Aeon Flux
Sci-fi Action
Rated PG-13
**1/2 out of ****

Like so many movies, Aeron Flux was bad but enjoyable. In fact, based on the actual movie critic reviews, I was expecting something so atrociously boring and cringe-worthy that absolutely anything would have been a pleasant surprise. A lot of the acting was bad, the script was terrible, the costumes and set designs were... interesting, and the entire movie felt like it was trying to take itself too seriously, but it was still way better than I expected.

The movie did have some good points. It would have to have good points, because I enjoyed it. A lot. ^_^ The aforementioned interesting costumes and set designs were just that-- interesting. Some of it was bad, some of it was very well done. A lot of the environments were really cool, and the costuming was definitely unique. Not all the acting was bad. Charlize Theron, Jonny Lee Miller, and Marton Csokas were, for the most part, all fine, even appealing. The fight scenes were very cool, but I'm a sucker for fight scenes. ^_^ That will make just about any movie cool if it has good fight scenes.

I'm not sure what Aeon Flux is based on-- an animated series, a comic book, a video game-- and consequently I had no idea what the storyline was. I was expecting something simplistic, as it started out. 400 years ago, 99% of the human population killed by a virus, a guy named Goodchild discovered a cure, built a walled city, and became supreme dictator (oh, excuse me, "Chairman" not dictator). People are disappearing, but this is ignored by the government. Rebels called Monicans (spelling?) are fighting against the government.

Standard. Cliche.

**Spoiler**

What I wasn't expecting was a slightly deeper storyline. For instance, the fact that everyone alive are clones because the cure for the virus rendered humans sterile. The floating monument to all the lost lives is actually a lab where as soon as someone dies their DNA is harvested and they're cloned. The dictator chairman is working his butt off to find a cure for the sterility so things can go back to the natural state, but his brother doesn't want to give up immortality so he's sabotaging the research. Add to the mix the fact that people are starting to remember their past lives, their minds are starting to fray, and you have a much more interesting story. ^_^

**End Spoiler**

Anyway, the movie was fun. It's definitely only a two and a half star movie, but it's worth renting. Or, if you really enjoy sci-fi action and nice fight scenes, go see it in the theater.