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Posted on 1/02/07
Aeon Flux
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Aeon Flux Simply Put...Sucks
Aeon Flux is a deadly assassin working for the rebels known as Monicans. Flux is sent on a dangerous mission to assassinate the government leader Goodchild, but hesitates when he calls her by a different name. Flux gets imprisoned but later escapes and tries to unravel a mystery that has been going on for 400 years.
I never saw the anime this film was based on, but I can tell you right now it was probably visually stunning. With Aeon Flux, no matter how much it stayed true to the source material, is not visual stunning. In fact it's not a lot of things, good is being the prime example. I must ask this question though, what is it with Best Actress winners doing the most horrible pieces of crap right after their Oscar win? Swank, Berry and here we have Theron. Is it some kind of code they must take?
The film is not as big as it could have been or wanted to be. It has an epic scope written all over it, but comes up really short in it's delivery. The film opens with the usual sci/fi fare, with text written on the screen explaining to us what happened to lead us up to these events. Is this a requirement now for every sci/fi film? It's cool ideas within the plot are neat, but fail to capitalize with anything else, are get dragged down with the rest of this heap.
The film is a short one, clocking in at a whopping 90 some odd minutes. It's as if they just gave up half way through the film and decided to end it as soon as they can, this is evident in the poor acting, directing and overall feel of the film. What should have been a visual extravaganza with high octane martial arts and gunfire left right and centre, ends up being a child's film that takes it easy with the violence. The martial arts are uninspired and lack anything that would make the lead character dangerous. Sure there is a scene or two were the visuals do seem good, but given what the source material is, they could have done so much more.
I found myself rolling my eyes at the horrible dialogue given by the horrible actors. Marton Csokas, who you may remember as "THAT GUY" from xXx, The Bourne Supremacy and Kingdom of Heaven brings the film down so much with his monotone voice projection that you laugh at everything he says and does. Theron seemed to be only interested in the check that came her way and the fact that she got to look good after being uglied up for Monster.
Skip this sci/fi lite film, it takes good talent and wastes them (McDormand, Postlethwaite and yes even Theron). All the action scenes are juvenile, the acting horrendous and the script laughable. Pass this one when you see it sitting on the video stand and thank god that you will never have to watch it.
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