Æon Flux (2005)

Security versus social freedom. It is struggle as old as society. Do we forego freedoms in the name of security? It sure seems so these days. Or is it more important that we are free to do as we want to ourselves (but not others), thinks as we want (without controlling others), be as we want (without manipulating others)? This is what most democracies strive towards. Usually the two are found teetering on the ends of a fulcrum trying to find a balance whereby society can progress without feeling that their will has been thwarted by others. Æon Flux (Charlize Theron) is a renegade in a some say perfect society that has shifted almost all of the way toward security. She wants to bring down the regime of Trevor Goodchild (Martin Csokas) which rules a city called Bregna where the remaining five million survivors of a world-wide plague reside. She and her partner Sithandra (Sophie Okonedo) are tasked to assassinate Goodchild. But something is amiss and there are deep secrets to be uncovered and other conspiracies to be foiled. It isn’t as simple as she has been taught.

Director:  Karyn Kusama Writer:  Phil Hay; Matt Manfredi; Peter Chung Cast:
Charlize Theron -  Aeon 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 Quek -  Chemist Ralph Herforth -  Gardener