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Equals

  • 20152015
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
31K
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Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart in Equals (2015)
Nia and Silas are two people who work together in a futuristic society known as The Collective, which has ended crime and violence by genetically eliminating all human emotions. Despite this, Nia and Silas can't help noticing a growing attraction between them, leading them to a forbidden relationship -- at first tentative, but then exploding into a passionate romance. As suspicion begins to mount among their superiors, the couple will be forced to choose between going back to the safety of the lives they have always known, or risk it all to try and pull off a daring escape.
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In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
31K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
7,095
556
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    • Director
      • Drake Doremus
    • Writers
      • Nathan Parker(screenplay by)
      • Drake Doremus(story by)
    • Stars
      • Nicholas Hoult
      • Kristen Stewart
      • Vernetta Lopez
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Drake Doremus
    • Writers
      • Nathan Parker(screenplay by)
      • Drake Doremus(story by)
    • Stars
      • Nicholas Hoult
      • Kristen Stewart
      • Vernetta Lopez
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 178User reviews
    • 124Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Nicholas Hoult
    Nicholas Hoult
    • Silas
    Kristen Stewart
    Kristen Stewart
    • Nia
    Vernetta Lopez
    Vernetta Lopez
    • Woman at Turnstile
    Scott Lawrence
    Scott Lawrence
    • Mark
    Kate Lyn Sheil
    Kate Lyn Sheil
    • Kate
    Rebecca Hazlewood
    Rebecca Hazlewood
    • Zoe
    Yu Hwan Park
    • Seth
    Bel Powley
    Bel Powley
    • Rachel
    David Selby
    David Selby
    • Leonard
    Aurora Perrineau
    Aurora Perrineau
    • Iris
    Nathan Parker
    Nathan Parker
    • David
    Jessica Lois
    • Coupler Woman
    Seth Adams
    Seth Adams
    • Health and Safety Guard
    Dennis Shin
    • Health and Safety Guard
    Guy Pearce
    Guy Pearce
    • Jonas
    Ananda Jacobs
    • Receptionist
    Hershel Peppers
    • Doctor
    Claudia Kim
    Claudia Kim
    • The Collective
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Drake Doremus
    • Writers
      • Nathan Parker(screenplay by)
      • Drake Doremus(story by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Director Drake Doremus envisioned Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart as the leads, but only together and if either one of them were unable to do the film, neither would be in it.
    • Goofs
      When Nia & Silas are sitting in the cafeteria, Nia captures a bee under a glass. A coworker asks what it is, and Nia replies, "A bumblebee." Except the insect under the glass isn't a bumblebee. It's a yellow-jacket.
    • Quotes

      Silas: [propped up on his arm in bed with Nia] I never could have imagined what love felt like. It's... strange... like a tornado going around and...

      Nia: Yeah

      [laughs shyly, then turns serious]

      Nia: That's why I was scared of it at first.

      Silas: [nods several times]

      Nia: It's about giving. Like, I want you to take everything. I don't even know what it is but I want you to take it from me.

      Silas: I just wanna-

      [amusedly]

      Silas: I wanna run.

      [Nia laughs, Silas smiles]

      Silas: I mean like you and I, both of us, just run...

      [closes his eyes]

      Silas: ... as fast as we can, outside, just take off.

      [opens his eyes]

      Silas: It's so weird; I'm like... I keep thinking about... Ever since we were kids, it's been drilled to us that our purpose is to explore the universe, you know? Outer space is where we'll find the answers to why we're here and where we come from. It's like everyone's... searching for these answers eight hundred million miles away and the truth is the answers are right in front of us.

      [looks into Nia's eyes intensely]

      Silas: I know why I'm here.

      Nia: Me too.

    • Crazy credits
      In luminous letters in the closing credits, the letter 'E's' would light up first to mimic an 'equal sign' first before full illumination of all the letters.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Nicholas Hoult/John Turturro/Bret Baier (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air (Air on a G String)
      Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performed by Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Dvorak

      Courtesy of Naxos of America

    User reviews178

    Review
    Top review
    Rehashed to hell
    We shan't be fooled - original ideas, concepts and scripts come by very rarely these days. Over the years I've come to accept that we shall not blatantly blame the creative team for the lack of some originality whether it is on similar premise, plot points, slight clichés, or visual styles. But when the final product is just a lazy mash up all the above, ripped off of arguably better previous films, as well as famed English literature at its most obvious, is just harder to swallow. If you ever watched Kurt Wimmer's Equilibrium and Michael Bay's the Island you have most certainly watched Doremus' Equals.

    Pretentiously disguising the outright obvious rehash of ideas of a dystopian society where the inhabitants are deprived of different forms of freedom for the sake of a Utopian perfect society, with slower pacing, contemplating set up shots and heartfelt-advertising- like cinematography, we are left with a most forgetful film that never once introduces a single differentiating or provocative element.
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    • vasco_cid
    • Aug 25, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 26, 2016 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Indonesia
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dông Diêu
    • Filming locations
      • Singapore
    • Production companies
      • Freedom Media
      • Infinite Frameworks Studios
      • Route One Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $16,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,258
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,206
      • Jul 17, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,084,628
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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