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 Movie A- |
Video A- | Audio A
| Extras B- | Recommended!
Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus
MacFadyen, Sean Bean, Matthew Harbour, and William Fichtner
director Kurt Wimmer | Dimension Home Video
2002 | Action - Thriller | R | 107 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio
|
Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Equilibrium is an eye-opening film, similar in spirit and form to
The Matrix and The Minority Report. It is an extremely well-made film, considering that its budget is far smaller.
The movie is set in the not-too-distant future, when societies shun war at all
costs. The new government suppresses all human feelings in order to rid the human race of
hate, anger, rage, war, jealously, and greed -- emotions that would lead to conflict, crime, and war.
In their suppression of the essence of human personality, all physical and intangible artifacts of humanity are
banned: art, photos, literature, music, perfume, pets, and the use of color.
“...to seek out and eradicate
the true source of
Man's inhumanity to Man. His ability... to feel.”
To enforce this state of civilization, the Big Brother-like government employs
the Grammaton Clerics, the best line of enforcement against "sense
offenders". Clerics are masters in the art of the Gun Katas, a disciplined and analytical approach to gunfights.
These gunfights are awesome and groundbreaking.
The picture quality is impeccable and the sound mix is dazzling. The
Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is aggressive and captured the gunfights extremely well.
I was in awe with the visual and sonic experience. Equilibrium is very well done.
All the elements came together for an awesome entertainment experience.
I recommend it for fans of action.
Special Features: audio commentary with director Kurt Wimmer;
audio commentary with director Kurt Wimmer and producer Lucas Foster;
"Finding: Equilibrium" featurette; sneak peeks theatrical
trailers for Kill Bill, Wes Craven Presents Dracula II:
Ascension, Invincible, Below
DVD released on 5/13/2003 | Reviewed 5/12/2003
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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