Year – 2005 Decade – 2000s Cinematographer – Stuart Dryburgh (IMDB credits) Director – Karyn Kusama (IMDB credits) Aspect Ratio – 2.40 Distributor – Paramount, MTV Films Genre – Action; Sci-Fi Format – 35mm Other Key Words Warm […]
Year – 2005
Decade – 2000s
Cinematographer – Stuart Dryburgh (IMDB credits)
Director – Karyn Kusama (IMDB credits)
Aspect Ratio – 2.40
Distributor – Paramount, MTV Films
Genre – Action; Sci-Fi
Format – 35mm
Other Key Words
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The Movie
Based on the early-1990s animated MTV series, Aeon Flux stars Charlize Theron (a newly-minted Oscar winner for 2003’s Monster) as a post-apocalyptic assassin tasked with taking out the figurehead of an oppressive regime. If the frames below seem enticing, a word of warning – while cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh’s individual images are exquisite, the movie as a whole is a mess. Paramount hacked up the version favored by director Karyn Kusama, who was moving into the studio world after her well-received indie Girlfight (2000). The result is a plot that’s barely comprehensible despite an opening text intro AND voiceover exposition, awkwardly constructed action scenes, and the utter indignity of seeing the late-great character actor Pete Postlewaite wrapped up like a taquito in ridiculous future-wear.
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Scene – Inside the Mind of Aeon Flux
By swallowing a pill – passed via an uncomfortably tight close-up of slithering tongues – Aeon Flux is transported into an alternate reality where she receives her mission orders from an orange-haired Frances McDormand.
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