Aeon Flux (Special Collector's Edition) | Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand

Aeon Flux (Special Collector's Edition) | Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand | Sci-Fan Should Give Aeon a Chance

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	Aeon Flux (Special Collector's Edition) Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand Paramount, 2006 average customer review:based on 198 reviews view larger image
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Great movie for any sci-fi fan

This is a really fun sci-fi movie to watch. This is a different story than movie in this genre and is a solid one at that. I did like the action of the "heroin" and does break all of the "sterotypes" of the "weak" woman figure. Bravo to the writer and director of this film for building a solid story with a strong woman as the heroin. The special effects were excellent in this movie as well as the acting of the actors. I do recommend this movie to anyone that loves sci-fi flicks with a little twist to the story.

Sci-Fan Should Give Aeon a Chance

Ever since I saw Peter Chung's creation mow down piles of enemies with her two Uzis, a leather S&M get up, and little else, I fell in love. Aeon Flux was bizarre, action-packed, and short on words (actually, almost none at all when she first debuted on Liquid T.V.). I watched it over and over, I drew Aeon multiple times until I got her right, and the breakneck pace that was established in the film still affects my writing to this day.

So it was with no small trepidation that I approached the Aeon Flux movie. How could they possibly do justice to a bizarre series that was as much a style as it was a cartoon, alternately ugly and sleekly beautiful all at the same time?

Taking place in 2415, Aeon (Charlize Theron sporting a brunette `do) is an agent of the Monicans. The Monicans wage a secret war against Trevor Goodchild (Martin Csokas), a well-meaning despot who struggles to keep the fragile city of Bregna together. The Earth has long since been devastated by a plague, and there are only five million survivors left in the city. And yet there's something rotten in the city of Bregna, for Trevor's brother Oren (Jonny Lee Miller) is about to stage a coup.

After her sister Una (Amelia Warner) is murdered, Aeon's out for revenge against the supposed despot. Assisting Aeon in her mission of revenge is Sithandra (Sophie Okonedo) who happens to have hands for feet. And yet when she finally faces her target, Aeon discovers there's something very familiar about Trevor that gives her pause.

Aeon Flux was directed by a woman (Karyn Kusama) and her sensibilities bring a refreshing touch to a genre that is all too muscular, boxy, and grim. Like The Fifth Element, Aeon Flux is an entry in a science fiction genre that avoids the standard futuristic tropes and injects new and bizarre technology into it. Body modification, as evidenced by Sithandra, is an accepted part of sciety. Technology is organic, ranging from killer grass to dart guns shaped like beehives, computers made of water to holograms formed of harp-like strings. All the Monican agents are linked by a telepathic connection that lets them visualize each other in a sort of World Wide Web of the mind. Fashion styles are reminiscent of French couture. A zeppelin computer that looms overhead has all the appearance of a monstrous jellyfish. Even the city looks like a giant carnation from above.

Aeon herself is played with deadly seriousness by Theron, who draws on her ballerina training to adopt a dancer's pose. Her martial arts is as much an art form as it is combat style, and the graceful leaps and jumps that the cartoon version effortlessly executed are much in evidence here; an amazing achievement, given that the original character's proportions barely conformed to reality.

So what's the problem? Critics lambasted the film, characterizing it as too complicated. It's difficult for me to agree with them, because fans of the show will know precisely what's going on...and yet the movie wasn't spoiled for me either. In fact, the biggest flaw of the film is the motive for Oren to "recycle" people in the city of Bregna. His "my way or else" proposition isn't really justified in the movie's narrative, such that we just have to trust that there's simply no room for compromise between the two ideologies battling it out on screen. But once you're past that hurdle, the film is as much eye-candy as it is an interesting post-apocalyptic entry into alternative sci-fi.

The backlash on this film is suspicious. Perhaps it was Theron's Oscar win. Perhaps it's simply that many critics don't like science fiction. Or perhaps it's that a truly feminist take on a science fiction world makes male reviewers uncomfortable. Whatever the case, sci-fi fans should definitely give Aeon Flux a chance.

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Actually a good movie to watch.

Compared to Ultraviolet, Aeon Flux was definitly a better movie. I liked both though, especially the sound tracks. This movie also is visually stunning and that's why I'm giving it 4 instead of 3 stars. Very well made unlike a surprisingly many poor DVD's you see.

Enormous potential; average outcome

First let me say that I liked the movie. It's fun and my attention did not waver. I like watching Charlize Theron, a chameleon of a woman (remember her as the homely, overweight serial-killer from "Monster?") and possibly among the best actresses alive today. In addition, the action was paced rather well. And, yes, I recommend watching... as a rental.

My reservations stem from the insult to my intelligence delivered by a ludicrous plot. The writer lacked imagination to sew his plot together, and therefore relied on the most outrageous twists and turns that can only strike the audience as false. I am not even going to begin exploring all the inconsistencies, logical fallacies, and outright irrational behavior of characters in the film. It's a film made of swiss cheese, rife with holes, and you just have to put your thinking mind on a shelf, and regress to childhood and ENJOY. Because the action is fun.

So this is a three or four-beer movie, if you like your suds; or perhaps you can regress without chemical assistance. Based upon the lamentable dearth of good sci-fi movies, I must recommend Aeon Flux because it's not bad and rather a dashing fun little flick. Just don't expect logic or consistency.

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