Aeon Flux

This was recommended to me by my flatmate using the phrase "It's got Charlize Theron running about wearing not very much."

Fair enough I thought.

Plot 400 years in the future, only one human city has survived a global plague. The citizens are happy in their utopia, but keep disappearing. There's a bunch of rebels trying to overthrow the government.

Charlize Theron plays Aeon Flux, the best agent the rebels have.

Score I'll be scoring this using the new Saxon Film Grade, because I've become increasingly disillusioned with rating a film X/10. I never know what to give a film, and usually end up guessing. So here's a breakdown of the new film grading system:

A+ Truly outstanding. The sort of film that makes you ask "Oh my god, how did I live before seeing this film?"
A Must see. Definitely one for the DVD collection. Highly recommended.
B Entertaining. Good for comedy/entertainment value, worth seeing. Possible contender for the DVD collection.
C Average. Not a great film, but not terrible either.
D A bad film. Bad script/acting, implausible plot or huge gaping plot holes.
E Failed to meet even basic entertainment value, not worth seeing.
F So bad that it makes me feel I've just wasted two hours of my life.

So, as you can see, most films will fall between the B - D grades.

I give this film a C. It's not a bad film, it's quite entertaining, but it's not great and by no means a modern classic of sci-fi.

Breakdown
Entertainment vs Annoyances

+2 for Ms Theron running about wearing not very much.
-1 for a line in the trailer that doesn't appear in the film.
+1 for a decent twist about who the enemy really is.
-1 for symbolic re-incarnation crap.
+3 for the excellent fight scenes.
-1 for the dreadful scientific 'twist'
+1 for the stunts and the huge explosion
-1 for yet again missing the naked exhibitionist who lives across the street from me¹
+1 for some very nifty tech on display

Which gives a 4. Probably a 5 if you ignore the exhibitionist bit. So overall, it's a winner. (Zero would mean the film breaks even on the entertainment vs annoyances factor. A negative number would be bad).

¹HEY! Don't get started. I've not seen her once (not that I've been looking), whereas my flatmate and his girlfriend have seen her on several occasions. And she doesn't seem shy either. She's well aware that people can see her. I'm starting to suspect that she's not real and is some sort of cruel joke my flatmate is playing on me.