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Aeon Flux (2006)

Director: Karyn Kusama

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From Time Out New York

In the curvy future city of Bregna, residents swan around carrying brightly colored umbrellas and exotic fruits. Naturally, this means Bregna's a dystopia; outside its walls, a virus has decimated the world's population while a Big Brother-like despot (Csokas) rules with a manicured fist. Sexy Aeon (Theron) and her squad of freedom fighters hope to bring him down. Like Barbarella, the pleasures here are purely visual: razor-sharp blades of grass and hyperreal action sequences that all seem to happen on a crisp spring morning. The performances are plastic too: When an embarrassed Pete Postlethwaite shows up in what looks like a giant rigatoni, you can only wonder what the actor said to himself in the mirror every morning.

Author: JR 2006-01-06 11:50:30

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Aeon Flux

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Director: Karyn Kusama

Cast: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Pete Postlethwaite, Amelia Warner, Caroline Chikezie, Frances McDormand full cast

Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Science Fiction, Thrillers

Duration: 93 mins

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