Review of Æon Flux (2005) by Klevainw. — 12 Mar 2006

I don't understand all the critics that say "the narrative lapses in and out of incoherence"-The Globe & Mail and many others. I thought it was perfectly clear. Had the story been told even slightly more transparently, those same critics would be complaining about it's spoon feeding a simple archetypal story.

Aside from lacking the trippy opaque-ness of the no-dialog original animations, what doomed this movie is that Aeon is essentially a terrorist whose actions just may doom what is left of humanity. I liked this movie because it made me wonder if her cause was worth the risk of human extinction.

I'm surprised no critic has advanced the sympathetic terrorist aspect. Maybe I'm reading to much into it, but this movie isn't the shallow fluff it's been written off as. Nick B. is right, this is reminisent of classic trippy sci-fi.