to video, which is a sad state of affairs when you consider that The Matrix Rehashed is receiving more praise than the love child of Mother Teresa and Gandhi even though it hasn't been released yet. more...
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4/5
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