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Equilibrium

In a future where freedom is outlawed, outlaws will become heroes.

2002 · 1h 47m · R Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by Kurt Wimmer

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Overview

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

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All reviews
41%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Equilibrium is equal parts video game and GQ fashion spread.

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten

Matrixian, Orwellian, and boneheadian.

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh

This inventive, low-budget science-fiction movie stands on its own, from its bracing, ingenious fight sequences to its literate roots in dystopian fiction.

Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
Rotten

Borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu.

Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten

It's super- violent, super-serious and super-stupid.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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