Aeon Flux

This movie is awesome! I watched it a while ago and then recently purchased the Blu-ray. As a sci-fi aficionado and the proud owner of literally thousands of tiles of books and videos from this genre, I really did find this movie enjoyable. Some other movies that have similar themes would include: The Island, Logan’s Run, the Giver, and perhaps the Hunger Games and Divergent.Format: Blu-RayThe Blu-ray disk has all of the extras that are included with the standard DVD, but nothing else. I was hoping for some additional material, but that’s fine. You still have all the behind the scenes and making of the moving shorts that are included on the DVD. The Blu-ray is noticeably more detailed than the DVD, but not in a huge way, just noticeably. In fact, from about eight feet on 55” plasma, there is only a subtle difference. You have to remember this movie was made ten years ago when Blu-ray was just developing. So, the Bu-ray could just be an early press of DVD into the blue-ray format. That said, for the ridiculously low cost of this Blu-ray, I would recommend it over the DVD.Movie:The movie has become one of my favorites. The entire concept, plot, script, acting – everything, is first rate. This is not a “B” movie. With the proper marketing and perhaps a different ending, this movie could have been a blockbuster.Background:In the early 1990’s MTV launched Liquid TV with included a series of animated short shows set to popular music from that time period and featured a number of independent artists. Beavis and Butt-Head, for example, came out of Liquid TV. Aeon Flux was a cartoon character anti-hero who fought against the establishment in a futuristic dystopia where the world was run by a corrupt régime. Aeon Flux, herself, was this impossibly drawn fantasy woman with an impossibly tall, slender, curvaceous body in a black skin-tight superhero vinyl outfit (think the Selene character in the Underworld series bumped up several notches or Julie Newmar as Catwoman from the 1960’s Batman series and turned into a cartoon). At the end of each episode, she would get killed. That’s the premise.Synopsis:The Aeon Flux movie ran with the basic premise cartoon and turned into something of a thriller. It kept the main characters from the cartoon and added a really cool twist. However, for fans of the very un-nerving cartoon, this movie will probably seem slow and watered down. I do not think so, but I could see where some might. The movie is about a utopian society where everything appears wonderful on the outside, but there is trouble brewing. A deadly virus had wiped out most of the human race. A scientist, Treavor Goodchild, discovered a cure and what was left of the human race lives in this giant walled city. Aeon is part of a secret resistance trying to overthrow the apparently corrupt government. However, as we learn, not everyone in the government is corrupt. And, the whole society is the way it is for good reason. The leader of the government, Trevor Goodchild (who is supposed to be a descendant of the original Goodchild), is her sworn enemy and the person she is ordered to kill by the resistance. However, Trevor is not the evil ruler she thinks he is. In fact, Aeon is not who she thinks she is. I’m not going to spoil the plot for those who have not seen it. These are a number reviews here on amazon that do a good job of describing the movie in detail. Suffice it to say the plot is exciting, believable, and fully developed. You get into the movie rather quickly and then it confuses you with you with hidden motives and a dark secret that no one seems to know. It’s really good. I completely disagree with all the reviewers who claim the story is predicable or unoriginal. They may be comparing it to the disturbing original cartoon, or maybe don’t appreciate the production quality. The writers had to take a cartoon character and invent an entire storyline that translates onto the big screen. They did a good job. It works.Charlize Theron is spectacular. She comes as close to the cartoon perfection of Aeon Flux as a real human could. Her movements and expressions are perfect. She is entirely believable in this roll. If you watch the extras you learn that she spent months learning how to fight and perfecting all the acrobatics. She did the stunts herself! There is this one scene where she comes out of a jump and is about to land when sharp knives come up out of the ground. She lands on the ends of her toes with her legs spread completely out sideways from her body at the last minute and balances on an edge with her face just above the knives. You learn in the extras that she really did physically contort her body and do that move – amazing!My only criticism of the movie is that I didn’t want it to end. The ending is pretty final. Everything is revealed, there is complete closure. No chance for a sequel. The movie could have very easily been split into two – even three parts. If it were a trilogy it would have been perfect. The first movie could be about Aeon the rebel; fighting the establishment. The second movie could be about the death of her sister and Aeon going on a personal vendetta against Trevor. The final instalment could be about discovering the truth and then working with Trevor to save the human race. Having all of this in one short movie is a lot to take in.If you are a sci-fi fan, give it a try. To me, Aeon Flux is an awesome sci-fi ride with a perfect performance from a brilliant actress. A must have for your collection!

gotta love charlize

It had been awhile since I'd seen this one and thought I'd give it another go. I'm a big fan of Charlize Theron and we had just come off seeing her in Atomic Blonde (which was fantastic), and thought we'd see how this held up.I gotta say, this flick is pretty bad. Probably worse than I remembered. I wanted to give this film a break pretty much all the way up until the halfway mark. Once they start exploring the relationships between the Goodchild regime (Trevor) and our main character, it gets wonky. I'm not familiar with the source material, but I can be almost certain that this was not it.Yet, I continued forth through the movie. Once, twice then with commentary by Charlize and Producer Gale Anne Hurd (sound familiar?), and then a third time with the writers' commentary. The actor/producer commentary was pretty lackluster, and disappointing considering Charlize Theron did commentary for Atomic Blonde that was great. I was never a fan of Hurd's while producing The Walking Dead, and she doesn't help much here. I felt like she really could have guided the commentary more being the Producer and not one character's actor, but anyways back to the movie...It's pretty awful. A lot of the special features will give you some insight into why this movie may have ended up in the state it is in. The writers' commentary in particular details quite a few bits that were left out of the movie (almost unbeknownst to them), and they even seem to criticize the movie somewhat throughout. Some of the features show why certain decisions were made in the process of making the movie and hint at how much studio influence there was over an oddball genre adaptation.The original show's creator is seen giving the movie his blessing, and the director seems to have a grip on what makes Aeon Flux so fun. They nail a few shots in the movie that come directly from the show, which I only know because I've seen the comparisons to the them. Other than those couple of candy shots Kusama has throughout the film, it leaves a lot to be desired. A good villain perhaps, or not a completely random ending considering the lack of information leading into it. There never really feels to be any stakes, and the decision to keep everything "organic" really makes the movie feel bland.It's a shame too, because Aeon Flux features a great cast of actors that ultimately do not even get a second to show off and possibly make this movie better than it could have been. We'll probably never see the footage that was left in the editing room, so I'd pass on this film unless you've really got to know.Blu-ray disc and case were in great condition upon arrival. No digital copy included in this release.

Contrary to other reviewers, I actually think this is one of the better sci-fi movies of recent decades. It has an interesting central premise, and everything fits to it quite logically. But it definitely takes its time to reveal what that premise is.It's somewhat the opposite to The Matrix, which hooks you with its premise upfront, but then stretches its world thin with a whole lot of convoluted nonsense. I prefer something like this movie, that reveals itself in layers. There's some interesting twists, a good moral theme, and everything does get tied together quite nicely.Some reviewers seemed to have simply... not been paying any attention? One reviewer doesn't know why a certain character was killed, even though the movie explicitly mentions why she was killed, which I can't explain here without spoiling the central premise of the entire movie. Ugh. But it's explicitly stated, "this woman was killed because...."What is wrong with our attention spans, and why would you write a review for something you clearly weren't really watching?Science-fiction has produced a lot of garbage over the past few decades, but this movie pleasantly surprised me. It's got a unique style, where technology takes on a very natural aesthetic -- which again fits into the moral and premise of the story. But what surprised me most is the plot actually doesn't suck. By modern sci-fi movie standards, it's actually quite good, and totally worth a watch.

Buena actuacion de Charlize Theron.

Película con un muy buen precio, la calidad de imagen es bastante buena y nítida con fondos negros sin grano, la calidad de sonido en idioma castellano Dolby Digital 5.1 bastante aceptable

buena

Me ha gustado la calidad de imagen en alta definición. Nivel de detalle y colores.

Puro sabor 80's y 90's.Es una serie de animación con un estilo muy propio.Esta versión vienen también en castellano e inglés.