The Bottom Line
Pros
- Christian Bale delivers a fine performance
- Exciting high-tech action sequences
Cons
- "The Matrix" set the bar impossibly high
- Slow and plodding in places
Description
- Commentary by director Kurt Wimmer;
- Commentary by Wimmer and producer Lucas Foster;
- Behind-the-scenes featurette - "Finding Equilibrium."
Guide Review - "Equilibrium" DVD Review
Set in the future when the display of emotions is punishable by death, "Equilibrium" explores a society ruled by an all-powerful figure referred to as 'Father' (think the "Wizard of Oz"). All citizens must inject themselves with an emotion-blocking drug at regular intervals, and anyone who refuses to do so is hunted down by a lethal police force.Christian Bale stars as a Cleric (a high-level officer) who decides to stop injecting himself and begins to see the world as it really exists. Taye Diggs co-stars as a rival cleric who wants more than anything to make a name for himself.





