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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Kurt Wimmer (written by)
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Release Date:
26 February 2003 (Belgium) See more »
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Tagline:
In a future where freedom is outlawed outlaws will become heroes. See more »
Plot:
In a Fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dominic Purcell ... Seamus

Christian Bale ... John Preston

Sean Bean ... Partridge

Christian Kahrmann ... Officer in Charge
John Keogh ... Chemist

Sean Pertwee ... Father

William Fichtner ... Jurgen

Angus Macfadyen ... Dupont (as Angus MacFadyen)
David Barrash ... Evidentiary Storage Officer
Dirk Martens ... Gate Guard

Taye Diggs ... Brandt
Matthew Harbour ... Robbie Preston

Maria Pia Calzone ... Preston's Wife
Emily Siewert ... Lisa Preston

Emily Watson ... Mary O'Brien
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Cubic" - Europe (English title) (video title)
"Rebellion" - Japan (English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence.
Runtime:
107 min
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Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Iceland:16 | Canada:A (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Sweden:15 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R
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The film's fight choreographer Jim Vickers and Kurt Wimmer had some slight disagreement on how the martial art Gun Kata should be performed on screen. You can see little friendly jabs to the choreographer in the film. When Kurt Wimmer performs the Gun Kata at the beginning, you see it's very fluid and smooth. The way it's actually used in the film is very rigid with a few flowing moves thrown in. Also, in Angus Macfadyen's speech to the Clerics in training, he says "each fluid position", slightly stressing the word "fluid". Wimmer wanted Gun Kata to be smooth and soft-style. Vickers, trained in hard-style karate among other things, modified the original Gun Kata slightly, and because of budgetary restraints, that's the version we see in the final film. Wimmer has said his own vision of Gun Kata can be seen in most of its glory in his next film, Ultraviolet (2006).See more »
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Continuity: During the scene in which Brandt picks up Preston at the distribution center, the wheels on the Seville change from the custom five spoke alloys to the standard Cadillac wheel for that particular model, and then back again.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
DuPont:In the first years of the 21st century, a third World War broke out. Those of us who survived knew mankind could never survive a fourth; that our own volatile natures could simply no longer be risked. So we have created a new arm of the law: The Grammaton Cleric, whose sole task it is to seek out and eradicate the true source of man's inhumanity to man - his ability to feel.
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149 out of 201 people found the following review useful.
Cult movie extraordinaire?, 10 December 2004
Author: juniper-14 from berlin, germany

I've seen this movie 5 times (it's the nature of satellite TV) within the past week and it's true...you catch something you've missed or see something new with every successive viewing. This movie is way ahead of its time, and much better than the over-rated Matrix. Bale is always exceptional, and so is his "Metroland" co-star, Emily Watson. Maybe it's the Anglophile or Brit-flick fan in me, but I must say that the added presence of Sean Bean and Angus MacFadyen all but confirms the pre-eminence of UK acting in quality films. Accompanied by very appropriate techno-musik, the action sequences are fast and Euro-flashy, heavily influenced by Jan De Bont--different from the weird, drawn-out, "suspended/string puppet" thing that apparently passes for martial arts these days. (I miss Bruce Lee)

Anyway, if you haven't seen it, give this a shot. If you already have & weren't impressed, take a look at it again. It will grow on you. See if you're inclined to show up to work the next day looking and acting very much a "Cleric" who missed a Prozium dose.

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