Article: 'Equilibrium' sure-footed in totalitarian nightmare; Emotion revealed as root of all evil.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(PHANTOM OF THE MOVIES)

Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Veteran scriptwriter Kurt Wimmer, known for "The Recruit," made his directorial debut with Equilibrium, due next week from Dimension Home Entertainment (priced for rental VHS, $29.99 DVD). The film borrows liberally from the seminal novels "1984" and "Brave New World," as well as such films as "Fahrenheit 451," "Gattaca" and "The Matrix," yet manages to emerge as a darkly entertaining dystopian fable in its own right. It's our ...

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