Equilibrium

About Equilibrium

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

Kurt Wimmer's Equilibrium is a 2002 science fiction thriller film. It runs 107 minutes and was released in December 2002.

Its themes are vibrant, anti hero, outlaw, and resistance.

Christian Bale appears as John Preston, Emily Watson as Mary O'Brien, Taye Diggs as Brandt, and Angus Macfadyen as DuPont. The screenplay is by Kurt Wimmer. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, and Paramount Plus Essential.

Escape from New York, RED, and First Blood make useful companions to Equilibrium, all filed under aggressive and dystopia. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 5,248 votes and it carries a R rating.