I want to add to my previous comment that vote-rigging is the likely cause of Equilibrium's high IMDB score. Typically, IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes scores are highly correlated, but in this case they are diametrically opposed. Rotten Tomatoes gives Equilibrium a 26% rating, making it one of the worst movies of 2002. Meanwhile, IMDB has this turkey at 7.8 out of 10, one of the highest rated movies of the year. While critics and audience members sometimes disagree, they never disagree by this much. There is clearly an error with one of the two scores. Since the Rotten Tomatoes voting is easily verifiable by counting up the positive and negative critics comments posted on the site, I believe the problem lies with the IMDB score. If this is just the result of adolescent boys running up the score to give the movie a boost, then it is not such a big deal. But if it is a commercial ploy to boost Equilibrium DVD sales and rentals then that would be something far more serious.
Review of Equilibrium
