It's hard to find Sci-Fi anymore, so I always perk up when a sci-fi title hits the big screen. This slick tale set in 2415 is the evolution of the animated series that aired on MTV in 1991. It was created by Korean American animator Peter Chung for the big screen and stars Charlize Theron as AEON (changed from the Latin Æon).
We all know we are headed for a catastrophic end of the world, and by 2415 a few million humans are left on earth in a little spot of paradise called Bregna. (the devout likely have departed in the "rapture") But as always there is trouble in paradise. Many Bregnan's "disappear" much as they did in Argentina in the last century. The government leaders constantly surveil the populace and something our current government would like, inn 2415, they apparently don't need a court order. Rebels living in Bregna, known as Monicans are working for freedom. Enter Aeon Flux, a more gymnastic and shapely James Bond of the future who is neither shaken nor stirred as completes her missions for the Monicans.
This is a bit tongue in cheek, and this movie is after all based on a cartoon. But it is very entertaining with well thought out special effects. Charlize Theron and her body double are eye candy for the adolescent and older male audience. They knew what they were doing when they went for a PG 13 rating! But as neither an adolescent nor male, I also enjoyed the film, the sci-fi genre which is so rare these days. I think you will too.
We all know we are headed for a catastrophic end of the world, and by 2415 a few million humans are left on earth in a little spot of paradise called Bregna. (the devout likely have departed in the "rapture") But as always there is trouble in paradise. Many Bregnan's "disappear" much as they did in Argentina in the last century. The government leaders constantly surveil the populace and something our current government would like, inn 2415, they apparently don't need a court order. Rebels living in Bregna, known as Monicans are working for freedom. Enter Aeon Flux, a more gymnastic and shapely James Bond of the future who is neither shaken nor stirred as completes her missions for the Monicans.
This is a bit tongue in cheek, and this movie is after all based on a cartoon. But it is very entertaining with well thought out special effects. Charlize Theron and her body double are eye candy for the adolescent and older male audience. They knew what they were doing when they went for a PG 13 rating! But as neither an adolescent nor male, I also enjoyed the film, the sci-fi genre which is so rare these days. I think you will too.