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Equilibrium

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In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system. From TMDB

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2025

    Casey Kasem: You have 27 tins of Altoids. Your mom doesn’t understand what it means to be a skater. You’ve just watched Equilibrium on DVD and think it’s a classic movie. The year is 2003 and you have a Bluesky account. Here’s Butterfly by Crazy Town

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2025

    Does she even understand how important the 2002 film Equilibrium is? Does she know Taye Diggs was in it?

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2026

    *remembers seeing the movie 300 as an 8th grader but confuses it with that movie Equilibrium* The feminine “intellectual” Athenians never understood the true historical power of gunkata

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    John Lennon: Paul, George, you ever see this movie, it’s called Equilibrium Paul: at the cinema? John: yeah, that’s right. There’s this bloke in it that does this eastern art to avoid bullets Ringo: ere it’s called Gunkata All Beatles simultaneously: eh yeah gunkata yeah sure mate

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  • Zinnia Jones 🐍🗡️ @zinniajones.comBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    I remember being a teenager and watching that shitty movie Equilibrium where everyone is medicated to make them stop feeling emotions, but at that point I was so completely dissociated due to puberty I was like how the fuck is that any different

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  • Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2025

    Haha remember that movie Equilibrium. Anyway

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2025

    We spend a lot of time talking about how great the Christian Bale film Equilibrium is and that movie isn’t even good

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2025

    I’d yell at them about how important 2002 science fiction film Equilibrium is

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  • Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    Do you remember that movie Equilibrium?

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  • Mom @milph.momBluesky · Apr 4, 2026

    Equilibrium is a quite funny movie even outside of Gunkata because it’s a society where everyone is trained to snitch on and outsmart each other constantly, whilst they all think they’re the only one doing it.

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  • winter @winterk.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2026

    David Cronenberg has announced his final film will be a direct to DVD sequel to 2002's "Equilibrium" starring Milla Jovovich and Michael Rooker. Paul W.S. Anderson Executive Produces.

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  • film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    I abandoned Amazon, Spotify and YouTube and blew my cash on physical media; 20p got me 2002 gun-fu movie Equilibrium, which turns out to be a most enjoyable watch. Christian Bale, Sean Bean and Emily Watson star in a better Matrix film than the Matrix sequels. 3/5 film-authority.com/2026/02/18/e...

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  • Raimera 🤍⚡️ Cyber Chimera @raimeravt.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2024

    I'm a big fan of the cult classic action flick Equilibrium. My vtuber is a secret agent, so I'd always envisioned she would be skilled at gun kata like in the film. Does anyone know any artists who're good at drawing guns and gunplay who I can look up?

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  • Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    Me, watching Equilibrium in 2002: ‘Cool action film. Interesting premise, but the analogy is very heavy-handed. The fascists’ hate for creativity is too simplistic and two-dimensional.’ Me watching it in 2026, in a world being force-fed genAI: ‘Wow, they really nailed the art-hating fascists.’

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  • Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    Today I was reminded that Equilibrium (2002) was a pretty good movie www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7J3...

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  • James Marsh @jamesotron.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2026

    Equilibrium is a great movie and I don't care what anyone says.

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  • [SUBWOOFER] Scuba_dude1 @scuba-dude1.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2025

    I watched Equilibrium for the first time last night, and I can totally see where drone kink got some of its inspiration from! #movie #drone #dronification #shiny

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  • The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2026

    The optimal balance in a movie of early 2000s Russell Crowe, Don Johnson, and the star of The Big Lebowski is called the Nash-Bridges Equilibrium.

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  • Sarah Hollowell @sarahhollowell.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2024

    Today Ian chose another Christian Bale movie for us to watch: Equilibrium. This was my first time seeing it. It's written by the same guy who wrote The Beekeeper, and honestly, it is SO BOLD to just not improve your writing at all over 22 years.

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  • Benji Krause ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📷🪐🐕🐈‍⬛🖖 @benjkrause.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 11, 2025

    Every dystopian sci-fi movie from the 80s, 90s, and early 00s warned us about this trajectory. "Equilibrium", "V for Vendetta", "Idiocracy", "etc. Trump campaigned on eliminating "the enemy from within". No one gets to say "We didn't see this coming."

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  • Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2026

    Equilibrium is set in a dystopia as envisaged by a 12 year old who skimmed the wikipedia of Fahrenheit 451, but directed by someone who thinks this is Very Serious and Very Poignant, undercutting any potential humor beyond, of course, laughing at the movie for sucking shit

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  • 🐦‍⬛🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸Dan won't shut up about trans rights & Palestine @verboseminimalist.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    You mean the EXCELLENT and FUN movie Equilibrium where hot dudes karate dance at each other with handguns?

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  • Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2026

    a smarter movie could do so much with the fact that the evil dudes in Equilibrium are absolutely feeling emotions all the time and totally get away with it, but unfortunately, it's fucking stupid

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  • BlenderNation @blendernation.comBluesky · Oct 30, 2025

    Equilibrium - Blender Short Film https://www.blendernation.com/2025/10/30/equilibrium-blender-short-film/?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=bsky #blender #blender3d #b3d

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  • Pope of Chili Town @popeofchilitown.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2024

    “Hey man have you seen this movie [Running Scared/Boondock Saints/Equilibrium]? It’s fuckin’ sick.”

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  • Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2026

    I secretly believe that would have been a film of such Power that if he had got it made we would now be living in utopia. Like, the Equilibrium would have recalibrated around it. Curses would have ended. Arda would have been unmarred.

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  • Jill V 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @nicole-1533.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2024

    Remember that movie Equilibrium? I’ve thought of that a lot lately. Hiding art and books.

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  • brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.devBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    part of the money would be spent suppressing the old version. I'd be sending out movie kill teams like from Equilibrium

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  • 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕒 𝕃𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕪 @alea.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2026

    The most trans movie is actually Equilibrium. If you really liked it, and you haven't realized that you're an autistic trans woman with unresolved desires for motherhood, why haven't you?

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  • ɯᴉpɹɐɾ ɯᴉʇ 🇿🇦 @timmehjimmeh.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2026

    What’s a movie you genuinely enjoy that is known for being bad? Does Equilibrium count? It is objectively silly and corny in a lot of ways, and unfortunately was released the year films like The Matrix changed the trajectory of action movies. But fuck me if I don't love every second of it.

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  • Mike Kaess @mikekaess.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2026

    Gotta fight a Jedi? Nothing a little blaster kata can’t fix. I really like the new Jango, despite his flaws. Also, does anyone out there even get an Equilibrium reference? I loved that movie. #StarWarsTheBlackSeries #JangoFett #AttackoftheClones

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  • Luminosity @luminosity.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2024

    Rang in the New Year with my yearly viewing of Equilibrium, a *terrible* movie, but a GREAT film. :D Happy New Year y'all!

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  • Blur @tomboypepsilove.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    Watching the movie Equilibrium and having the funny experience of "ooooooh that's where Mori took that from for Noel Vermillion"

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  • chimera aunt @strangelittlevine.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2026

    movie night was Equilibrium (2002). stupid movies are so fucking important

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  • Dicey "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" June @diceyjune.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2026

    i was trying to remember what the drug was called in Equilibrium. but all i could remember was Expectane from Junior(1994). cos thats the last movie drug i've heard the name of. damn. imagine Equilibrium but they made everyone take Expectane.

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  • Nicole Holden @nicoleholden.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    "Doch ich, arm wie ich bin, habe nur meine Träume; Ich habe meine Träume unter deine Füße gelegt; Tritt sanft, denn du trittst auf meine Träume." William Butler Yeats Seit ich den Film Equilibrium gesehen habe, verfolgen mich diese Worte. Wie sehr wünschte ich, die Menschen würden sanft treten. 😔

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  • TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    I was bummed Ultraviolet was such a mess. Wimmer's previous movie was "Equilibrium" which is IMO an underrated masterpiece.

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  • Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2025

    Started the old Blade movie from 1999, and honestly... The action rivals Equilibrium & the Matrix, easily. The artstyle & sound design could easily be a Batman film. As far as grimdark comic book films go, it is actually pretty good. Really art deco & a bit cyberpunk.

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  • P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2026

    What’s your favorite movie with a “rotten” (below 60%) rating in Rotten Tomatoes Equilibrium (2002) Among many others. #movieSky #sciFi

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  • Luminosity @luminosity.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2026

    Equilibrium is one movie that got terrible critical reviews and yet is perfect in every way. That is all.

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  • Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2026

    also, we had a new bonus episode for Patreon subscribers go up last week where @mattielubchansky.com and I watched Equilibrium, the dumbest and most "2002" dystopian movie ever made www.patreon.com/posts/155227...

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  • graybandit @graybandit.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2025

    Equilibrium (2002 film)

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  • 🦈ACIDXSHARK🦈 READ WICKED GAME!! @acidxshark.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2025

    There's a vibe around a certain kind of sci-fi film from like the mid-to-early 00s that like... I don't know how to describe it. Like Minority Report, Equilibrium, and I, Robot all have the same flavor to me.

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  • Prime157 - 💙Vote Blue no matter who... or STFU💙 @prime157.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2025

    In the movie Equilibrium, art was the enemy. When I saw this picture, that was what came to mind.

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  • Stephen Raab @onetruestephen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2025

    Equilibrium is a fun movie, but it doesn’t seem like the people who came up with the “present minimum surface area to return fire” strategy have heard of hand grenades

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  • Schnongs 🍬 @schnongs.eurosky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2025

    #AprilFilmChallenge #MovieSky (9) A movie you thought you wouldn't like but end up liking Equilibrium (2002)

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  • A$AP Clocky🏴 🔯 🏳️‍⚧️ @amandak6647.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    Currently watching: Equilibrium (2002)

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  • Big Papa Nito @bigpapanito.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2025

    First we had Swordfish, then xXx, now to round off the early 2000s action trilogy we have.... Equilibrium (02) A slightly po faced (Come on, you know it is) but fucking awesome film. Now I know Gun Fu. (Well gun-kata)

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  • Wendell L. Thornhill @icreativeartist.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2024

    Randomly on YouTube I just happened to see some clips of action scenes from the 2002 film Equilibrium, and I gotta say: it looks kinda dope. I've never watched it before; I'm considering ordering it for my end of the year, 2 week vacation viewing? 🤔-Worth It or Don't Bother?

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  • gmdkue.bsky.social @gmdkue.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    Reflecting on my rubber fetish, realized it started as an unconscious feeling only later to obtain its form. The post is a deliberate going through the earliest memory of this vulnerable feeling awakened by the characters’ outfit in the Equilibrium film I watched as a teen

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  • Triblast28 @triblast28.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    Equilibrium I think this movie deserved to flop. It felt like it was desperately trying to reach an hour and twenty minutes; there was barely any action, it said so little, and it had no real strengths. I will never rewatch this again unless I'm gonna show it to others. I am satisfied, though

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  • basbleu(té) @basbleu.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2026

    Equilibrium is also the film brave enough to ask if W. B. Yeats can be enhanced by gunfire and somehow the answer is "yes".

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  • lee @voxvobiscum.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 13, 2026

    Meme: post your favorite film from the year you turned 18 If you haven’t seen Equilibrium PLEASE try to do so, though I don’t know that it streams anywhere. I haven’t watched it in a bit but man I loved this film

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  • Jon of the 80s @nostalgiajon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 5, 2026

    Havnt watched this in a while. Watching Equilibrium a movie that's always intrigued me. Action packed with a interesting look at a society that's completely deleted all emotions #filmsky #equilibrium

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  • it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.onlineBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    *neo waking up from the knowledge injection machine in the timeline where the Matrix and Equilibrium were made as a single movie* I know gun fu

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  • United Independents (ANTI-FASCIST) (ANTI-COMMIE) Party💜❤️‍🔥 @unitedi.orgBluesky · Sep 19, 2025

    Seems a lot like the movie Equilibrium. youtu.be/PiRZJN5Cfao?...

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  • haha yeah @freshfleisch.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2024

    the film Equilibrium (2002) except they carry dildos instead of guns and call it “dongkata”

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  • Council of Geeks @councilofgeeks.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2024

    Actually let’s go one better. Here’s a proposed “fight the power” film marathon, and I’ll happily take suggestions: SLC Punk The Matrix Sorry to Bother You Nimona Brazil Equilibrium Jojo Rabbit Mad Max: Fury Road Snowpiercer Malcolm X Gattaca V for Vendetta

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  • Darkrose @darkrose.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    Equilibrium had Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs, William Fichtner, and Emily Watson. And it was so bad. Great movie for the pants game though! "...you've given me yourself: calmly... coolly...entirely without pants. "No. Not without pants."

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  • Maken Dominus Corpus @ SQXL @scatteraxis.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Last night I finally watched Equilibrium (2002), one of the most iconic aura farming movies. Wrote my thoughts here: letterboxd.com/scatteraxis/...

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