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'Confusion joins boredom in 'Aeon Flux'
by Bob Longino

Let's not mince words about Charlize Theron's trip, fall and go boom futuristic action film "Aeon Flux": It's as enjoyable as acid reflux. Somehow, director Karyn Kusama ("Girlfight") has taken the worst elements of "The Phantom Menace" (the incessant monotone verbiage) and "Dune" (the visual space garbage) and infused it into a sci-fi film as confusing as it is uninteresting. But let's at least say something nice: "Aeon Flux" is nowhere near as bad as John Travolta's stupendous flop "Battlefield Earth." Read the full review

TO SUM UP
In the 25th century, a rampaging virus has forced the remnants of humanity into the seclusion of a final city. A political conflict leads an acrobatic assassin, Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron), to target the government's top leader.

FILM FACTS ...

Paramount Pictures

'Aeon Flux'

Director: Karyn Kusama
Starring: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo
Run time: 93 minutes
Release date: Dec. 2, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violence and sexual content.
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: D
"In the fashion-forward future, we will become a race of extremely dull people."