Æon Flux (film)

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

"We're meant to die. Its what makes everything about us matter."

"To live once…But with hope."

"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."

"You are needed."

"Welcome back."

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

"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."

"The Perfect World Meets The Perfect Assassin"

"The future is flux."

"Perfect Future"

"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)."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Charlize Theron — Æon Flux"

"Marton Csokas — Trevor Goodchild"

"Jonny Lee Miller — Oren Goodchild"

"Sophie Okonedo — Sithandra"

"Pete Postlethwaite — Keeper"

"Frances McDormand — Handler"

"Amelia Warner — Una Flux"

"Caroline Chikezie — Freya"

"Nikolai Kinski — Claudius"

"Paterson Joseph — Giroux"

"Yangzom Brauen — Inari"

"Ralph Herforth — Gardenar"