I also gave it a 3 out of 10 how this terrible film scores 7.5 on here is shocking.

Its a very good Sci Fi movie really , its actual budget of only 20 Mill is what really let this movie down , but its certainly a better movie than other 2003 Sci Fi films like The Matrix Reloaded ( 150 Mill ) , Terminator 3 ( 200 Mill ) , League of Ex Gent ( 78 Mill ) , Timeline ( 80 Mill ) , The Core ( 60 Mill ) underatted movie actually still it spent 300% more than Equilbrium .
I admit i am a big Sci Fi fan and big Chris Bale fan , so if offered i would rather view Equilibrium over the likes of The Matrix ( original ) or even over Star Wars 1 or 2 .

I enjoyed it. But it is a very, very uneven movie as far as its tone goes.
Its true that half the movie is trying to be vaguely sentimental and the other half is a cheesy B action movie.

You're stupid, it's a good movie
ROWSDOWER!
"Oooh no. I don't go map findin' behindin'."

Cool story bro !
I liked it and you didn't. No point in arguing ^^

It's an action sci-fi film. It delivers where it should.
8/10

Usually I agree, its subjective, USUALLY. This is one of those extreme cases where I cannot find any reason at all to like this film. The movie makes no sense and breaks its own rules. Terrible acting/dialog, zero originality, over the top melodrama, and abundant cliches, all while taking itself VERY seriously. By all definitions it is a bad film. Bad sets, costumes, script, plot, SFX, continuity, props, cohesion, and logic.
If it was meant to be a comedy, then it is great success!
There is no way around it and no explaining away the ridiculousness.

If the OP didn't like the film, then, to each his own, I enjoyed it and I know many others that did as well.
"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna *beep* wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.

"it's fun to see loads of people get slaughtered. " That right there makes your whole comment meaningless and irrelevant

I love it when morons over analyze films, Like they are some kind of Oscar board wannabe like the Op of this thread or believe every film released should be the best film ever made.
This film is a Sci-Fi action film, nothing more and should be taken as such. I really think the OP has spent to much time in his basement.

While the look, feel and and even the premise of the movie contained extraordinarily high levels of cheese, the story itself still managed to pull me in and keep me involved until the end.
Back off!
Way off!

I feel sorry for u
you must be having a hard time enojoying movies.
its a movie for christ sake
You dont like the dog scene? People now days get more upset by a dog thrown off a bridge then a human.

It sucked.

That is probably the reason why so many people rate it that high - it pretends to be a clever movie, and therefore makes them feel equally clever, while in fact they are just watching a B-movie version of The Matrix.

Oh wow, I'm bumping this for the sheer stupidity. Even if you like the movie you can't honestly think it's intelligent on any level.

So the brainless zombies don't like the movie. beep Go watch Spiderman or something and don't read any books. They are overrated.

Awful? It was worse than awful! It was a nullity, stunk, so bad it wasn't even bad.
Seriously, if you put together a 13-year old's understanding of 1984, with the Apple commercial of 1984, and cheapo Matrix ripoff tricks, this would be the result.
This must be Bale's worst performance. He usually does an American accent very well. In this movie he sounded as if he was imitating an imitation of a US accent.
He should be ashamed of this, not Newsies.

I'll agree - pretty lame overall, especially the fight scenes. Well, the fight scenes and all the scenes in between them.

Yeah this was originally a long post, but I made it into a review. So I'm left to say with: I absolutely agree OP.
Hell it didn't have to be Matrix or Blade Runner, it would have been fine by me if it would have been all cheesy not taking itself seriously like Judge Dredd. But this mummer's farce? I really can't see any redeeming qualities to this movie, everything about it was awful. Well the acting was somewhat fair, if you want to blame the screenplay.
As it is, it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen 3/10.

(PS not English so disregard my spelling/grammar please)

Oh wow. I honestly thought this movie would have a 4/10, maybe 5/10 score on imdb, after watching.
It had potential, but that just went out the window 15 minutes before end. The final boss fight was so ridiculous, I sat with an open mouth, with no apprehension of how this ever could be intergraded into this type of movie.
Anyway, in the end, the movie felt empty, just another "bang, shoot, boom".
How.. why People don't stop to amaze me.

I'm utterly amazed about the high grade this movie got on IMDB. Ofcourse, its partially subjective and I do not LIKE all the movies with high grades, but even then I can normally UNDERSTAND why people like it.
Not with this movie. This is what makes me curious about what people do like about this movie. The plot is thin and filled with holes, unable to grap my attention. The fighting and other action scenes are never really cool. It surely is not a classic, and the story is not appealing at all. The characters are out there somewhere, but they do 'help' to narrate a proper story. In summary, a flat movie filled with mistakes.
The thing is that I like these kind of movies, thats what bothers me even more about the grade. What is so appealing? What is it that I don't see? Help me out here.
My biggest deviation between my grade and the 'IMDB-grade' this far was about two points. But I gave this movie a 3(a b-movie, not worth it to watch).

Totally agree with you.
There are no original ideas at all.
Stop taking what I write personally and chill out!

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Jesus christ!! .is it not possible for people to just enjoy a movie for the idea that it sits upon?? Regardless of what you and your over opinionated peers feel it has ripped off .surely taking an idea and crafting into your own storyline is an art in itselfI would love to see the movies that you jumped up critic wannabees could churn out . Oh no you bunch of muppets have boring nine to five jobs and feel they need to make their mark on society by slagging off someone else's hard work. as though you could do better??..instead you just use your boring life as a gauge, whilst you sit feel jealous, and talk nonsense