Aeon Flux [Blu-ray] DVD

Aeon Flux
Based on the animated series by Peter Chung, Aeon Flux imagines a future in which 99 percent of the world's population is killed through industrial disease, and the survivors live in a single city that, despite utopian appearances, is quite totalitarian. Disinclined to embrace any particular ideology outside of a hatred for Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas), the leader of the council that governs the walled city, hyper-sexualized assassin Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) seeks to bring about a revolution. Retaining the title character's trademark jet-black hair and sleek, revealing clothing, this film adaptation fleshes out the story behind the sexual and romantic tension between Aeon and Trevor. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide

Cast Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux Marton Csokas as Trevor Goodchild Jonny Lee Miller as Oren Goodchild Sophie Okonedo as Sithandra Frances McDormand as The Handler Pete Postlethwaite as The Keeper Amelia Warner as Una Flux Caroline Chikezie as Freya Nikolai Kinski as Claudius

Crew David Warren - Art Director Sarah Horton - Art Director Laura Rosenthal - Casting Karen Lindsay-Stewart - Casting Martha Griffin - Co-producer Beatrix Aruna Pasztor - Costume Designer Lisa Satriano - First Assistant Director Karyn Kusama - Director Jeff Gullo - Editor Peter Honess - Editor Plummy Tucker - Editor Tom Rosenberg - Executive Producer Van Toffler - Executive Producer Johnny Klimek - Composer (Music Score) Graeme Revell - Composer (Music Score) Reinhold Heil - Composer (Music Score) Andrew McAlpine - Production Designer Stuart Dryburgh - Cinematographer David Gale - Producer Gary Lucchesi - Producer Greg Goodman - Producer Gale Anne Hurd - Producer Manfred Banach - Sound/Sound Designer Charlie Croughwell - Stunts Coordinator Phil Hay - Screenwriter Matt Manfredi - Screenwriter Jonathan Rothbart - Visual Effects Supervisor Colin Strause - Visual Effects Supervisor Greg Strause - Visual Effects Supervisor Matthew Gratzner - Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Rader - Visual Effects Supervisor Bill Taylor - Visual Effects Supervisor David Sosalla - Visual Effects Supervisor Syd Dutton - Visual Effects Supervisor Beth Sterner - Supervising Sound Editor BUF Compagne - Visual Effects Bernhard Henrich - Set Decorator

Aeon Flux
MTV Films' first foray into big-budget sci-fi action was greeted with indifference bordering on hostility, as Aeon Flux failed to translate the expressionistic animation that made the original series a cult favorite, and reaped only 25 million dollars domestically. But this Charlize Theron vehicle actually does succeed in many of its design details. It's possible the tepid response was due to concept overload; on the heels of the Lara Croft movies, the Matrix movies, Catwoman, and Underworld, the "chicks who kick butt" genre was milked dry by late 2005. (Flux's director, Karyn Kusama, is even a veteran of one such film, albeit on a smaller scale -- the 2000 boxing drama Girlfight.) Theron makes a steely addition to the aforementioned list of fightin' females, though some critics found that the actress herself seemed emotionally disengaged, rather than just the character. Either way, she carries off the fight choreography with panache, and looks formidable in her skin-tight black outfit. The future can be hard for production designers to conjure in new ways, but Aeon Flux also deserves credit on that score, with such inventive gadgets as micro-controlled explosive rolling balls, pills that communicate messages when swallowed, and blades of grass that are literally blades. The "rebel force of assassins" plot is pretty played, but the story's cloning focus is timely and resonant. Individual triumphs aside, Aeon Flux seems like a film that never quite coalesced. The character arcs don't resolve in emotionally satisfying ways, and the film ends up feeling sort of underpopulated. More than anything, Aeon Flux again indicates the daunting task facing screenwriters who want to immerse their audience in fantasy worlds. Even if they fall just short of the mark, it can prompt critics to chastise the film as "Theron's Catwoman." ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, Spanish, French Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DTS: Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1) Additional Features: Commentary by Charlize Theron and producer Gale Anne Hurd Commentary by co-screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi Creating a World: Aeon Flux The locations of Aeon Flux The stunts of Aeon Flux The costume design workshop of Aeon Flux Theatrical trailer HD MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 92 min