Æon Flux- Beautiful, fresh presentation of a futuristic society.
- The film presents and tackles interesting concepts.
- Charlize proves once again that she's a chameleon and she impressively performs all her own stunts (although, sadly, some of her better stunt work was cut and some of it can be seen in the stunts featurette).
- I loved the consistent theme of "not everything is as it seems."
- The contrasts of good/evil, ethereal father/mother figures were beautifully presented.
- Some of the characters lack depth and some of the editing is a little fast paced (specifically with the action sequences) but you can blame that on the studios who cut 30 minutes from the film.
Overall, an original sci-fi film with wonderful visuals (including seamless blending of practical and CG environments) and an intriguing story. It's peppered with bizarre nods to the animated series but is more "realistic." It is a sci-fi at its core but it ends up being so much more, touching on different genres and balancing them out beautifully.
This is a film that gets a lot of undeserved hate and I will even go so far as to say it is underrated.
8/10
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