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A review by DanDare

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Written by DanDare on April 19, 2018

Set in an Orwellian Dystopian future after a nasty world war 3 in the early part of the 21st century. The population are forced to take drugs that suppress their emotions. You see emotions causes conflict and war.

However some people exhibit emotions by not taking the medicine. They want to listen to music, experience their senses by seeing artwork, read books or having pets.

These people are exterminated by clerics, an elite hit squad. Christian Bale is the best of the clerics but once he stops taking his medicine, he feels for the first time and gets into contact with a resistance group... read the rest.

A review by Gimly

80%
Written by Gimly on October 26, 2018

So there's a pretty decent chance that Equilibrium doesn't have an original bone in its entire makeup, but I still just *love *it.

Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite.

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A review by John Chard

80%
Written by John Chard on July 10, 2020

Mankind united with infinitely greater purpose in pursuit of war than he ever did in pursuit of peace.

Equilibrium is written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and stars Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson and Angus Macfadyen. Bale plays John Preston, an enforcement Cleric in Libria, a dystopian future where forms of emotional expression are deemed illegal. All citizens of Libria are required to inject drugs (known as Prozium) to suppress emotions. However, Preston misses one of his doses and starts to become emotionally conflicted about the world he now lives in.

Welcome to a dystopian wo... read the rest.

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