Aeon Flux [Blu-ray]

Director: Karyn Kusama, Gary Lucchesi, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Goodman, Martha Griffin

Overview

Based on the animated series by Peter Chung, Aeon Flux imagines a future in which 99 percent of the world's population is killed through industrial disease, and the survivors live in a single city that, despite utopian appearances, is quite totalitarian. Disinclined to embrace any particular ideology outside of a hatred for Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas), the leader of the council that governs the walled city, hyper-sexualized assassin Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) seeks to bring about a revolution. Retaining the title character's trademark jet-black hair and sleek, revealing clothing, this film adaptation fleshes out the story behind the sexual and romantic tension between Aeon and Trevor.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/25/2017
UPC:	0032429273260
Original Release:	2005
Rating:	PG-13
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00
Sales rank:	22,648

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charlize Theron	Aeon Flux
Marton Csokas	Trevor Goodchild,Actor
Jonny Lee Miller	Oren Goodchild
Sophie Okonedo	Sithandra
Frances McDormand	Handler
Pete Postlewaite	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
Ralph Herforth	Gardener
Megan Gay	Weaver
Rainer Will	Commander Puhl
Charlie Beall	Lieutenant Ord
Bruno Bruni	Armory Soldier
Ronald Marx	Bregnan Police Captain
Axel Schreiber	Policeman
Katie Mullins	Neighbor
Shaun Lawton	Man in Marketplace
Terry Bartlett	Monican Spy
Betty Okino	Monican Spy
Anatole Taubman	Sasha Prillo's Father
Lavinia Wilson	Sasha Prillo's Mother
Khira Lilli Pobanz	Sasha Prillo/Baby Una
William Morts	Guard
Phil Hay	Soldier
Nils Dommning	Young Trevor
Bojan Heyn	Young Oren
Justin Schierlo	Boy at Wall
Marianne Sonneck	Boy's Mother
Joost Siedhoff	Crier
Tamara Rohl	Crier
Narges Rashidi	Pregnant Woman
Claas Wurfel	Husband
Robin Gooch	Doctor
Anna De Carlo	Bregnan Victim
Martha Fessehatzion	Checkpoint Woman
Milton Welsh	Monican Man
Mehmet Yilmaz	Monican Man
Pete Postlethwaite	The Keeper
Maverick Quek	chemik
Tamara R?hl	Crier
Claas W?rfel	m??
Frances Mac Dormand	Actor
Graeme Revell	Composer
Reinhold Heil	Composer
Johnny Klimek	Composer

Technical Credits

Phil Hay

Matt Manfredi

Peter Chung

Phil Hay	Screenwriter
Matt Manfredi	Screenwriter
David Gale	Producer
Gregory Goodman	Producer,Producer
Martha Griffin	Producer
Gale Anne Hurd	Producer
Gary Lucchesi	Producer
Peter Chung	Screenwriter
Tom Rosenberg	Executive Producer,Producer
Van Toffler	Executive Producer,Producer
Charles Abou Aad	Special Effects
Richard Adrian	Sound Effects
Christopher Alba	Sound Effects
Julie Altus	Sound Effects
Petra Bach	Sound Effects
Manfred Banach	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Michael Apling	Special Effects
Kevin Abercrombie	Stunts
Henning Molfenter	Producer
Charlie Woebcken	Producer
Karen Lindsay-Stewart	Casting
Laura Rosenthal	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Peter Chung's animated TV series becomes a stylish star vehicle for Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron, who provides most of the movie's thrills by strutting around with her statuesque figure sheathed in skintight body suits. Come to think of it, watching the movie with our eyes riveted to Theron may account for our inability to make sense of the plot. Best as we could determine, it has to do with the fact that, by the 25th century, humanity has been nearly eradicated by disease, with the surviving members of the species walled up in an impregnable city and ruled by a cadre of scientists headed by Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas). A band of rebels known as the Monicans devote themselves to overthrowing the dictatorial regime, and to this end skilled warrior Aeon Flux (Theron) is assigned to assassinate Goodchild -- a task she relishes, believing him responsible for the deaths of her parents. Director Karyn Kusama doesn't waste much energy making the narrative coherent, but she does manage to replicate the visual style of anime, those stylish Japanese cartoons that rely on a unique form of expressionism. This concentration on visuals produces some remarkable effects, although it results in the subjugation of a talented cast; which, in addition to Theron and Csokas, includes Frances McDormand, Pete Postlethwaite, and Sophie Okonedo -- all worthy of far more challenging material. Aeon Flux is basically intended for young male viewers, the demographic that most readily embraces anime, comic books, and video games, all of whose stylistic flourishes this movie incorporates.