Director Kurt Wimmer (ULTRAVIOLET) injects style into this sci-fi/action film that channels the visual energy of THE MATRIX and invokes the politics of BRAVE NEW WORLD. In a futuristic society where the government requires citizens to stay tranquil and submissive by taking a psychological drug, people no longer have emotions. Because of this, there are no more wars, but there is also no literature, music, or art of any kind. But when an enforcement agent (Christian Bale, THE DARK KNIGHT) realizes that peaceful oblivion may not be the answer, he thinks about overthrowing his oppressors. EQUILIBRIUM’s cast also includes Sean Bean (THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING), Taye Diggs (CHICAGO), William Fichtner (PRISON BREAK), and Emily Watson (RED DRAGON).

Theatrical release: December 6, 2002 (Limited)

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Letterbox - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: FINDING EQUILIBRIUM
Audio Commentary:
1. Kurt Wimmer - Director
2. Kurt Wimmer - Director, Lucas Foster - Producer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus

Distributor Notes: Equilibrium

Delivering awesome high-tech action in the power-packed style of THE MATRIX and MINORITY REPORT, EQUILIBRIUM stars Christian Bale (REIGN OF FIRE) and Taye Diggs (CHICAGO) in a thrilling look at a future where the only crime is being human! In an attempt to end wars and maintain peace, humankind has outlawed the things that trigger emotion -- literature, music, and art. To uphold the law, a special breed of police is assigned to eliminate all transgressors. But when the top enforcer (Bale) misses a dose of an emotion-blocking drug, he begins to realize that things are not as they seem! Also starring Sean Bean (THE LORD OF THE RINGS) and Emily Watson (RED DRAGON).

Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Christian Bale: Welsh actor, BATMAN BEGINS
Sean Bean: English actor, LORD OF THE RINGS, THE ISLAND
Taye Diggs: Actor
William Fichtner: Actor
Emily Watson: Actress
Angus MacFadyen: Actor/"Braveheart"

Kurt Wimmer: Director/Screenwriter

Kurt Wimmer: Director/Screenwriter

"...Wimmer shows flair with his overheated visual style..."
"...Some of it is conceptually inventive, and the action scenes are interesting..."