Film

Æon Flux 2005

Directed by Karyn Kusama

  • Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
  • 93 min
  • PG-13

The perfect world meets the perfect assassin.

400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.

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