Saturday, March 12, 2011

Equilibrium

So there's these guys who studied gunfights and find out that there is a mathematical way to avoid getting shot while being able to shoot the greatest amount of enemies.  They call this the Gun Kata.  They are clerics of The Tetragammatron, or some such thing.  They shoot a chemical into their own necks that cancels out all emotion.  Why? So there's no war.  Ok so it's not the greatest plot ever but it leads to some of the most amazing action sequences ever.  Plus it makes the lead actor really shine through.  Only a truly great actor/director combo could make a plot line so out there and so ridiculous ring true.  Examples: This movie, and the Matrix movies.  Oh and speaking of matrix movies, Equilibrium doesn't have any bullet time shots, and now most of the CGI looks decidedly dated, but all in all this one passes the mustard.

Side note: today I spilled mustard on my new leather coat.

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