Aeon Flux (Æon Flux) (2005)

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at Apr 21 6:25

"I had a family once, I had a life. Now all I have is a mission." Aeon Flux is really quite dreadful; nothing more than a no-brainer sci-fi live-action flick based on the animated TV series. First of all, the style and atmosphere are terribly artificial. There's far too much CGI and digitally expanded sets that detract highly from the overall film value. As a result of this heavy reliance on CGI we can't get engaged in the film at all. The characters are all horribly conceived but executed worse. The actors are all terribly wooden not to mention lifeless and unexciting. And for the final nail in the coffin, the film is so awfully predictable beyond belief! Aeon Flux is a sci-fi film set 400 years into the future subsequent to 99% of the world's population being wiped out by a vi...Read more

Rating : 4/10

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Aug 10 15:55

This is a film that I think could've been a lot better had it not fell into every single generic dystopian cliche going. The MTV anime makes the Aeon Flux world look much more darker and foreboding than the film manages. Everything is pristine and clean cut. While I'm not a fan of the anime either, it certainly paints a better picture of the dystopian future. I am surprised that Charlize Theron agreed to this film. She's capable of a lot more than gratuitous body shots and dull, high-wire acrobatics. Johnny Lee Miller is perfectly cast as the perpetual comic book villain, his career will never amount to anything else, but Charlize and Pete Postlethwaite could do a lot better. Or maybe it's the other way round, the script writers had a decent enough cast but failed to deliver anything ot...Read more

Rating : 6/10