Equilibrium 2002

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 107 min

genre: science fiction

theme: science fiction action

director: Kurt Wimmer

Score: 7 / 10

Equilibrium is a 2002 American science fiction action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer, and starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, and Taye Diggs.

Plot

Libria, a totalitarian city-state established by survivors of World War III, blames human emotion as the cause for the war. Any activity or object that stimulates emotion is strictly forbidden. Those in violation are labelled "Sense Offenders" and sentenced to death. The population is forced to take a daily injection of "Prozium II" to suppress emotion. Libria is governed by the Tetragrammaton Council, led by "Father", who communicates propaganda through giant video screens throughout the city. At the pinnacle of law enforcement are the Grammaton Clerics, trained in the martial art of gun kata. Clerics frequently raid homes to search for and destroy illegal materials – art, literature and music – executing violators on the spot. A resistance movement, known as the "Underground", emerges to topple Father and the Tetragrammaton Council.

Cast

More details

author	Kurt Wimmer
director	Kurt Wimmer
editor	Tom Rolf William Yeh
events	revenge revolution
genre	action science fiction
keywords	arrest begin emotional breakdown force gun fu gun kata hide katana kill law enforcement manufacturing plant meet plan read single father totalitarian totalitarian state turn uprise video screen w. b. yeats world war iii
musicBy	Klaus Badelt
producer	Jan de Bont Lucas Foster
productionCompany	Blue Tulip Productions Dimension Films
publisher	Miramax Films
recordedAt	Berlin Europa
theme	atonement dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction action security and surveillance