Aeon Flux

Aeon Flux (2005) 93 mins.
directed by Karyn Kusama
starring Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Sophie Okonedo

Bregna seems to be the perfect city, but there is unrest.  Aeon Flux is sent on a mission to eliminate the Chairman and discovers another mystery.

Q Says:

i never really had a desire to watch the cartoon (yea, i’m not gonna call it an animated series).  i tried, but i couldn’t get past the weird art.  so that means i have absolutely no clue what’s going on and to be honest the little note-thingies at the beginning that tell you the backstory that were seemingly written  for a 5 year old sound really silly.

the movie is VERY stylized and seems like it’s trying way too hard to be as “unique” as the cartoon show.  it felt way too stylized for me and kinda confusing, for instance, she goes to disrupt the surveillance equipment and it’s a pool of water and she causes some ripples and i really thought she was going to bathe ‘cos i had no idea that that was the surveillance thing.  couldn’t it just be a computer??  the over stylization made the story and acting seem weak but midway through the plot thickens and a little more action kicks in and it gets better.

basically it goes for style over substance to unique action movie and ending like a typical action movie.

charlize is HOT as usual and i am convinced she should do more action movies.

 overall i think the film was OK.  i may see it again, but it will be quite a while from now....and i would have to pretty bored with NOTHING else on TV.

L Says:

   I like this movie.  I know it did not do well and most people didn't really know what it was "about".  And to tell you the truth, I didn't really know what it was about.  I vaguely remember catching glimpses of the cartoon on MTV.  I knew Aeon was an assassin in all her spidery, sexiness.  She had really cool hair, but didn't seem to be so great at her job because she died a lot.  I knew nothing of the back story or who anyone else was.

   In the movie version, Charlize Theron plays Aeon.  And I don't know who else could have done it.  She's slender, beautiful, deadly.  With cool hair.  Most of the movie takes place inside the Citadel where the Goodchild brothers reign over the last city on Earth.  Aeon is sent to assassinate Trevor Goodchild except she fails her mission and everything changes.  We learn that there is much more going on than we could have ever thought.  The movie is highly stylized.  Perhaps a bit too stylized.  It does have an organic feel to it, but you kind of have to dig through some layers to see it.  I like that the movie doesn't waste a whole lot of time trying to explain things or establish relationships.  After all, it is only 93 minutes long.  Once you get past the fluff, it is your typical fantasy action film.  

  Trevor and Aeon save the day and perhaps all of mankind.  Considering I saw this in theaters and bought the DVD, it is safe to say I would definitely watch it again.