| Look up equilibrium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Biology
Equilibrioception, the sense of balance present in humans and animals
Homeostasis, the ability of an open system, especially living organisms, to regulate its internal environment
Genetic equilibrium, theoretical state in which a population is not evolving
Punctuated equilibrium, theory in evolutionary biology
Sedimentation equilibrium, analytical ultracentrifugation method for measuring protein molecular masses in solution of cats.Nash Equilibrium for extensive form games due to Eric van Damme
Sequential equilibrium, a refinement of Nash Equilibrium for extensive form games due to David M.Reflective equilibrium, the state of balance or coherence among a set of beliefs arrived at by a process of deliberative mutual adjustment
Social equilibrium, a system in which there is a dynamic working balance among its interdependent parts
Equilibrium (puzzle), a 3D interlocking type puzzle made of 6 half circle pieces
Equilibration is the means of cognitive development in Jean Piaget's cognitive developmental theory.This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.Equilibrium is a 2002 action and science fiction film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer.Christian Bale has the lead role in the film and is supported by Taye Diggs, Angus Macfadyen, Sean Pertwee, Emily Watson, David Hemmings, and Sean Bean.Although it was received well by test audiences, the film was given only a limited release and little promotion.Critical reception
5 Games based on the movie
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9.After the war ends, world leaders fear that the human race cannot possibly survive a Fourth World War, and so set about building a new society which is free of conflict.Furthermore, all citizens of Libria are required to take regular injections, called "intervals," of a liquid drug called Prozium, collected at the distribution centers known as "Equilibrium".Libria is governed by the Tetragrammaton Council, which is led by a reclusive figurehead known as "Father".Father never interacts with anyone outside the ruling council, but his image is omnipresent throughout the city in a strong cult of personality.The Tetragrammaton Council strives to create identical lives for all Librians and uses its police state apparatus to enforce unity and conformity.Despite the efforts of the police and Clerics, a resistance movement exists in Libria, known as "The Underground".These outsiders hoard objects and artifacts from the old society before World War III, including art and literature.Subsequently, they are the targets of Librian death squads composed of police and Clerics.He is a widower whose wife was executed after being revealed to be a sense offender, leaving him with two children.After a raid on a group of resistance members in The Nethers, Preston notices that his partner, Grammaton Cleric First Class Errol Partridge, has personally taken a copy of the poems of Yeats under false pretenses.Preston discovers that Partridge has not turned the book over for destruction and follows him to a ruined cathedral in The Nethers, where Partridge talks of the loss of everything that makes them human, most notably the right to experience emotions.When Preston argues that emotions lead to jealousy, hatred, and destruction.After quoting Yeat's poem 'He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven', Partridge admits that it is a heavy price to pay, but one worth paying.Shortly afterwards, Preston accidentally breaks the vial of his morning dose of Prozium, and begins to experience emotions.Following a standard police raid on a Librian woman, Mary O'Brian, who has stopped taking Prozium, his emotional confusion is exacerbated during her interrogation.His fledgling emotions are further stimulated by seeing the sunrise over the skyscrapers of Libria and hearing the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.Over the course of the film, Preston's behavior increasingly mirrors that of Partridge in the beginning, even to the point of repeated dialogue.During one visit, he is forced to kill several Librian policemen.Preston explains that he is attempting to infiltrate the Resistance in order to destroy it.DuPont tells him that he has heard rumors of a cleric attempting to join the Resistance (a reference to Preston's own unreported activities), and Preston promises to find this traitor.Preston unwittingly makes contact with the Underground, who inform him that they have been watching his progress for some time.However, after watching Mary O'Brian's execution in Libria's furnaces, combined with remembering his wife's execution, causes Preston to weep uncontrollably.Brandt brings Preston before DuPont, claiming that he has captured the traitor and accusing Preston of not taking Prozium, killing a police patrol in the Nethers, and conspiring with the Underground to assassinate Father and destroy the Council.During a previous raid in the Nethers, Preston secretly swapped guns with Brandt, and so informs the Council that the policemen were killed with the weapon currently in Brandt's possession.Apparently cleared, Preston is released.Preston fears that his son will betray him to the police for not taking Prozium, but he in fact reveals to Preston that he and his sister have not taken Prozium for some time, and have already hidden his cache of Prozium.Relieved, Preston goes ahead with his plan.As part of an elaborate plot formed with the Underground, the leaders of the Resistance turn themselves in to Preston, who persuades DuPont to grant him an audience with Father, during which he intends to assassinate Father and spark off a general uprising against the Librian government.Preston arrives for his audience with Father, and is advised that as a security measure, he is to have no weapons in Father's presence and is required to take an emotion detector test, which he had first encountered with the Underground.Brandt's arrest in order to lull Preston into a false sense of security and allow him to think that his assassination scheme can go ahead.Council DuPont, who explains that the real Father died years before, and that the Tetragrammaton Council elected DuPont as the new Head of State.He has simply used the image of Father as a political figurehead.He makes his way through the corridors of the Tetragrammaton Headquarters, killing several dozen guards, until he encounters DuPont and Brandt at DuPont's office, a richly decorated room which reveals that Libria's ruling elite are sense offenders themselves.Preston quickly dispatches DuPont's elite bodyguards and slices Brandt's face off.Preston eventually manages to disarm DuPont.Remembering the execution, Preston replies quoting Partridge: "I pay it gladly", and shoots DuPont.Preston then destroys the telescreen propaganda machines which broadcast across Libria, and the device which projects holographic images of Father.Realizing that the Tetragrammaton Council is faced with a crisis, the Underground detonates bombs in Libria's Prozium factories.By the same token, the trajectories of incoming fire are also statistically predictable, so by assuming the appropriate stance, one can keep one's body clear of the most likely path of enemy bullets.The Gun Kata shown in Equilibrium is a hybrid mix of Kurt Wimmer's own style of Gun Kata (which he invented in his backyard) and the martial arts style of the choreographer.Kurt Wimmer's Gun Kata is dispersed sparsely throughout the movie, most notably in the intro scene with the silhouetted man (played by Wimmer himself) practicing with dual pistols.Wimmer's intended form of Gun Kata can be better seen in UltraViolet.Prozium
Prozium is a fictional liquid drug which suppresses strong emotions, creating a sedate and conformist society.Librium is another drug with relaxant effects, often used to treat severe alcohol or drug withdrawal.Prozium was to be originally called Librium (thus the nation of Libria), this was changed to Prozium when it was discovered that Librium was already an existing drug.Games based on the movie
While there never was an official game made based on the movie, there are now two modifications (mods) for the game Max Payne 2 with playable characters from the film, set in locations from the film and perform various Gun Katas.One is called "Hall of Mirrors", and the other is called "EQ Gunkatas v3.The mod was released in 2006 and is now available for download on their website.See the talk page for details.The use of a drug to control the citizens of Libria could be a reference to the novel The Giver.Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.The last line of the poem is quoted again near the end of the film when Preston fights the ruler of Libria.DJ HighGuy (2005): "The first thing we learn about emotion, is that it has its price; a complete paradox.The movie is also highly Orwellian, for reasons including similarities to "1984", where people's rights are taken from them for the betterment of their safety and the thought police arrest citizens guilty of thought crimes."Sense Crimes" in this film are directly parallel to this idea.The mission of Preston is to "kill Father" which fits with the theme of rebellion.Equilibrium DVD: Cubic (HTML).Equilibrium Not 451 Redux (HTML).See Copyrights for details.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Minutes() * 60 + newCurrentTime.See all 520 customer reviews...Day Shipping at checkout.See all 520 customer reviews...World War III humankind in a state of severe emotional repression: If no one feels anything, no one will be inspired by dark passions to attack their neighbors.Equilibrium should be seen for Bale's moving performance as a man shocked back to human feeling.THE MATRIX and MINORITY REPORT, EQUILIBRIUM stars Christian Bale (REIGN OF FIRE) and Taye Diggs (CHICAGO) in a thrilling look at a future where the only crime is being human!To uphold the law, a special breed of police is assigned to eliminate all transgressors.Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?See all 351 customer reviews..."Equilibrium" deserves much more attention not only from fans of genre, but also from general audiences.Sure, its flaws are too visible, borrowing Orwellian ideas from other films like, say, "Brazil," but it is not that ideas themselves but the way they are put into practice that really counts, and on that score "Equiliburium" is a winner.And critics, please let me know, why do you all praise Steven's "Minority Report" which actually borrows ideas from other films of this genre?Well, I admit the opening chapter of "Equilibrium" is a bit weak, introducing us to the dystopia world after the WW3, but soon you will forget that.Orwellian society that we are afraid of most.Yes, there are lots of styles in "Equilibrium.""Equilibrium" and "The Matrix".Both films are about rebellion against a warped reality.Both films feature a reluctant, messianic protagonist.Equilibrium", in short, manages to be entirely its own movie.Then, through a series of precise, dance like movements, a person can take on several combatants, using exacting, fluid actions to eliminate his attackers.They glamorize death as an abstract expression of powder bursts and shrieking projectiles.Equilibrium" is a film that explores what it theorizes to be the root of all worldly chaos, human emotion.All art, music, poetry and any emotion are considered contraband and must be destroyed upon discovery.In "Equilibrium", the side of "feelings" (the side that promotes painting, music, and literature) is the side of the sovereign individual.At some level, this is clearly true."Crimes of passion" such as murder, domestic violence, and assault generally involve uncontrolled emotions.In "Equilibrium", murder and war among the civilian population have been wiped out.John Preston (Christian Bale) is the perfect Grammaton Clerick (the government is known as the Tetragrammaton).The creators of "Equilibrium" had to take some liberties with the very idea of emotion, of course.Plot means conflict and human conflict is impossible without emotion.The acting is excellent, and if you like Christian Bale as much as I do, he shines above all else.At the start of the film, and in it's many flashbacks, Preston is supposed to be this emotionless killer that doesn't realize he's actually feeling subtle emotions.Bale's performance keeps the perfect monotone voice of an emotionless character, but in his eyes shows the doubt, remorse and anger.Then as the films moves on he gradually starts changing his tone of voice, allowing the monotone to falter in key moments, until in the end he completely releases all of his emotions.As you can tell, Equilibrium's plot draws from a rich variety of sources.There's a lot of Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".True, there are a few minor plot problems, but any movie that treats ideas and symbols seriously these days is a find, and one that pulls off a serious treatment of life's most fundamental questions in the context of a gripping story is a rare jewel."Equilibrium" is not science fiction so much as political speculation.It's that mainstay of movies, the cautionary tale, twisted into a decidedly dense and deceptive action thriller.Kata", makes the movie a see at least once exercise in speculative movie making.Was this review helpful to you?Kurt Wimmer's Equilibrium is a good science fiction movie that went fantastically unnoticed.Fi movie ever", or even "better than the Matrix".Set in post WW3, Equilibrium portrays a world fed up with violence, so fed up that they turn to imposing a drug that inhibits emotion.There were however some annoying inadequacies.Another minor issue surrounded the ability of these clerics to seemingly bend time and dodge bullets.Can one be loyal to the Matrix...Yes, this is a future mind control
film patterned on the Matrix.Published 7 days ago by R.What it has a lot of is guns, guns, guns and more guns.Get it and spread it around!With a plot based of some of the best pieces of classic literature (1984, Farenheit 451, Brave New World), how...Set in the future and a bit violent so not for those who are squeamish.Movie plot that tries too hard, wrapped around nice visuals.Published 1 month ago by Duncan C.Worth Seeing More than Once
This futuristic film about a to the letter "cleric" (similar to 'the cleaner') who suddenly finds himself going against everything he has known.Published 1 month ago by M.Published 2 months ago by R.Fahrenheit 451 with guns...See all 520 customer reviews...Where Have I Seen Christian Bale?Own Great Action Titles?Fast shakes and snack bars.If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.Track your recent orders.View or change your orders in Your Account.You have no recently viewed items or searches.After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.Sign in to receive personalized recommendations.The rules of the Librian system are simple.If you read a contraband book or so much as look at a smuggled painting, you've committed a crime.To keep the peace, citizens must take their daily doses Prozium, a powerful designer drug that stops feelings dead and keeps...MPAA Rating:
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