Aeon Flux

Aeon Flux - finally bought the DVD, on sale.

When I first saw the previews, and recalled the series which I watched on MTV way back when, I thought - "Great! Should be a winner." Then I read so many bad reviews of the movie that I didn't go see it at the theater.

Dumb, dumb, and dumb - me, not the movie! I missed my chance to see it on the big screen.

Visually this film is striking, and it's different. Gone is the "burning trashcan" future full of rain and darkness. Here is a brilliant world with deadly gardens and a sinister under-current, felt but not understood by the entire population. 400 years after 99% of the world is wiped out by a virus, there is a worm in the apple in the perfect city of Bregna, constructed by the survivors.

Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) is a top assassin in a group of rebels determined to bring down the long-held rule of the Goodchild family. However, Aeon's clarity of vision is clouded by unexpected feelings for her target, Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas), and memories that she should not have. This is a film that gives you something to think about. Like the animated series, it is really more about the questions than the answers. It's not a great film, but it's way better than the reviews will have you believe.

I must remember "never trust reviews of science fictions films." You just have to make up your own mind.