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Sat up with a sick baby last night so I watched Equillibrium:
Sci fi movie set in a future where emotions are regulated by drugs, so there is no hate, greed, jealousy etc. But all the positive emotions are gone as well. Christian Bale stars as the main character, he's a member of an elite police force called the "clerics" who keep the peace and track down and kill "sense offenders" which is pretty much anyone who feels emotion. They're trained in "gun kata", a martial arts style that uses firearms, basically Matrix/Hong Kong cinema style gun-fu stepped up a notch. When he misses a dose of his medicine though he starts to feel and things get interesting (and bloody). Sean Bean has a small part, he dies of course, he's such an awesome actor but directors feel the need to kill him off in every movie he's in for some reason. Its basically an action movie, Christian Bale's character is BADASS and the gun fights are amazing. But it has a thoughtful aspect to it as well, its kind of a mix of 1984 and The Matrix. Has some plotholes and the message is pretty heavyhanded but overall thoroughly enjoyable, 4/5
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