“Æon Flux” is a truly awful sci-fi/action flick. It leaves you mentally and emotionally numb. I believe the filmmakers could not have made a worse product than this if they had tried to. I have heard that this film is based on an animated series, the thought of any more “Æon Flux” content sends chills down my spine.

In 2011, a disease wiped out the majority of the human race. A cure was found with the survivors living in a fortified city. Hundreds of years later, a mysterious assassin by the name of Æon Flux (Charlize Theron “The Devil’s Advocate”, “The Astronaut’s Wife”) is trying to help overthrow the oppressive government. When she is sent on an assassination mission, she discovers the true nature of what is going on. The future of the human race is in Æon’s hands.

The Æon Flux character has absolutely no personality. I did not care about her at all and the acting from Theron is poor. She spends half of the time flipping all over the place like the world’s a gymnastics competition. The other characters are really dull. One terrifying character has hands for feet; it’s disgusting. There are many goons that Theron’s character must blast away.

“Æon Flux” is painful from beginning to end. The acting is bad, the special effects are absolutely pathetic, the plot is nonsensical and the action scenes are repetitive. Some may feel I am being a bit harsh on a dumb sci-fi but this film is a disaster. I cannot seriously imagine anybody getting any level of enjoyment from this movie. Going back to the special effects, it is shocking to believe this film came out in 2005; it looks only marginally better than “Ultraviolet”. It’s boring, it’s ugly, it’s unengaging and it is pretty much unwatchable. Avoid “Æon Flux” at all costs.