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Discuss “Aeon Flux fails to stun audiences”

The worst part of a mediocre movie is that its mediocrity shines through in every cell of the film. It’s a feeling that never quite loses its grip on your mind, no matter how much you might enjoy a scene. You might be thinking, “Hey, this scene is kind of cool,” or “Hey, this bit of soundtrack is pretty catchy,” or any other bit of faint praise. Then every bit of hope you had will simply make you more disappointed as the next scene assaults you with its own “meh”-ness.

That was how Aeon Flux progressed over its paltry 95-minute runtime.

Based on a mid-’90s series of animated shorts on MTV, Aeon Flux is about an assassin working for a group of rebels plotting to overthrow a tepid dystopia 400 years in the future. Over the course...

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