Equilibrium on Blu-ray & DVD (2002)

Equilibrium details

Formats:	15 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Emily Watson, Sean Bean, Angus Macfadyen, William Fichtner, Christian Bale, Taye Diggs
Director:	Kurt Wimmer
Genre:	Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Sci-fi - General, Fantasy - General
Studio:	MOMENTUM PICTURES
Collections:	Fight Night, Find the Joker, Futuristic Films, Master Chiefs, Mind Bending Films, Miramax, Sci-Fi Stars, Sporting Disciplines

Name	Discs
Equilibrium	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 42 minutes
Rental release:	28 Jul 2003
Main languages:	English

Name	Discs
Equilibrium	15 Feature

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	1 hour 43 minutes
Rental release:	15 Dec 2008
Main languages:	English

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Unjustly slated

By Pat Higgins from Essex, England , 14 Oct 2003

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Equilibrium received what is probably best described as 'a real kicking' from the critics upon its cinema release. The principal problem is that the central concept is unfilmable. No characters displaying any emotion at any point? Might work in a book, but on film it just won't fly. Within minutes, you'll be itching to pick it apart. Why did that character just applaud? Why did that character just raise their voice? If you can actually get past this problem, Equilibrium is an extremely good little SF flick, and I personally thought that the fight scenes stomped all over Matrix Reloaded's overblown CGI.
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Absolutely hilarious!

By MediaWeasel (26 reviews) from Scotland , 20 May 2013

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You have to ignore the obvious fails, like supposedly emotionless people registering emotions such as pride, happiness, anger and so on, but the fight scenes are so fab I laughed out loud. Bruce Lee meets George Orwell. There's no real attempt at philosophising as it's all pretty obvious, as are the attempts to manipulate the audience's emotional responses. For instance, using dogs as an emotional trigger was an unnecessarily blunt instrument unless you're an emotional cripple who needs to be hit over the head to show you you're supposed to feel something when animals are threatened. I can imagine the team sat round the desk and asked each other 'what's a universal no-no for death and torture? Puppies! Yay! A good romp nonetheless. Did Sean Bean get paid pro rata? LOL
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So so sci-fi action movie.

By Guerrilla (1 review) , 18 May 2013

Well-acted, overly serious philosophical tosh with some nice set pieces to regain one's attention. Best writing in the film came from WB Yeats, however.
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Poor man's 1984

By Highwaystar (1 review) , 06 May 2013

Sub Orwellian plot laden with contradictions and lumbering plot devices. The actors do what they can with a weak premise and poor script.
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Reasonable action; major Matrix bad copy

By a customer , 26 Apr 2013

Reasonable modern action thriller. But its just a mish-mash of 1984 and the Matrix with no original ideas. Great stuff if you don't care about all that. Avoid if you are precious about that stuff. Then again I'm reasonable precious about it and I watched it and enjoyed it. There is so little original material these days anyway...
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Very poor

By a customer , 23 Apr 2013

Very poor. George Orwell must be spinning. A film you can see being pitched, it's that transparent; '1984 meets The Matrix'. Half a star for the good fight scenes.
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