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"The perfect world meets the perfect assassin."

PG-13 2005 · 1h 33m
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Living Once with Hope
Æon Flux To live once…But with hope.
Reflections on Æon Flux's Character Quotes
Quotes about the film *], "," Entertainment Weekly (2005).
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The Harsh Reality of War
Trevor Goodchild This is a war, and people on all sides die.
Conflict Over Control and Responsibility
Trevor Goodchild I'm getting worried about you, Oren. This edge you've taken. Displays like that aren't helpful to us.
Oren Goodchild I believe in protecting what we've created. I don't apologize for that.
[shrugs]
Trevor Goodchild This was created to allow me to do my work. I can't do that if you can't control yourself. Understood?
Oren Goodchild Yes, it is.
Trevor Goodchild And what of the test results?
Oren Goodchild All negative…sorry.
[lying]
Trevor Goodchild Find me a new test group by morning.
Oren Goodchild Maybe it's time to give up on the tests, Trevor. We're living the solution already. This is perfection. Why can't you just embrace it?
Trevor Goodchild You see what's happening to people. You know how desperate this has become.
Oren Goodchild It can be controlled. Contained.
Trevor Goodchild I think your forgetting that this was all meant to be temporary.
Oren Goodchild You've always said that, but why should it be?
Trevor Goodchild Because it's wrong.
Oren Goodchild Things change…but I know you won't.
Trevor Goodchild You know me.
[smiling]
Oren Goodchild Been your brother a long time.
Oren Goodchild You're right about that.
Exploring Action Sequences in Æon Flux
Quotes about the film Based on the animated ] series, Aeon Flux has several ] ] sequences, like one in which ], crawling like a ], dodges ] blades that pop out of the ].
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The Concept of Flux Explained
Taglines The ] is flux.
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Aeon Flux: A Surprisingly Good Film
Quotes about the film There's no way to ] it but to come right out with it:  "Aeon Flux" is a ] ].  Actually, it's a really good movie.
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A Cautionary Message from Trevor Goodchild
Trevor Goodchild 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.
Confrontation Over a Past Tragedy
Æon Flux Why am I here?
Trevor Goodchild I needed to see you again.
Æon Flux You killed my sister!
Trevor Goodchild I didn't know anything about it…I'm sorry.
Æon Flux And the excuses you?
Trevor Goodchild No. But this is a war. People on all sides die.
Æon Flux She shouldn't have. She had nothing to do with this.
Trevor Goodchild Everyone's involved in this.
Æon Flux She wasn't. I don't need that to kill you.
[furious; looks down at her gun as Trevor hands it to her]
Trevor Goodchild But it would be easier, wouldn't it? Everything changed when I saw you…I know you and you know me.
[smiles]
Æon Flux Why do I know you? Why?
[grabs her weapon, walks backwards]
Trevor Goodchild Why did you come back? What do you want from me?
[lowers her arm, advancing slowly]
Æon Flux What do I want? I want my sister back! I want to remember what it feels like to be a person.
[grabs his jacket, forcing him to the wall; kisses Trevor]
[breathless]
Æon Flux Why do I feel this way around you?
The Significance of Mortality in Life
Æon Flux We're meant to die. Its what makes everything about us matter.
Loss of Family and Purpose
Æon Flux I had a family once, I had a life. Now all I have is a mission.
A Message of Uncertainty and Trust
Claudius We're sick. And Trevor's trying to cure us. That's all I know.
Æon Flux Trevor tried to dope me. Tell me what's in this.
[hands over a vial]
Claudius It's a message.
[examines vial]
Æon Flux Well, what does it say?
Claudius You have to drink it. That's how it works.
Anticipation of a Family Gathering
Æon Flux Shopping for me, Una?
Una Flux Haven't you heard? Special occasion! My sister's finally coming to dinner. Claudius and I are looking forward to tonight. For once you'll be in the house long enough to sit down.
[laughs]
Æon Flux That's why I wanted to meet with you here.
Una Flux Æon?
[slightly annoyed]
Æon Flux I may not make it tonight. I'm sorry. Don't be upset.
[sees Una's face drop]
Una Flux It's not that you can't come to dinner. It's why!
Æon Flux You know, I use to imagine you'd come with me.
Una Flux We have different ways of solving problems.
Æon Flux Yes. You ignore them.
Una Flux How could I possible ignore them? I see the problems. I feel them and I'm trying to make something good out of it…a life.
[looking around]
Æon Flux What kind of life is it?
[almost seething]
Una Flux There are good things here.
Æon Flux There's one.
[smiling at Una]
Una Flux So, I have a surprise for you tonight.
Æon Flux Tell me!
[excited]
Una Flux Tonight. So be careful…come back.
Defiance Against Orders in Æon Flux
Sithandra You're certainly killing him kindly.
Æon Flux Situation has changed.
Sithandra Our orders haven't.
Æon Flux I'm not following orders anymore.
Sithandra Why are you doing this, Aeon?
Æon Flux Everything has become more complicated!
Sithandra No. It's simple.
Æon Flux Trevor may not be responsible for the mistake.
Sithandra Trevor?
Æon Flux I'm trying to find out who is.
Sithandra Your mission was to kill Goodchild. And you can't or won't do that, so…give me your weapon and return to the frontier.
Æon Flux Didn't I teach you to think for yourself?
Sithandra You taught me alot more than that.
The Intersection of Dualities
Taglines The ] ] Meets The Perfect ]
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Philosophical Reflections from Æon Flux
Quotes about the film *], "," PostStar.com (2005)
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Unexpected Revelation in the Library
Freya She escaped.
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Trevor Goodchild Why am I not surprised.
Freya I found her in the library. I think I wounded her.
Trevor Goodchild You attacked her?
Freya She's a Monican agent, who tried to kill you. I assumed it was obvious what I should do.
Trevor Goodchild Freya, I want her alive. Do you understand? Is Oren aware of this?
Freya I can't find him.
Trevor Goodchild Stay close.
A Warm Welcome Returns
Keeper Welcome back.
Exploring Aeon Flux's Unique Creative Vision
Quotes about the film The ideas underlying Aeon Fluxs plot are the ]'s ], and the filmmakers deserve some credit for doing more than paying lip service to them.  Director ] (]) has a sense of ] flair.  Many aspects of Aeon Fluxs look could have been derivative, but are not.
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A Call for Assistance
Keeper You are needed.
Exploring the Complexity of Æon Flux
Quotes about the film This ] makes sense of "Aeon Flux's" senselessness in a way that makes it more ], not less.Befitting a movie that is based on being that sort of "]"-"]" sort of ], near-] sheen, "Aeon Flux" is full of provocative ] and wild ].
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The Illusion of a Perfect Society
Æon Flux 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.
The Dilemma of Existence and Cloning
Trevor Goodchild This isn't the answer, Æon! There's no guarantee I can find the cure again! Cloning is all we have!
Æon Flux It's not enough! Our minds are unravelling and every time you bring us back it gets worse!
Trevor Goodchild If you do this, we end!
Æon Flux We're meant to die—that's what makes anything about us matter. Living like this is torture—we're just ghosts…
Trevor Goodchild That's not how I feel…not now…
A Name and a Second Chance
Trevor Goodchild Catherine? Aeon?
Æon Flux You called me by another name earlier.
Trevor Goodchild I did and you let me live.
Æon Flux Give me my gun. We'll try it again.
Trevor Goodchild Maybe later.
[smirks]
Æon Flux What was that name?
Trevor Goodchild You know me, don't you?
Æon Flux No!
[raged]
Trevor Goodchild Do you know who you are?
Æon Flux I know I came here to kill you.
Trevor Goodchild That's why you're in a cell. But we're both still alive for a reason. I don't know what this is…but it's good to see you.
Rediscovering Lost Identities and Relationships
Æon Flux Trevor…the name you called me?
Trevor Goodchild …Catherine.
Æon Flux That was my name…
Trevor Goodchild You were my wife. We had a life together just like anybody else…
Æon Flux Wait! You need to tell me!
[grabbing his hand]
Trevor Goodchild I lost you during the disease and you couldn't be brought back. I've lived and died seven times since then, and each time I taught myself about you. You were an idea I kept alive, something I had to imagine. But when I saw you, what I felt was real, and I knew you, I remembered you. What we had together has survived all that time…
Æon Flux …and I was looking for you.
Trevor Goodchild …and I've been waiting.
Æon Flux We were different people.
Trevor Goodchild We were.
Æon Flux Those people are gone…
Trevor Goodchild …but something in them came back.
The Ethics of Cloning and Rebirth
Trevor Goodchild There was a complication when we cured the industrial disease. The vaccine had an unintended side effect: sterility. Only one more generation of our species could survive. It was a desperate time. Cloning had never been used on humans, successfully. Now when a person dies, their DNA is recycled. Oren and I built the Relico to store DNA and to conceal the cloning process. The Keeper finds a suitable couple and using food additives, we induce a chemical pregnancy. When a woman comes in for an exam, we implant a cloned embryo. From there things happen naturally. In nine months, a citizen who died is reborn. For seven generations, Oren and I have cloned ourselves, taught ourselves, so that I could keep trying to find a cure…while we all live on.
Æon Flux That's what we are? Copies?
Trevor Goodchild We're more than that! It wasn't supposed to be permanent—I've been trying to cure the infertility. Una was part of my test groups. Oren lied to me—he told me her test had failed, like the others. But she had become pregnant. He killed all my subjects, your sister included.
Æon Flux He killed her because he was pregnant…
Trevor Goodchild Una didn't know it, but her baby would have been one of the first new children in 400 years. Oren's changed–he doesn't want to go back, he doesn't want a cure…
Æon Flux He wants to live forever.
Reflections on Æon Flux's Philosophical Themes
Quotes about the film *], "," ReelViews.net (2005).
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Rebellion Against a Gilded Cage
Quotes about the film As is the case with any ] ], there are ].  Viewing their predicament as "having traded ] for a gilded cage," their ] are to disrupt the accepted order and ] the ], Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas), and/or his second-in-command ], Oren (Jonny Lee Miller).  The most dangerous of the rebels (who call themselves "Monicans") is Aeon Flux (]).
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