Ok, as I
was writing up a whole batch of films I watched this week (I, like every mortal
being, occasionally do get massive backlogs of things. This week it’s blog
articles embarrassingly enough)I suddenly realised there are two with massive
similarities that simply have to go together. I mean, if you think about it, it
makes perfect sense. Both undertake quite similar topics and both actually
invite you to think about more serious issues in the “underlying” bits. As it
were. Neither of them actually bursts with originality, however, both of them
are so enjoyable that I have to write about them. Yes I’m a bit of snob. That’s
why you love me. (I think).
Ok, so we
are in yet another dystopian world far, far in the future, with yet another
heroine. There is yet another oppressive government in place. However, there is
a reason for this. Years and years ago there was an epidemic. A most terrible
thing that all but wiped out the human race. Only a handful of the population
survived the calamity. This handful lives within the walls of the city/country,
carefully shielded from the outside world. Theirs is a population of riches and
a life of ease. However, a secret group of rebels, the Monicans, believe that
their seemingly benign government is up to something. Freedoms are controlled,
if subtly. All the people have strange nightmares. Then they vanish, never to
be seen again. Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) is one of the Monicans’ best
assassins. And when her beloved sister Una is “disappeared” by government
forces, she is overjoyed that a chance for revenge is presented to her: to kill
the president of their little country, starting, hopefully, the revolution to
end their slavery entirely. However, as Aeon plunges into the heart of
government, she begins to uncover things, things to do with the past. Her own
past, the president’s past, in fact the past of the entire city… Secrets so
big, that the fate of the entire population may in fact come to rest in her hands…
Again,
newsflash, this film’s main strength is its special effects. Absolutely no
surprises there. But, you may be surprised to hear, I am not going to bang on
about the predictability of the story. Oh no. There are some very nice touches
here and there. Now, this is more of a sci-fi action than anything else. By
this I mean that science fiction actually plays a large part in the story (but
you knew that. You watched the TV series back in the day right? Yeaaah, of
course you did.) . As opposed to the Hunger Games, that is basically an action
flick that happens to be set in the future. So if you’re a sci-fi fan, I’d say
go for this one definitely. It has some good, original approaches. You may or
may not be able to figure out the plot beforehand, but then again this is not
always such a terrible thing. Besides, I couldn’t, if that helps you at all. Of
course there is a goodly dollop of emotion and the usual Hollywood values in
there. The importance of family (note that here too there is a younger sister. Only
this time she actually dies and needs to be avenged, as opposed to rescued),
love overcoming all… But there is enough originality in there that will prevent
you from getting bored and changing channels. Heck, there was a point where
your author was feeling around for tissues at one point. That’s the difference
with female directors you see. Or
rather, you will if you give it a whirl.
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