Equilibrium

Equilibrium (2002)

  • 37% of critics liked it
    (83 reviews)

  • 82% of users liked it
    (238,015 ratings)

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… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Kurt Wimmer
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Dec 6, 2002 Wide
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    Equilibrium is equal parts video game and GQ fashion spread.

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    Matrixian, Orwellian, and boneheadian.

  • Bill Muller, Arizona Republic

    This inventive, low-budget science-fiction movie stands on its own, from its bracing, ingenious fight sequences to its literate roots in dystopian fiction.

  • Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

    Borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    It's super- violent, super-serious and super-stupid.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Al S


    A masterpiece. It delivers some of the best action sequences ever made with spectacular gun battles and fight scenes. It's brilliant and exhilarating. It's The Matrix meets Minority report with more superior and superbly original vision. A great entertainment that packs a… More

  • Dan S


    A poor man's "The Matrix" mixed in with a fair dose of Orwellian culture, concerning a skilled new-age detective (Christian Bale) and how he battles to quell any feelings or emotions he has in a society that has outlawed human beings from possessing any sort of emotions… More

  • Albert K


    Action's cool for like the first 5 minutes. The production value is obviously much more slimmer then its counterpart "The Matrix" and has much less interesting plot with little to no character development. Cinematography is ugly as well.

  • paul o


    Gun Kata at its best, everything else....not so much. Its has its flaws and some may overcome it but in the end, its just a very mediocre sci-fi film.

  • xGary X


    A future society that subdues its populace with an emotionally inhibiting drug is enforced by a police force of "clerics" who execute all those accused of "sense crime". Dismissed by most upon its release as just another Matrix clone, there are superficial… More

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