Plot Equilibrium (film)

the flag of libria. 4 ts on flag represent tetragrammaton council.

john preston (christian bale) high-ranking cleric. wife, viviana (alexa summer , maria pia calzone), executed sense offender. following raid, preston notices partner, errol partridge (sean bean), saving book of poems instead of turning in incineration. preston traces partridge nether regions , finds him reading book. partridge remarks glad pay heavy price of feeling emotions, , preston executes him reaches gun.

preston accidentally breaks daily vial of prozium, unable replace before going on next raid. result, begins experience brief episodes of emotion evoke memories, stir feelings, , make him more aware of surroundings. intentionally skips more doses of prozium , hides them behind mirror in bathroom.

preston s partner replaced career-conscious brandt (taye diggs), expresses admiration preston s uncompromising work cleric. on first raid, arrest mary o brien (emily watson), citizen identified sense offender. brandt s surprise, preston prevents him executing o brien on spot, saying wants keep alive interrogation. brandt grows suspicious of preston s hesitation execute sense offenders , destroy contraband. result of new secret emotions, preston feels remorse having killed partridge, , develops emotional relationship o brien. preston uncovers clues lead meeting jurgen (william fichtner), leader of underground resistance. jurgen convinces him father must assassinated. plan disrupt prozium production in attempt spark popular uprising.

preston brought before vice-counsel dupont (angus macfadyen), reveals there traitor in upper ranks of clerics. dupont appears onto preston, assigns him task of uncovering , stopping traitor. relieved learn has not been implicated, preston accepts , renews promise locate underground s leadership. learns of o brien s scheduled execution, jurgen advises against interfering, sabotage plans revolution. jurgen decides allow leaders of resistance captured preston, preston can gain government s trust in order approach father , assassinate him. unable bear o brien s execution, preston unsuccessfully rushes stop it. brandt catches preston having emotional breakdown in streets, arrests him, , brings him before vice-counsel. preston tricks dupont believing brandt real traitor. following brandt s arrest, preston informed search of home take place formality. rushes home destroy hidden vials, find son – stopped taking prozium after mother died – has.

preston turns in jurgen , others resistance, , reward, granted exclusive audience father. upon arriving, discovers brandt not arrested part of ruse expose preston , underground. dupont revealed real father; had secretly replaced original father after death. becomes clear dupont not take prozium , can feel emotions. taunts preston, asking him how felt betray underground. enraged, preston fights way through army of bodyguards dupont s office , defeats brandt in katana battle. in final gun kata showdown dupont, preston wins. dupont pleads life reminding preston represents life , feeling , asks, worth price? preston responds partridge s last words, pay gladly , shoots dupont, , destroys command center broadcasts propaganda videos of father. underground carries out destruction of prozium manufacturing , storage facilities , attacks key points throughout city. preston watches successful revolution satisfaction above in dupont s office, smile breaks across face.