Equilibrium (2002)

In a futuristic society where the government requires the people to stay tranquil and submissive by taking a psychological drug, people no longer have emotions. Because of this, there are no more wars. But when one of the enforcement agents realizes that maybe peaceful oblivion is not the answer, he thinks about overthrowing his oppressors.

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In een futuristische wereld heeft een streng regime er voor gezorgd dat er geen oorlog meer is. Dit hebben ze gedaan door emoties te onderdrukken: boeken, kunst en muziek zijn streng verboden, en gevoelens zijn een misdaad waar de doodstraf op staat. John Preston is een hoge overheidsbeambte die verantwoordelijk is voor de vervolging van mensen die deze wetten overtreden. Wanneer hij zijn dosis anti-gevoelens drugs niet krijgt begint hij zich af te vragen of hij wel doet wat goed is. Dit brengt hem in een rechtstreeks conflict met zijn superieuren.

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A man who dares to feel finds his life in danger in this cautionary science fiction drama. In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation known as Libria rises up under the unquestioned leadership of Dupont (Angus MacFadyen). Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, The Father has decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of Prozia II, a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law; violating either regulation can be punished by death. Joh...
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n Preston (Christian Bale) is a Grammaton, an elite law enforcement officer who tracks down and punishes "sense offenders." One day, Preston accidentally fails to take his Prozia II, and for the first time begins experiencing emotions himself. Preston becomes aware of an underground of rebels who refuse to take their medication and have embraced art and literature, and he finds himself becoming infatuated with one of their number, Mary O'Brian (Emily Watson). Equilibrium is the second feature-length directorial effort from Kurt Wimmer, whose screenwriting credits include The Thomas Crown Affair and Sphere.
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