Equilibrium

[Anarky]

Whoo, I just love watching movies, especially good ones.

In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. When he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it.

An amazing movie. Really. It was produced with a very low budget and remained sort of in the shadow of "The Matrix", but that movie is awesome. It bears a lot of references to 1984 and features awesome stunts. I mean, really awesome. Apparentlym there were no wires used for all the stunts.

What I really liked about the movie was that there was no sex-scene, which seems to be a must in a lot of US-movies these days. And Preston himself never says something like "Oh, I feel now, how cool is that?". You actually get to see the emotional transformation he goes through in a very impressive way.

I highly recommend this movie to people who like sci-fi and good shooting-sequences, especially because of the Gun Kata (a fighting style especially created for this movie).

And, as usual, to conclude: some impressions