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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Film Cast:

• John Preston: Christian Bale
• Brandt: Taye Diggs
• Dupont: Angus Macfadyen
• Robbie Preston: Matthew Harbour
• Errol Partridge: Sean Bean
• Mary O’Brien: Emily Watson
• Father: Sean Pertwee
• Lisa Preston: Emily Siewert
• Preston’s Wife: Maria Pia Calzone
• Seamus: Dominic Purcell
• Jürgen: William Fichtner
• Proctor: David Hemmings
• Evidentiary Storage Officer: David Barrash
• Officer in Charge: Christian Kahrmann
• Chemist: John Keogh
• Gate Guard: Dirk Martens
• Guard: Florian Fitz
• Rebel Leader: Francesco Cabras
• Reading Room Proprietor: Brian Conley
• Crematory Technician: Anatole Taubman
• Rebel Victim: Kurt Wimmer

Film Crew:

• Casting: Lucinda Syson
• Music: Klaus Badelt
• Casting: Jeanne McCarthy
• Director of Photography: Dion Beebe
• Editor: Tom Rolf
• Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein
• Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein
• Producer: Jan de Bont
• Supervising Sound Editor: Peter Brown
• First Assistant Director: Brian W. Cook
• Set Decoration: Anne Kuljian
• ADR & Dubbing: Dean Beville
• Production Design: Wolf Kroeger
• Camera Operator: Daniele Massaccesi
• Costume Design: Joseph A. Porro
• Stunts: Tomas Jester
• Stunts: Udo Lüttich
• Stunts: Mike Luft
• Stunts: Ralf Tillmann
• Draughtsman: Stephan O. Gessler
• Art Department Coordinator: Roxy Konrad
• Grip: Christian Scheibe
• Extras Casting: Iris Müller
• Producer: Lucas Foster
• Casting: Juel Bestrop
• Dialogue Editor: Harry B. Miller III
• Director: Kurt Wimmer
• Costume Supervisor: Barbara Jäger
• Stunt Coordinator: Stefano Maria Mioni
• Makeup Artist: Luigi Rocchetti
• Sound Mixer: Frank Kruse
• Executive In Charge Of Production: Kevin Hyman
• Visual Effects Producer: Joe Gareri
• Editor: William Yeh
• Executive Producer: Andrew Rona
• Co-Producer: Sue Baden-Powell
• Stunts: Byron Brisco
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jeffrey Perkins
• Supervising Sound Editor: Stephen Hunter Flick
• Assistant Set Decoration: Ute Bergk
• Visual Effects Producer: Rodney Montague
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Samuel Lehmer
• Foley: Gary A. Hecker
• Sound Effects Editor: Martin Lopez
• Costume Supervisor: Jean Rosone
• Art Direction: Justin Warburton-Brown
• Casting: Annette Borgmann
• Sound Effects Editor: Donald Flick
• Dialogue Editor: Fred Judkins
• Script Supervisor: Pamela Alch
• Leadman: Joseph Conenna
• Still Photographer: Richard Blanshard
• First Assistant “A” Camera: Sally Eccleston
• “B” Camera Operator: Sebastian Meuschel
• Foley: Edward M. Steidele
• First Assistant Sound Editor: Jamie Hardt
• Camera Operator: Peter Taylor
• Dialect Coach: Howard Samuelsohn
• Stunts: Alessandro Borgese
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Tim McGovern
• Visual Effects Supervisor: David Sosalla
• Hairstylist: Björn Rehbein
• Gaffer: Ronald Schwarz
• Music Editor: Stephanie Lowry
• Location Manager: Marco Giacalone
• Supervising Dialogue Editor: Michael J. Benavente
• Script Supervisor: Stella D’Onofrio
• Dialogue Editor: Cameron Steenhagen
• Hairstylist: Hasso von Hugo
• Supervising Art Director: Erik Olson
• Hairstylist: Mauro Tamagnini
• Makeup Artist: Tanja Drewitz
• Makeup Artist: Carolin Spill
• Construction Coordinator: Paul J. Hayes
• Foley: Matthew Dettmann
• Sound Designer: Byron Miller
• Sound Recordist: Charlie Ajar Jr.
• Sound Effects Editor: Dana Gustafson
• Sound Effects Editor: William Jacobs
• Sound Effects Editor: Jon Mete
• Sound Effects Editor: Greg ten Bosch
• Visual Effects Producer: Kim Lavery
• Visual Effects Producer: Erin May
• Visual Effects Producer: Maureen O’Connor
• Fight Choreographer: Jim Vickers
• Camera Operator: Gianmaria Majorana
• Gaffer: Peter Kosel
• Rigging Gaffer: Reinhard Stöckl
• Set Costumer: Nina Hess
• First Assistant Editor: Douglas Kunin
• Music Editor: Vicki Hiatt
• Music Editor: Richie Nieto
• Transportation Coordinator: Daniel Mattig
• Picture Car Coordinator: Stephan Schröter
• Location Manager: Mark Stehli
• Script Supervisor: Tess Malone
• Stunt Double: Mike Smith
• Key Grip: Dieter Bähr
• Production Supervisor: Dieter Stempnierwsky
• Gaffer: Stefano Marino
• Music Coordinator: Joe Rangel
• Color Timer: Michael Hatzer
• Foley Recordist: Shawn Kennelly
• Foley Recordist: Lane Burch
• Stunts: Keith Splinter Davis
• Production Coordinator: Imke Sommerkamp
• Associate Producer: Ninon Tantet
• Grip: Jan Brun
• Assistant Sound Editor: Ryan Juggler
• Stunts: Paolo Antonini
• Best Boy Grip: Glenn König
• Stunts: Emiliano Novelli
• Stunts: Rob ‘Sluggo’ Boyce
• Digital Compositor: Kenny Lam
• Stunts: Rocco Russo
• Foley Recordist: Brian Ruberg
• Post Production Accountant: Howard Baral
• Third Assistant Director: Mark Taylor
• Payroll Accountant: Anna Schmigalla
• Stunts: Bruno Verdirosi
• “A” Camera Operator: Nic Milner
• Digital Compositor: Michael Degtjarewsky
• Loader: Chris Britton

Movie Reviews:

• DanDare: Set in an Orwellian Dystopian future after a nasty world war 3 in the early part of the 21st century. The population are forced to take drugs that suppress their emotions. You see emotions causes conflict and war.

  However some people exhibit emotions by not taking the medicine. They want to listen to music, experience their senses by seeing artwork, read books or having pets.

  These people are exterminated by clerics, an elite hit squad. Christian Bale is the best of the clerics but once he stops taking his medicine, he feels for the first time and gets into contact with a resistance group to overthrow the leader.

  Filmed in Berlin, Equilibrium comes across like an updated version of Fahrenheit 451 but feels too much like a knockoff of The Matrix with a rather a sterile narrative at the beginning which made it rather uninvolving.

  Bale’s behaviour is so odd once he stops taking the drugs, he should just had been caught and shot.

• Gimly: So there’s a pretty decent chance that _Equilibrium_ doesn’t have an original bone in its entire makeup, but I still just **love **it.

  _Final rating:★★★★ – Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._

• John Chard: Mankind united with infinitely greater purpose in pursuit of war than he ever did in pursuit of peace.

  Equilibrium is written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and stars Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson and Angus Macfadyen. Bale plays John Preston, an enforcement Cleric in Libria, a dystopian future where forms of emotional expression are deemed illegal. All citizens of Libria are required to inject drugs (known as Prozium) to suppress emotions. However, Preston misses one of his doses and starts to become emotionally conflicted about the world he now lives in.

  Welcome to a dystopian world where art is banned, music destroyed and basic emotions illegal. A world where Christian Bale looks cool in long black coats and “Gun-Kata” martial artistry is the order of the day. It’s impossible to write a review for Equilibrium without mentioning the film it so dearly wants to be, “The Matrix”. That it’s not nearly as good as that film in terms of story and action is no reason to do it down. What is not in doubt is that the story here is indeed weak, very much so – in fact it appears that Wimmer has merely cribbed elements from notable moments of sci-fi morality works before it – and then cloaked it in a whirling big bang montage of attention grabbing set pieces. But honestly, those set pieces are alone worth spending time with this movie for.

  It’s standard sci-fi shenanigans for the most part. We have the ruling body of the country, all very fascist and with a badge that looks unsurprisingly Swastika like. A cop character finding a conscience and turning into a rebel on the loose. The underground resistance. And of course the twist ending as the reveal, and plot strands, come together for one final (brilliant) bout of carnage. So yes, it’s rammed full of clichés. But it is exciting energised fun. Stylish fun, in fact. Even if at the core it’s awash with unimaginative writing. Brain checked at the door for this one then, enjoy. 8/10