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Equilibrium
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Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 15. -
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Common Sense says
Violent post-nuclear sci-fi is Orwellian.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 15–16
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What Parents Need to Know
About Equilibrium
Parents need to know that this film is violent. The opening scenes show a sense police raid, involving much shooting and death. The closing scenes are of greater violence, big explosions and more death. In between there is intermittent violence and death. Despite this, the film isn't unusually violent for this kind of movie, and the deaths aren't gory. Some younger children might be upset by the sense police's arrest and abduction of Preston's wife in front of her young family.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how Preston, emotion and beauty win over the dour, controlling Librian state, yet rather than straightforward tales of good over evil, the film leads one to question these opposing concepts. Peace is surely good, but in this case evil derives from an all-consuming quest for peace, which itself breeds violence. Familes can also talk about how the importance of love, loyalty and joy abound in this film, but glory is associated with violence and destruction
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
Not a problem, except for the hokey face sliding off
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Pretty Violent, But that's it.
There is a lot of violence. That very true. At one point, the main character beats SWAT team members to death with the back of his gun. Also, in one scene they do not show it, but you hear dogs yelping and gunshots. There is a lot more violence than that, too. And many disturbing scenes. I think it is appropriate for some kids my age, but not most of them.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Good
I had no clue what this was about, I just rented it, and it was very good! The only reason I said off for violence is because there are many close-combat hand fights where people get smashed in the head and chest with fists, guns, and katanas. Other than that there were maybe 5 swear words in the whole movie, everything else was clean. Very good, similar to The Matrix.
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