11 out of 10. I love this movie. This is the reason Christian Bale was a fan favourite to become Batman. Also, I am pretty sure the guy being thrown up against the wall and shot in the beginning is the director.
The moment of the guy shaking his head is so underrated. He literally is telling a guy to let him die knowing that he'll be much more valuable with his identity intact than to save the small group of them. The fact that there is a head nod of "don't make this not worth it" to Preston right afterwards, his moment of horror and introspection as they die, the fact the other cleric is actually a coward and orders others to do his killing, UGH. I don't care what critics say, this movie was phenomenal
Indeed good scene. But you know what Preston can kill all of them since he is the best Cleric in the universe. But sense offender guy don't wanted to risk it. Preston already saved their life (atleast at first) if Preston wasn't there they were already dead. Sense offender just wanted to accept the faith.
@@ovandocarter6377 disagree, he gave the Gun to Preston with the idea that Preston would execute him. Preston gives it back saying "the honor should be yours" Our dude then sits there staring at Preston as they die instead of doing it himself Boy was always a coward
This was one of the coolest movies after the Matrix. I was surprised to find this years after it came out. Never knew it's existence. Definitely worth watching again.
The gun switch and the non verbal communications between John and the sense offender before the firing line is so subtle the first watch through. But now I see it. The sense offender didn't want to lose John from their cause and helped him decide on the gun switch. A noble sacrifice.
I suppose he had guessed or seen that there was no ammo in the gun. But yeah, knowing your chances are gone and making the best of it aren't equally easy things 😮
I always thought that this movie got more out of its SFX budget than the Matriix got out of theirs. Gun-kata was a wonderful idea, and Christian Bale was the perfect choice as lead. I had more fun in the theater with this movie than any other movie that year. It was sadly underrated.
A lot can be said about this movie... it's awesome. But comparing it to The Matrix it didn't come close to looking as good as The Matrix and the SFX used in it... that's probably why it flopped at the box office, people expected more after The Matrix.
@@rjohnson2813hey, what did you mean by this? I can't find any reference to this film being based on an RPG, and searching Paladium just gets me results for an older high fantasy TTRPG
@@lysandersensale2792 Tbh, its quite difficult to even imagine what would a living creature without any emotions even look/act like other than machine/robot!? One might argue that, there are some people that are emotionless, say psychopaths but, on this particular case you are dealing with someone uncapable of having remorse or compassion. They still have emotions like anger, rage, envy and so on! Equilibrium was dealing with people drugged up on some chemical that removed all emotions... perhaps they should have behaved more like a zombie horde? Better question would be, why do they even care at this point without any emotions?!
That head nod when I first saw this, that really got me. The bravery that guy had to have to stand there knowing what was going to happen, knowing also that the Cleric very likely could have killed everyone in the room and saved them, that little battle, really got me. He knew he was more valuable with his identity intact, as someone else already said. Powerful moment in the movie completely underrated movie, especially in today’s world.
I’ve always loved this movie. I’ve always looked at it like they took the perspective of the agents who is awaken. Prior to this I was in the fence about them announcing Bale being Batman… this movie sold me on it.
@@brad506th to be honest I didn't know it existed until much later. My buddy brought it over. I was super bummed I didn't see it in theaters. Totally saw the Matrix though. So, that makes sense on that point.
This movie blew me away. I couldn't understand why it was more popular. It's one of the best action sci-fi movies that I've ever seen and Bale did a hell of an acting job.
We would have so many more sequels for this if it wasn't for a small little film title "Matrix" came out at the same time. Very underrated movie. It's a cult classic though
True. I noticed that when I watched the movie too. I took it as the drug they use not working the same for everyone, because they're not completely without emotions. Their emotions are just subdued to some amount. That's why Christian Bale's character is the best of the best, he basically didn't feel a thing. And that's why Bale was the perfect casting choice.
I saw this in a theater. For 3 years noone i talked to didnt even know this movie existed. Probably the one movie that took the longest to come out on dvd. Besides MadGod.
why in the name of fuck would you want to update this? it's not like this is stone age stuff. there is nothing in this movie that could benefit from a modern remake, nothing. why the fuck does everybody needs remakes these days? if people like you would have a little bit of hunger for exciting new stuff, we woulnd't even have the need for these pointless remakes anyway. you're basically tell them "yeah, be lazy and just reuse what you got and polish it up a bit, it will be good enough for my stupid ass to enjoy"
@@angieroxy7550 He moves with incredible coordination, agility and precision. A play on the title of "Sense Offender"; hence "Dexterous Defender". He also has a great sense of Equilibrium lol.
best scene i had with this movie is when they noticed that his brain impulses starts to flatline and the dude who monitors the equipment exclaimed "oh sh*t" before hell paints blood during his interrogation
I loved this film, it was just... fun. But what always cracked me up is that the helmeted guys never went down until he broke the visors. I like to imagine some of them were just like, "Agh! Ow! Oof! For the love of! Sonofa! Please just! Ow!" then he hit the visor, "Finally!"
Hi everyone! What grade (out of 10) would you give this video?
11 out of 10. I love this movie. This is the reason Christian Bale was a fan favourite to become Batman.
Also, I am pretty sure the guy being thrown up against the wall and shot in the beginning is the director.
Infinite!!
10 for action 6 for story
My childhood, remember this movie, not will be better, 10 of 10
This was such a great movie, should have been bigger.
The moment of the guy shaking his head is so underrated. He literally is telling a guy to let him die knowing that he'll be much more valuable with his identity intact than to save the small group of them. The fact that there is a head nod of "don't make this not worth it" to Preston right afterwards, his moment of horror and introspection as they die, the fact the other cleric is actually a coward and orders others to do his killing, UGH.
I don't care what critics say, this movie was phenomenal
Indeed good scene. But you know what Preston can kill all of them since he is the best Cleric in the universe. But sense offender guy don't wanted to risk it. Preston already saved their life (atleast at first) if Preston wasn't there they were already dead. Sense offender just wanted to accept the faith.
I loved that part about this scene.
Although Preston's betrayal should be impossible to hide after beating up those guards.
It is over rated but the other cleric is not a coward. He is just drugged up and so does not care emotionally. He is just doing his job as instructed.
@@ovandocarter6377 disagree, he gave the Gun to Preston with the idea that Preston would execute him. Preston gives it back saying "the honor should be yours"
Our dude then sits there staring at Preston as they die instead of doing it himself
Boy was always a coward
@@Hiddenman15Is it ever confirmed whether the gun was loaded? Seems like it could very easily have been a trap.
This was one of the coolest movies after the Matrix. I was surprised to find this years after it came out. Never knew it's existence. Definitely worth watching again.
no
@@newrenaissance yes
Terrible cinematography tho, 3/10. Matrix is 10/10
matrix is CRINGE but then again some people prefer the concepts to the action because they are more cultured.
Фильм определённо недооценили!
Before John Wick we had Equilibrium
Before Equilibrium we had John Woo's The Killer and Hard Boiled.
yup
@@summerkagan6049 yup
Or the matrix and ronin 47?
Before Equilibrium we had the matrix.
Lets see Paul Allens gun-kata
Oh my God it even has a watermark! (somehow)
underrated comment
@@cyberperson53 impressive
The gun switch and the non verbal communications between John and the sense offender before the firing line is so subtle the first watch through. But now I see it. The sense offender didn't want to lose John from their cause and helped him decide on the gun switch. A noble sacrifice.
I suppose he had guessed or seen that there was no ammo in the gun. But yeah, knowing your chances are gone and making the best of it aren't equally easy things 😮
@@udirt I feel at some point he realized the weight difference. With his experience, I’m sure he’d be able to notice. At least after emotions calmed.
Also if I remember correctly in this scene Bale swapped his weapon with Taye Diggs to later frame him for doing something
I always thought that this movie got more out of its SFX budget than the Matriix got out of theirs.
Gun-kata was a wonderful idea, and Christian Bale was the perfect choice as lead. I had more fun
in the theater with this movie than any other movie that year. It was sadly underrated.
could he not blow his cover right then?
Gun kata wasn't original. The entire story takes place in the world of the Paladium pen and paper game system.
A lot can be said about this movie... it's awesome. But comparing it to The Matrix it didn't come close to looking as good as The Matrix and the SFX used in it... that's probably why it flopped at the box office, people expected more after The Matrix.
@@micglou I like this movie but even trying to compare it to The Matrix is just silly XD
@@rjohnson2813hey, what did you mean by this? I can't find any reference to this film being based on an RPG, and searching Paladium just gets me results for an older high fantasy TTRPG
One that continued the long standing traditions of killing off Sean Bean.
Thta's why they just released that new Hitman DLC 🤔
he takes HIS gun with his RIGHT hand 3:39
and gives HIS gun with the LEFT hand 4:29
Oh, it was the foreshadow! Didn't notice it.
yep - which later implicated the black cleric for the murders of the guards
"I'll take a potato chip....AND EAT IT!"
"He's a sense offender!"
😆
lel
It's kinda sad that we have so many in our society.
The law enforcement seemed pretty emotional to me all throughout this movie lol.
@@MrBottlecapBill It's the same problem with zombie films or whatever. It's like they interpret "emotionless" to mean "wooden acting".
@@lysandersensale2792 Tbh, its quite difficult to even imagine what would a living creature without any emotions even look/act like other than machine/robot!?
One might argue that, there are some people that are emotionless, say psychopaths but, on this particular case you are dealing with someone uncapable of having remorse or compassion. They still have emotions like anger, rage, envy and so on! Equilibrium was dealing with people drugged up on some chemical that removed all emotions... perhaps they should have behaved more like a zombie horde? Better question would be, why do they even care at this point without any emotions?!
That head nod when I first saw this, that really got me. The bravery that guy had to have to stand there knowing what was going to happen, knowing also that the Cleric very likely could have killed everyone in the room and saved them, that little battle, really got me. He knew he was more valuable with his identity intact, as someone else already said. Powerful moment in the movie completely underrated movie, especially in today’s world.
I’ve always loved this movie. I’ve always looked at it like they took the perspective of the agents who is awaken. Prior to this I was in the fence about them announcing Bale being Batman… this movie sold me on it.
"Get him....he's a SENSE offender!" 😂🤣
SUCH a terrible crime!
you're all fools. if you'd realize where this society is heading towards, you wouldn't have that stupid laugh but ignorance is bliss as they say
😂he is a repeated sense offender
It’s true, men don’t have feelings. At least they are not suppose to.
@@RuiWang-zm2ue That's not true, I do.
Equilibrium was one of the best movies, it definitely didn't get enough recognition.
"Don't do it. He'll shoot us in the back."
"If I wanted to shoot you, I'd shoot you in the face."
Why can't people understand that more in movies lol
Yup it was kinda on them for not listening and getting killed 😅
I mean if an officer of the Gestapo told me to run, it'd also assume it be more of a sick joke.
2:14 Let's see them get a table at Dorsia now.
kekest of keks
Ridiculous fights. The movie’s idea is great.
Batman: The war without mask.
Underrated movie. Loved it!
Same
Extremely underrated. Poor release date, couldn't compete with The Matrix.
@@brad506th to be honest I didn't know it existed until much later. My buddy brought it over. I was super bummed I didn't see it in theaters. Totally saw the Matrix though. So, that makes sense on that point.
Next level pistol whipping😂
This movie blew me away. I couldn't understand why it was more popular. It's one of the best action sci-fi movies that I've ever seen and Bale did a hell of an acting job.
I love this movie and it's a movie that not many people know about...flew under the radar.
Right
Not really was jus overshadowed by blade and matrix.
one of the very underrated action movies that didn’t get a sequel.
True, but it stands alone fine on its own. Hell, one could even say that the ending is perfect.
There can't be a sequel that makes sense because the regime fell in the first movie
The birth of John Wick started from this movie
We would have so many more sequels for this if it wasn't for a small little film title "Matrix" came out at the same time.
Very underrated movie. It's a cult classic though
I first saw this movie around the time we talked about the classic dystopian novels by Orwell, Huxley and Bradbury in school…it totally blew me away.
Same! But I was must reading them out of curiosity
Yea I remember 1984 only actual book I’ve ever read in my life lol
"Sense Offender" still cracks me up to this day.
20 years and i can't believe i missed the guard saying "he's a sense offender"
When this movie came on rental in Sweden it was renamed "Cubic".
this is the first time that batman fought ennemies circling him, but no mask.
the second time he was wearing the bat-armor
The priest, "I'm Batman."
Before John Wick, we have John Connor
Bale is perfect for this
You have to watch every detail very carefully. At 3:40 he takes the gun with his right hand, but at 4:29 he returns another gun with his left hand.
私は日本人です。当時、父の影響でハリウッド映画をレンタルビデオ店で無作為に借りていた時、この作品とクリスチャン・ベイルに出会いました。
現在ここ日本でもコアなファンが多く、この映画のBDはプレミアと化してます😂
It's a really interesting movie
10 great underrated film
I saw Equilibrium at the Cinema when it came out, so cool!
This movie epitomises Klaus Schwab's dream world.
Black guy sure shows a lot of emotion...
True. I noticed that when I watched the movie too. I took it as the drug they use not working the same for everyone, because they're not completely without emotions. Their emotions are just subdued to some amount. That's why Christian Bale's character is the best of the best, he basically didn't feel a thing. And that's why Bale was the perfect casting choice.
It's because he wasn't on it, anyone that was close to the leader or leading class didn't use it.
It was such a satisfaction to discover this movie back then. The kind of you don't expect anything and you got slapped in the face!!!
I saw this in a theater. For 3 years noone i talked to didnt even know this movie existed. Probably the one movie that took the longest to come out on dvd. Besides MadGod.
I want to see an "Enter the Badlands" season where the Clippers encounter the Grammaton Clerics.
Preston switched the pistols as he took with his right hand and gave back with the left
We need an updated version of this movie.
This movie couldn't be made today because Hollywood has become the evil government this movie warns against.
why in the name of fuck would you want to update this? it's not like this is stone age stuff. there is nothing in this movie that could benefit from a modern remake, nothing. why the fuck does everybody needs remakes these days? if people like you would have a little bit of hunger for exciting new stuff, we woulnd't even have the need for these pointless remakes anyway. you're basically tell them "yeah, be lazy and just reuse what you got and polish it up a bit, it will be good enough for my stupid ass to enjoy"
" He's a SENSE Offender " WHAAT!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
I've seen this awesome movie, but this line is so frickin' hilarious bruv.
AAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I see he's been taking those Detroit Urban Survival Training courses
Bale would make a very fine Grim Knight Batman!
When this came out, it had the most on screen deaths of all time and Bale's character had the highest on screen kill count.
This movies raid in the opening minutes...Superb! -best door breach in cinema HISTORY
我小時候看到這部電影之後超愛！在我心中也是不可抹滅的作品
This is what Bruce Wayne did before wearing the mask and cape 😅
1:37 Looks more like a Dexterous Defender to me 🙄
What's that?
@@angieroxy7550 He moves with incredible coordination, agility and precision. A play on the title of "Sense Offender"; hence "Dexterous Defender".
He also has a great sense of Equilibrium lol.
@@computerman789 Interesting 🤔
Величайший фильм!! Пересматриваю постоянно и всегда как будто впервый смотрю. Шедевр... не иначе....
Tfw when all your mods work in tandem
His agent had told him this role would kill his career. :D Instead, it launched it.
I remember first seeing this movie back in the day, so awesome!
Gun Kata vs. Gym Kata
GUN - KATA - KYLE! 😊😅😂.
The acting of the guy who got shot at the start, thats the face you pull if you want to refuse to hold a spider
Back when Christian Bale still had a facial expression every odd hour.
Really really loved this movie! This really inspired my next works starting from my thesis 😊
The film is very silly but goddamn gun kata was the coolest shit
It's such an interesting idea that shots would be statistically probable.
Interestingly to this day I don't know if any studies done in this manner
best scene i had with this movie is when they noticed that his brain impulses starts to flatline and the dude who monitors the equipment exclaimed "oh sh*t" before hell paints blood during his interrogation
@1:34 Thank god the subtitles were there, I thought this was a very different movie
That was a great movie! Bale was fantastic!
I agree
This is one of the movies I come back to and watch over n over
Zach Braff at 3:10, lmao
Gun Kata is the best when people don't pull the trigger.
The fact this movie actions scenes are still league better than a lot of action movies,says a lot lmao
Big Steaven Segal vibes 🤣
💯
This is one of the best underrated movies. It's so unlucky that Matrix has dominated whole industrie those years
Such an underrated movie..
that's a hell of a way of trying to get a reservation at Dorsia
A "sense" offender 😂
Those looked like xenomorphs in the thumbnail
If underrated was a movie 🎬
this could have been such a good 90s anime
It’s Gun-Fu my son
This film flew SO hard under the radar I felt. Was the matrix out at a similar time or am I mistaken?
2:00 that's not him
Ahhh yes. When Dante tried acting. Those where the days.
Saw this on pirated DVD when those were a thing...lol...underated film that had great action but the storyline broke down at the end...💪💪👍
I'm required by law to inform you all that I'm a sense offender 😅
Death by pistol bludgeoning
I totally forgot it was Christian Bale who starred in this movie
Before IP MAN we had Equilibrium
Alternate reality if Bruce Wayne had chosen the path of guns
The personality we don't talk about enought
Sense offender sounded like someone else lol
the truly stellar role of Christian Bale. I really like this movie. I review it periodically.
Way better than Matrix. Cristian Bale is the goat.
lol
He should cast as Thomas Wayne. The Batman that uses guns in the flash point
This was Christian Bale's Matrix
been a fan since the beginning this movie is goated af
This movie was so damn.... COOL.
Batman before Gotham City
We want Equilibrium 2!
Once again, another time Sean Beans death begins something
Bale the team killer
2024 HE IS PRONOUNS OFFENDER 🤓
Lame. Using all caps in 2024 too 🤦🏻♂️
I loved this film, it was just... fun. But what always cracked me up is that the helmeted guys never went down until he broke the visors.
I like to imagine some of them were just like, "Agh! Ow! Oof! For the love of! Sonofa! Please just! Ow!" then he hit the visor, "Finally!"