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AEON FLUX / Karyn Kusama (2005)

December 3rd, 2006 by Scott Marks

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Æon Flux (2005)

Directed by: Karyn Kusama

Written by: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi

Cast: Charlize Theron,Marton Csokas,Jonny Lee Miller,Sophie Okonedo,Frances McDormand,Pete Postlethwaite,Amelia Warner,Caroline Chikezie,Nikolai Kinski,Paterson Joseph,Yangzom Brauen,Aoibheann O’Hara,Thomas Huber,Weijian Liu,Maverick Queck

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Based on characters created by Peter Cheung for the hit MTV animated series, Aeon Flux follows in the shallow footsteps of Barbarella, Logan’s Run, Ballistic: Sever and Ecks, and any other Sci-fi film that looks as though it were shot in an industrial park and/or shopping mall. Paramount took a pass on a critic’s screenings and ten minutes in it the reason became blindingly clear. This thing is unwatchable! Set four-hundred years in the future, Charlize Theron stars as a Monican soldier at war with the totalitarian government’s Good Child regime.

Aeon establishes a logic-free universe where anything can happen at the filmmaker’s behest. It is the type of film where about two-thirds of the way through, one character turns to another (and subsequently the audience as well) in an attempt to explain everything that just took place. Theron looks great in the costumes, especially in the first action scene where a black leather number is topped off by a Hitler hair-do, so why not wait and peruse the layouts in upcoming fashion mags.

In my review of North Country I expressed concern over this film being a hit and luring an exceptional actress over to the money-lined dark side of comic book movies. No chance. I’ll watch Catwoman a hundred times before ever stepping into this again. At least that had plenty of unintentional laughs. Advice to Ms. Theron – In the future, cross the street every time you happen upon a comic book shop.

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆


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