Movie Review: Aeon Flux (2005)

Based on something I’ve never heard of, I pretty much had no idea what was happening for most of this movie. That’s not because of an incredibly intricate plot or some complicated worldbuilding. It’s mostly because of the filmmaking. Action scenes are so poorly directed and mostly edited that it becomes difficult to understand people’s spatial relations among each other.

Charlize Theron does what she can.

It’s not like it’s some great performance or anything, but she’s not the problem here. Pretty much the most important thing in an action film is to be able to tell what’s happening, and this movie doesn’t really pull that off.

Theron appears to be capable in the action scenes. I just wish the two editors were, too.

Rating: 2/10