Two no brainer movies in as many days!! Have just come home from seeing Aeon Flux, staring Charlize Theron.
There isn't really much to say about this film - it followed the time honoured Hollywood tradition: good guy/girl, bad guy, love interest, solve the mystery, save the day!
Nothing very much happened, and I don't really know the comic books so I'm not sure if they stayed true to the originals, so can't really comment there. There wasn't very much character development either - but do you really need that in an action film?? How much did we really know about John McClane in Die Hard?? With a running time of only 93 minutes there wasn't really anytime for deep and meaningfuls.
The film was set in 2417ish. Many years earlier most of the population of the world was wiped out by a virus, and the few survivors now live in a big bubble. Over many years an underground group of rebels gather strength and numbers and begin to challenge the long reigning leadership. Aeon Flux is their greatest weapon and is sent on a mission to challange the ruler. The mission quickly unfolds and a the delivery of a few key lines neatly explains 100s of years of back story.
Charlize Theron played a good action character . . . like a true professional
That's about it - I was moderately entertained and it did look quite good - so it gets a pass.
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