Equilibrium (2002) – It borrows
copiously and obviously from its dystopian betters, and it just isn’t well
crafted—it lacks subtlety entirely, Bale’s character is mind-bogglingly sloppy,
and nobody involved on either side of the camera seems to have a handle on
emotional suppression (Diggs is pretty emotional throughout); yeah, the gun-fu
is fundamentally very silly, but it’s everyone’s flagrant and amazing inability
to shoot Christian Bale that takes the film into the realm of the ludicrous and
makes it impossible to take seriously—and this is a film that dearly wants to
be taken seriously. 4
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