---
title: 'Equilibrium (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kurt Wimmer'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/equilibrium-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Equilibrium (2002)

2002 · R · 107 min · Action, Science Fiction, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Equilibrium is a 2002 American science fiction dystopian action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer, and starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, and Taye Diggs. The film follows Bale as John Preston, an enforcement officer in a future in which feelings and artistic expression are outlawed, and a society where its citizens are forced to take psychoactive drugs to suppress emotion. After accidentally missing a dose, Preston awakens and begins to uncover the suspicious inner workings of the regime governing the totalitarian state.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kurt Wimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-wimmer)
- **Screenplay:** [Kurt Wimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-wimmer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Klaus Badelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-badelt)
- **Producer:** [Jan de Bont](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-de-bont), [Harvey Weinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-weinstein), [Bob Weinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-weinstein)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dion Beebe](https://cinepixo.com/people/dion-beebe)
- **Editor:** [Tom Rolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-rolf)

## Cast

- [David Hemmings](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hemmings)
- [Brian Conley](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-conley)
- [William Fichtner](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fichtner)
- [Angus Macfadyen](https://cinepixo.com/people/angus-macfadyen)
- [Sean Bean](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-bean)
- [John Keogh](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-keogh)
- [Florian Fitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-fitz)
- [Maria Pia Calzone](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-pia-calzone)
- [Sean Pertwee](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-pertwee)
- [Dirk Martens](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-martens)
- [Taye Diggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/taye-diggs)
- [Anatole Taubman](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-taubman)
- [Dominic Purcell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-purcell)
- [Brian W. Cook](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-w-cook)
- [Klaus Schindler](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-schindler)

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Official site: https://www.miramax.com/movie/equilibrium/
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