Æon Flux (2005)

Director:

Karyn Kusama

Writers (WGA):

Phil Hay (written by) &
Matt Manfredi (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The Perfect World Meets The Perfect Assassin

Plot:

Aeon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is a sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found.

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist Group | Terror Attack | Terrorist Plot | Terrorist | Box Office Flop

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Charlize Theron	...	Æon Flux
Marton Csokas	...	Trevor Goodchild
Jonny Lee Miller	...	Oren Goodchild
Sophie Okonedo	...	Sithandra
Frances McDormand	...	Handler
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Keeper
Amelia Warner	...	Una Flux
Caroline Chikezie	...	Freya
Nikolai Kinski	...	Claudius
Paterson Joseph	...	Giroux
Yangzom Brauen	...	Inari
Aoibheann O'Hara	...	Scientist
Thomas Huber	...	Scientist
Weijian Liu	...	Scientist
Maverick Queck	...	Chemist (as Maverick Quek)

Also Known As:

Aeon Flux (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and sexual content.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42053) | South Korea:12 | Germany:12 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Norway:15 | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Ireland:15A | Sweden:15 | Brazil:14 | UK:15 | Malaysia:18SG

Filming Locations:

Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: A guard is shot and falls off a stone wall in the courtyard gun battle toward the end of the movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: There are several shots where post-production forgot to replace Sithandra's feet with hands.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Æon Flux: [narrating] Some called Bregna the perfect society. Some call it the height of human civilization. But others know better. The Goodchilds built Bregna to ensure us a future. They built the Relico, a memorial to remind us of what we've survived. They built walls to protect us...

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: Donkey Punch (#2.19)" (2006)

The movie is an empty shell compared to the animation

In the animated series:

Aeon Flux was an amoral rebel that was completely detached from everything and everyone. She was cruel, selfish, loving, unpredictable, witty, caustic, confident, sarcastic, lethal, untamable, ambiguous all at once. The original Aeon had layers upon layers of depth. She almost never allowed her personal emotions to show through. The original plot was deliciously ambiguous and thought provoking. You could never tell what Aeon's motives were. Aeon was a militant anarchist whereas Trevor was a radical idealist, because of this they could never have any semblance of a stable relationship.

In the movie:

Aeon Flux works for the Monicans and her political motives and personal motives are very clear. She was pretty, loving, vulnerable, easily tamable, emotional and very predictable. The Aeon in the movie had one layer of depth at most. The plot was obvious and contrived. Everything is completely laid out for you from the beginning. There was virtually no conflict between Aeon and Trevor, at least in terms of personal philosophies. The only conflict between them was that they were on different sides.

The movie was a horrible disappointment to me. I felt betrayed. They took the idea of one of my favorite animated characters of all time, squeezed all the depth and personality out of her, and pumped her full of Hollywood clichés. The essence of the animated series was completely lost in this movie.

The only reason I'm not giving this movie a "1" is because the visuals were incredible. It was neat to see some of the familiar animated scenes like the fly in the eye done with CGI.