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Set 400 years in the future in a world where humans have nearly been wiped out by a virus and the remains of mankind live in a city encased in a protective bubble, Aeon Flux, an acrobatic superheroine...( read more 
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MCT:September 26, 2008Not terrible, some inventive action sequences and interesting set design, but it still feels like a weak effort at a movie.
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MCT:September 19, 2008While critics praise Kidman's and Hugh Grant's terrible and silly romance craps,this wonderful film gets only 11% by rotten tomatoes!So,don't ever listen to the critics!This movie is just great!
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MCT:September 8, 2008
This could have been a really good film. Based on the comic strip but it is lacking in the feel or style. The storyline is patchy and has u wondering if the writer or director had any idea of this before making this
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MCT:September 7, 2008
Its my kind of movie, my kind of genre, i should have liked this, and on paper i would have...but hey, i just didnt.
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MCT:September 7, 2008This movie had a lot of good special effects, but it was not that great of a movie. Charlize Theron was ok, but she did looked grea in this.
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MCT:August 26, 2008
I'll never understand why studios sometimes choose to withhold films from critics. The lack of advance screenings of Aeon Flux establishes an expectation that the film is likely to be tough to sit through. It's the studio's way of throwing in the towel. It's a declaration of "no confidence." Imagine my surprise, therefore, to discover that Aeon Flux is not a bad movie. Okay, it's flawed and isn't a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but it's perfectly watchable, especially if viewed on a low-risk medium like DVD. And it's better than about 1/3 of movies for which distributors hold advance screenings.
Aeon Flux is a science fiction adventure film that includes a lot of intriguing ideas, some of which are left underdeveloped. The script, credited to Phil Hay & Matt Mandredi (based on Peter Chung's MTV animated shorts), doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be smart enough to appeal to serious-minded movie-goers or dumb enough to appeal to popcorn-munchers (apologies to those who straddle both categories). So it vacillates and, ultimately, that becomes its undoing. However, except during a few routine action sequences that fail to raise a single nape hair, Aeon Flux is never uninteresting.
Some day, someone is going to make a great feature about cloning. The Island wasn't it, and neither is this. But both films pose some intriguing options that, if properly developed, could result in an eye-opener of a motion picture. Aeon Flux transpires in the year 2415. For 400 years, since 99% of the human race was wiped out by a virus, mankind has been living under the protection of the Goodchild regime in a walled city surrounded by the untamed wild. The population is static. There were 5 million survivors of the global plague in 2011, and there are 5 million men and women in 2415.
As is the case with any totalitarian government, there are rebels. Viewing their predicament as "having traded freedom for a gilded cage," their goals are to disrupt the accepted order and kill the ruler, Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas), and/or his second-in-command brother, Oren (Jonny Lee Miller). The most dangerous of the rebels (who call themselves "Monicans") is Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron). Along with her sidekick, Sithandra (Sophie Okonedo), she accepts any mission offered by the Handler (Frances McDormand, wearing an outrageous red wig that makes her look like the spawn of Raggedy Ann and Heat Miser from The Year Without a Santa Claus). When her beloved sister, Una (Amelia Warner), is killed by government forces, Aeon seizes the opportunity to assassinate Goodchild. But what she learns once she penetrates the Citadel changes her perspective about everything.
Aeon Flux has a strong cast, including Oscar winners Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand, and Oscar nominees Sophie Okonedo and Pete Postlethwaite. Despite that, there isn't a good performance to be found. Everyone appears to have had the life sucked out of them. They're doing the minimum necessary to collect their paychecks. Theron apparently put all of her efforts into doing her own stunts (she was seriously injured during filming), leaving little opportunity for emoting or delivering convincing dialogue. She flips and flops like a circus pro, and some of her costumes don't leave much to the imagination. Nevertheless, it's tough to develop a strong allegiance with a character when the portrayal is bland.
Early in the film, there's a nice action scene featuring pods that spit darts and grass that might cut the lawn mower (rather than the other way around). After that, the "exciting" stuff becomes routine: running around, blowing things up, shooting, etc. The ideas underlying Aeon Flux's plot are the film's strength, and the filmmakers deserve some credit for doing more than paying lip service to them. Director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight) has a sense of visual flair. Many aspects of Aeon Flux's look could have been derivative, but are not. In truth, although it would be difficult to laud this movie as being anything stronger than mediocre, it is superior to what one would reasonably expect from something Paramount was trying to keep under wraps. -
MCT:August 26, 2008
Everyone seemed to hate this movie! =[ Wish they'd give it a chance, its a good movie idea and the film is good. =]
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MCT:August 21, 2008have it. digg it. spectacular indd in this film. the design is KILLER COOL. Charlize is bad[-assed. Love Clive.
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Ĉon Flux (Chalize Theron) is an assassin-member of the 'Monicans', an underground rebel organization led by The Handler.
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MCT:August 11, 2008
It's a good movie with good concepts. It's about a woman assigned to assassinate a Chancellor and finds out that mankind had been replicated, due to an event in their past; they are all clones. It's a good and futuristic movie. I'd recommend it.
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MCT:August 3, 2008
it's interesting movie, not a ordinary SF story, Virus thing killin population is very old , but in this movie cloning and that small city they livin' looked coool,
and girl with hand insted og her legs he hee that was funny part :P
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MCT:July 29, 2008I went to sleep on this movie... I can't believe... there are no words to describe how awful this movie was!
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MCT:July 28, 2008Really incredibly fun. it had me interested the whole movie and i was wondering until the truth of the story appeared in the end.
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MCT:July 22, 2008
If you liked the Liquid TV version of Aeon Flux you might not like this one, only loosely based. Great action/fight scenes. Nicely done special effects and absolutely gorgeous filming locations. Mostly done in Germany I believe. Makes me want to visit there even more.
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MCT:July 22, 2008
I went to see this with a girlfriend of mine, i loved the cartoon on MTV, the movie just didn't live up to it.
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MCT:July 20, 2008
Wasn't really a , my type of movie. I usualy like all movies but this movie didnt quite catch me attention.
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MCT:July 19, 2008
This is another scifi film set in a futuristic, post apocalytic world, where human society is dwindling and beset by sterility. A theme that could be made deep and meaningful like in Children of Men, for example. But unfortunately not in this film. There are other things in the film - virus that almost wiped out human, cloning, anarchy and dictatorian government formed of a group of - interestingly - scientists. Too many things going on perhaps, so that nothing is looked at deeply.
But then again, it is an action scifi movie that doesn't mean for us to think too deeply. There's enough acrobatic jumping around, martial art, guns and tight clad women to entertain those who are inclined to this kind of entertainment.
For me this film, including main star Aeon Flux (played by Charlize Theron) who is just another sexy ruthless woman-heroine, is not very impressing. Perhaps the only thing worth remembering is her last words, "To live only once but with hope." -
MCT:July 12, 2008
Never seen the cartoons, but the plot is exemplary. The combination of sets, costumes, and CG blends together to make a beautiful style. Some of the actors could have changed, but having Marton Csokas play the good guy for once was an excellent choice. Some people I've talked to have avoided this film due to a heavy amount of invincible female leads in sci-fi lately, but if you overlook Theron's character, it is a well-made film.
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MCT:July 4, 2008
Sexy cool. How else can I describe this. The tale is pretty thin on the ground but I like the work done by Theron and the Kiwi boy made good, Csokas.
You'll be up for it if you like either of these actors or you're a sci-fi buff. -
MCT:June 30, 2008
Excellent set designs,visuals were amazing at times,pretty good effects,interesting costumes,good stunts,some terrific action scenes and still the movie falls flat,it looks just as a random collection of scenes with Charlize Theron jumping/leaping,flip-flopping/flic-flacking and posing in skin-tight black suits...The plot wasn't bad but the dialogues...('I like my shoes','I'd keep off the grass'...)
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MCT:June 18, 2008
The storyline was good, but it was naked and seemed incomplete, there seemed to be a lot missing.
The atmosphere of the future was provided nicely, however action sequences didn't feel intense. The only intense bit was closer to the end when they were surrounded.
But still, the main heroine was really stylish and quite hot, so at least that was a plus.
Overall I was a little disappointed with this film as I expected more from a film set in the future with a stylish female assassin as the main character. -
MCT:June 15, 2008
Just had my hair done the same way.
I liked it. Ive always been a fan just bought the complete show set. Theron looks better here then she ever has. The story dosent take a lot from the show. She has lots of cool new gadgets and technology. Visualy great.
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Comments
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WrellikWposted 62 days ago -
I am a fan of Charlize theron. Therefore i saw this movie and i felt that it is actually a bit stupid
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this was the most stupidiest movie ever!!! it was really boring, the commercials looked better than the movie itself! it was crap.
posted 651 days ago -
wow lots of people hate this movie lolz
i think it was awesome luved it the stunts were crazy awesome and charlize is the best ^_-posted 663 days ago -
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Very boring. I'm pretty sure it was funded by the feminists though. It's just an excuse for flashy special effects, and to see charlize in tight leather.
posted 716 days ago -
Mildly interesting, sci fans and anime junkies may feel severly dissapointedby this.
Theron brings class and style to this film and her body is quite easy on the eyes as she fits into the tight elastical costume. watching the film causes you to drift off on a tangent comparing her to the likes of Angelina Jolie, Rebecca Romaine, and Milla Jovoich from similar roles. The question isn't ho does Theron compare,more like is this movie trying to replicate those? My biggest complaint is the story or lack there of, and a failure to emphasize plot turns. This movie just doesn't have enough for fans to connect with and remember.posted 729 days ago -
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Truly one of the worst movies ever made, it only comes second to Jackass The Movie
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