"I think that Tammy, her monologue is completely optimistic, totally [looking] to a better place—the cosmos—and she has learned so much from this experience. And I think that Urp, in his farewell speech to these pathetic lifeforms, gives a real strong hint that there are darker days ahead. It's a pretty good indication of where things were."

"Klaatu: You have faith, Professor Barnhardt?"

"Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!"

"I had a family once, I had a life. Now all I have is a mission."

"I am leaving soon, and you will forgive me if I speak bluntly. The universe grows smaller every day, and the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere, can no longer be tolerated. There must be security for all or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom except the freedom to act irresponsibly. Your ancestors knew this when they made laws to govern themselves and hired policemen to enforce them. We of the other planets have long accepted this principle. We have an organization for the mutual protection of all planets and for the complete elimination of aggression. The test of any such higher authority is, of course, the police force that supports it. For our policemen, we created a race of robots. Their function is to patrol the planets—in space ships like this one—and preserve the peace. In matters of aggression, we have given them absolute power over us; this power can not be revoked. At the first sign of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor. The penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk. The result is that we live in peace, without arms or armies, secure in the knowledge that we are free from aggression and war—free to pursue more profitable enterprises. Now, we do not pretend to have achieved perfection, but we do have a system, and it works. I came here to give you these facts. It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet. But if you threaten to extend your violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder. Your choice is simple: Join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer; the decision rests with you."

"I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason."

"It was a gift for your President… with it, he could have studied life on other planets."

"Ralph Herforth — Gardenar"

"Yangzom Brauen — Inari"

"Paterson Joseph — Giroux"

"Nikolai Kinski — Claudius"

"Caroline Chikezie — Freya"

"Amelia Warner — Una Flux"

"Frances McDormand — Handler"

"Pete Postlethwaite — Keeper"

"Sophie Okonedo — Sithandra"

"Jonny Lee Miller — Oren Goodchild"

"Marton Csokas — Trevor Goodchild"

"Charlize Theron — Æon Flux"

"This movie makes sense of "Aeon Flux's" senselessness in a way that makes it more fun, not less. Befitting a movie that is based on being that sort of "Bladerunner"-"Matrix" sort of smart, near-future sheen, "Aeon Flux" is full of provocative ideas and wild technology."

"There's no way to say it but to come right out with it: "Aeon Flux" is a good movie. Actually, it's a really good movie."

"Based on the animated MTV series, Aeon Flux has several entertaining action sequences, like one in which Theron, crawling like a spider, dodges metal blades that pop out of the grass."

"The ideas underlying Aeon Fluxs plot are the film's strength, and the filmmakers deserve some credit for doing more than paying lip service to them. Director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight) has a sense of visual flair. Many aspects of Aeon Fluxs look could have been derivative, but are not."

"As is the case with any totalitarian government, there are rebels. Viewing their predicament as "having traded freedom for a gilded cage," their goals are to disrupt the accepted order and kill the ruler, Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas), and/or his second-in-command brother, Oren (Jonny Lee Miller). The most dangerous of the rebels (who call themselves "Monicans") is Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron)."

"Perfect Future"

"The future is flux."

"The Perfect World Meets The Perfect Assassin"

"Aeon. I'm sorry for the pain. It's not safe to talk in the open. Nothing's as it seems…You had your chance, why did you hesitate?…You know where to find me."

"This is a war, and people on all sides die."

"Welcome back."

"You are needed."

"Some called Bregna the perfect society. Some call it the height of human civilization. But others know better. The Goodchilds built Bregna to ensure us a future. They built the Relico, a memorial to remind us of what we've survived. They built walls to protect us. They tell us that outside, nature has retaken the world. But the real problems lie within. We are haunted by sorrows we cannot name. People disappear and our government denies these crimes. The Goodchild regime provides for us, as long as we stay quiet. So we trade freedom for a gilded cage. But there are rebels whoe refuse to make that trade, who fight to overthrow a government that silences us, who fight in the name of the disappeared. They call themselves the Monicans. I am one of them."

"To live once…But with hope."

"Nora Dunn - Cyndi Pinziki"

"Michele Durrett - Starla Von Luft"

"Curtis Armstrong - Dr. Soberin Exx"

"Will Sasso - Fortunio Balducci"

"Zelda Rubinstein - Katarina Kuntzler"

"Christopher Lambert - Walter Mung"

"Janeane Garofalo - General Teena MacArthur"

"Lou Taylor Pucci - Martin Kefauver"

"Amy Poehler - Dream/Veronica Mung"

"Cheri Oteri - Zora Carmichaels"

"Holmes Osborne - Senator Bobby Frost"

"Bai Ling - Serpentine"