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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
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Originally posted by: Commander Courage
Does Equilibrium count as a sci-fi film? If so, it is extremely underrated. It is so much more than the Matrix rip-off some make it out to be.

I actually thought this was a pretty bad movie, and Im pretty lax on what i consider bad. Yeah it had some cool sequances and such (that whole gun based kung fu he used was pretty sweet) but the movie as a whole i found poorly done.

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My main problem (this may have just been the actors, but i think it was based more in the script) is the amount of emotion the characters showed, even the ones that were still under complete control of the drug used to supress emotion, was way too much. The main characters 'partner' who started to 'hunt' him after he stopped taking the drug was way to emotionally involved in the persuit...he took it personally and all his responses were riddled with emotion. And he wasnt really the only one, but he was the main one. That basically ruined the whole premise of the movie for me, thus killing my suspension of disbelief and all that jazz, and ultimatly ruined the movie for me.

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-Darth Simon

I agree 100%. I thought it was an interesting premise, however the overall movie I thought was weak to say the least, and totally contradictory.