Movie
Equilibrium
Overview
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Details
- Release date
- 2002-12-06
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Dimension Films, Miramax, Blue Tulip Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Christian Bale as John Preston
- Taye Diggs as Brandt
- Angus Macfadyen as DuPont
- Emily Watson as Mary O'Brien
- Matthew Harbour as Robbie Preston
- Sean Bean as Errol Partridge
- William Fichtner as Jürgen
- Sean Pertwee as Father
- Emily Siewert as Lisa Preston
- Maria Pia Calzone as Viviana Preston (arrest)
- Alexa Summer as Viviana Preston (condemnation footage)
- Dominic Purcell as Seamus
Crew
- Kurt Wimmer - Director
- Kurt Wimmer - Screenplay
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