Equilibrium is a 2002 science fiction/action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer, originally released as Cubic in Scandinavian countries and as Rebellion in Japan. It stars Christian Bale as John Preston, a high-ranking enforcement officer in a future dystopia in which all forms of emotional expression are illegal, and citizens are forced to take daily injections of drugs to suppress their emotions. After accidentally missing one such inject...
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Equilibrium is a 2002 science fiction/action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer, originally released as Cubic in Scandinavian countries and as Rebellion in Japan. It stars Christian Bale as John Preston, a high-ranking enforcement officer in a future dystopia in which all forms of emotional expression are illegal, and citizens are forced to take daily injections of drugs to suppress their emotions. After accidentally missing one such injection Preston begins to experience emotion; he begins to question his own morality and to moderate his actions, while attempting to remain undetected by the suspicious society in which he lives. Ultimately he is compelled to aid a resistance movement in the overthrow of the regime, using combat skills gained as a law-enforcement officer.
The film co-stars Taye Diggs, Angus MacFadyen, Sean Pertwee, Emily Watson, David Hemmings and Sean Bean.
Equilibrium is set in the futuristic and dystopian city-state of Libria. After the Third World War...
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