Aeon Flux
ÆON FLUX (15)
D: Karyn Kusama
Paramount/MTV/Lakeshore/Valhalla (Gale Anne Hurd, David
Gale, Gary Lucchesi, Gregory Goodman & Martha Griffin)
USA 🇺🇸 2005
93 mins
Sci-Fi/Action
W: Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi [based on characters
created by Peter Chung]
DP: Stuart Dryburgh
Ed: Peter Honess, Plummy Tucker & Jeff
Gullo
Mus: Graeme Revell
PD: Andrew McAlpine
Cos: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Charlize Theron (Æon Flux), Marton Csokas (Trevor
Goodchild), Jonny Lee Miller (Oren Goodchild), Sophie Okenedo (Sithandra), Pete Posthelwaite (Keeper), Frances McDormand (Handler), Amelia Warner (Una Flux)
All style over content with a very miscast Charlize
Theron & her stunt double trying to ape an all-female version of The Matrix, set in a post-apocalyptic walled city which she has to infiltrate to assassinate its despotic leader. The
movie consists mostly of Charlize Theron galavanting around in a catsuit and Pete Posthelthwaite crops up looking like a condom and that's about the long & short of it.
It may have worked very well as an animated series or
a video game, but as a movie it fluxing sucked!
3/10
Did
You Know:
The production team first chose the Brazilian capital of
Brasilia as the city in which to shoot the movie. However, because of logistical problems they ended up in Berlin, Germany, where they found most of their locations, such as a recently built
crematorium, and underground sewers dating from before World War II.
Award Wins & Nominations:
MILSTEAD MOVIE AWARDS:
Wins: none
Nominations: none
Worst of the Year: 4 Nominations (Worst Actress; Worst Director; Worst Supporting Actor; Worst Makeup)
OSCARS:
Wins: none
Nominations: none
BAFTAS
Wins: none
Nominations: none
OTHER WINS:
none