aquoslover200 Maybe consider that they really AREN'T as emotionless as they appear to be, the drugs only do so much, and the rest is just suppression due to the threat of death.

Having no emotions wouldn't suppress your instinct for self preservation nor would it suppress your fight or flight response.

Actually they kind of try to hint that the State Police and Father are all sense offenders. Edit: I'm not saying this movie is by any stretch of the word, perfect. However, there are several subtle hints at the bigger pictures.

@Iafiv Iv I fully agree woth this. Like I said, this movie is by no means perfect. Many ideas felt like they were half way there.

ARE YOU PLAYING WITH ME aquoslover!?

Well stated.

Please don't place BMB with thise pioneering characters.

Fuck Walker. Rolfe did it all.

Walker was also instrumental in making it popular, don't dismiss him out of hand.

Aaronage Also Dashie,Smosh,ERB,Nigahiga,& Tre Melvin

Plus its core also has a bit too much in common with the Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451.

samusfan117 Equilibrium Sucks

@@MysterioPerrito No, it is the perfect kind of bad, over the top, dystopian movie from the 00s. It might just be the best “bad” movie I have ever watched, I just love it.

@@otnoirhc no it just sucks genrally. they have a somewhat interesting concept and they ruin it with dull acting and a boring story

@@MysterioPerrito both the acting and effects are good, especially given the low budget.

@@otnoirhc I never said the effects were bad. I though the effects were good.

Those are some very good points actually I never thought of that

At one point in the movie, he goes and gets his pills he stashed, so he can go on his mission against father without fear.

Eh... he was pissed and going trough an adrenaline rush.

They kind of attempt to explain this in the conversation with the resistance. They try to explain that after years of training he is able to suppress his emotions without the drug. It isn't perfect but they try.

F3udF1st, how about you stop hating this movie you hater.

Yeah this movie is really nonsensical. I can only assume it has a following with the type of people with no critical eye. There's saying 'everyone is a critic' but a lot of people are really shitty ones who are wholly unaware of their own limitations.

The guy who got framed was pretending to be upset. That whole thing was a set up so that he would lead them to the resistance.

Well, I mean, you can, kind of, with anti-depressants But they typically end up committing suicide as a result

1) Police. Because it’s logical. Their whole existence is about leaving aside emotions and living to prosper the society. By killing those who they think are dangerous to society, they erase the threat of being eliminated as species. Logic, no emotions needed to follow such orders. 2) They care about sense offenders since they think they are a threat to the society. Literally everything they see on the streets all the time is the information of how the emotions lead to death and world war 3. It’s logical to eliminate the treat. Same reason. 3) Clerics don’t need to fill any gratitude for their work. They are the machines to eliminate the threat to society. By killing emotional guys they (by their logic and facts that are known to them) ensure the prosperity of their lives and human civilization. Did you watch the film while you were drunk or something? 4) Ok, now I know that you actually WERE drunk while watching the film. His black colleague WAS sense offender, same as his boss. YES - he actually WAS motivated to catch Preston. He and the boss-guy both did not take Prosium, it becomes obvious in the final dialogue of the movie. Rewatch the film. The only illogical thing was that black guy kept smiling too much during the film - which would make him easy (even for Preston) to figure out.

I’m wondering how no one in the film is reacting to the intonations and smile-faces the black guy constantly makes. It was so obvious he was sense offender that Preston should have realized that instantly. Other than that - yes, a lot of hidden ideas most of people overlook and some good acting

That's a terrifying thought!

@@FilmBrain indeed, you have any "plans", given that 2019 as a whole marks the anniversary of Bad Movie Beatdown?

+TheMad Mexican Equilibrium sucked! It is just another post nuke 1984 with moronic actions scenes that make a cheap Steven Seagal film look realistic..... THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS HELL these days

I Agree I like Equilibrium more than the Matrix it’s better than the Sequels I Enjoyed the first Matrix and Matrix Reloaded And Thought Matrix Revolutions was Shit

Sophia Aldous AGREED! I still like this movie but every criticism made in this review is accurate. It's a guilty pleasure plus Christian Bale is hot and I hate Taye Diggs so his face slicing is orgasmic: -)

Cleric Preston shot him in the base of throat not the head.

+Jeffrey314159 combination of Prozac and Valium, don't remember the source.

I guess people really fell for this ridiculous attempt at badassery in the aughts.

I was born in 83 are you still alive would you ever come across my comment I will come back if I'm alive in four years and check if you ever leave a comment

@@waleslandofdragons8842 well hey, just know I have so much free time I’ll reply in moments 🤣🤪

Ghost Rider And And Roland Emmerichs 2012 were Successful at the Box office

@@devinharbert6071 lol, yeah my wording might not have been the best. How about instead of flops, just movies considered so bad they’re good or something. But yeah I’m no good with stats and numbers 🤣

7.9

because unlike everyone else the council does feel.

that's done on purpose. corruption. the leaders not following their own rules.

Well, it was the third review I ever did, eight years ago, and this review isn't one of my finest hours (although it's one of my most controversial at the time). I wasn't saying "symbolism" at random images, but what I felt were heavy-handed metaphors for Preston's awakening throughout the work. As for The Matrix comparisons, you can still feel the influence of it on the costume design and the gun kata, even if the exact style of dress wasn't until the follow ups. My opinion of this wasn't helped by the UK distributors releasing it to cash in on the run up to those being released that summer. In my later review of Ultraviolet (which is a far worse movie than this, I'll give you), I note that Wimmer actually lifts a gag from The Matrix straight up.

Film Brain Dude, neither "symbolism" nor "metaphor" are cool names for any form of artistic expression that there is - just like "action movie" is not a cool name for any movie that features any form of action (in "Blade Runner", we have scenes with Deckard shooting the androids, so... hey, there's some action, so why don't we call it "action movie"?). They both have their meaning. And scenes that you're complaining about contain none of the above.

To Be Honest Ultraviolet is Wimmer’s only Bad Film Oof

Mixed in with THX 1138

Alas it was not where it comes from: Chester A. Bum pre-dates this review, I was merely doing a spoof.

+Uncle Fester You're leaving out Lucas' THX 1138. But as to the reason why this movie has a big following, Gun Kata/unstoppable nature of Christian Bale's character, the costume design, a sprinkle of philosophical nonsense to make it seem smart, when it really is not (The Island is example of another film that does this), and of course the hyperstylization.

***** But the Costume design isn't even that good. I've always thought that the Motobike helmeted guards look fucking stupid. And the Clerics look like Matrix rejects

Uncle Fester I don't either, but is the kind of shit Reddit just eats up.

Because is 1984 with a happy ending...and kinda cleaner.

Uncle Fester imo it is because of the Clerics and the Gun Kata, the cool outfits, etc... basically I think the people who really like it like the style over any substance, or lack thereof.

actually, mano a mano means hand on hand, not man on man. it is usually used to mean: if you help me, I'll help you.

No you can't.

yes I can

I'm sure you think you can, but you can't. I'm not calling you a liar, only delusional. :)

Which is funny, because it's rated R.

That is just the sound of air moving and no one else can hear it. You hear it because you are moving your arms very close to your ears.

they chose the term "sense offender" to sound similar to "sex offender" on purpose. Again, it's symbolism. It's supposed to show the audience that people who feel emotions in the world of the movie are as despised as in our world people who violate other people's sexual autonomy are.

It might have been intentional. The other term was already established circa 2000. But if it was intentional I have no clue as to what if any point the director was making. I hope he just chose the term because he found it funny.'Hah it sounds like a you know what.' And not the alternative ie to imply some moral equivalence between the two.

Reign of Fire is an underrated film

@@devinharbert6071 Funny how in it and Batman Begins Jack Gleason who played Joffrey also appears.

You are aware this is a very, very old review? This is literally my third. I wasn't maliciously trying to change the context of the scene, that was legitimately how I read it at the time. I don't think I've seen this movie since this review, which I'm not a huge fan of.

I like it, Matt, and so do a lot of people. Don't worry about the fan boys. Also, loved you in the Dreamcatcher review.

Speaking of old reviews... I noticed, that you did commit, though unintentionally, a typical Western mistake for Beverly Hills Cop III. I'm not arguing your critique per se, but the fact of the time frame. Yes, for most it really was 7 years between '87 and '94, but for a bunch of people during the Cold War, like me, it only made it 5, given that many movies were blocked or came years later. As for Preston's son in Equilibrium, I'm aware you do this for fun, so you might have your own divergences, like Doug does with Nostalgia and real reviews. Yet, his children hiding their true nature makes very much sense, especially if the father is a huge cog in the machine. This dictatorship, and I wish, all were fictional, was very similar to the society I grew up in, where the regime doesn't exclusively rely on military, and police, but also on opportunistic volunteers who snitch on others, regardless of committing a crime or not. It's okay that you didn't like it, at least it did not feature a scene between Mary and Preston in bed, with John eating a donut.

OK

The Stereotypical Evil Mastermind you are an asshole with no soul at all. Go fuck yourself.

@@MysterioPerrito Yes

Short answer: yes. I didn't get a tripod until a few episodes in, and I think this was the second filmed.

+lasoogneypubes nope, definitely the real Film Brain.

DarksideEXE Sarcasm.. How would I know if it's really him or not? Channel Awesome contributors do have youtube channels.

ok then, wait for him to post a new projector video, or watch a new vid on channel awesome (from youtube) then check your history.

DarksideEXE So were you being sarcastic about it being his channel or not?

no, pretty sure it was Film Brain's official channel.