![]() ![]() After some fancy acrobatics, she leaps down a shaft – only to be replaced by Charlize Theron’s Æon upon landing, the entire cutscene shifting to CG. ![]() The cartoon Æon enters a military complex, dispatching several enemy soldiers along the way. Needless to say, I was understandably nervous as I booted up the game based upon this travesty. For some reason, it took over ten years for a live-action film to congeal, and the finished product was almost universally panned (by fans and critics alike) as uninspired crap that dumbed down the unadulterated weirdness of the cartoon. The show frequently revolved around the nature of sex and other odd philosophical tangents, but mostly showcased ugly ways for people to betray one another and die horribly. Aside from giving the world its first taste of Beavis and Butthead, Liquid Television introduced us to Æon, a female assassin in a bleak, post-apocalyptic world. Peel aside the many layers of aversion, however, and you’ll find a semi-competent action romp that just could be worth your time.įor those of you either not around back then, or who just didn’t care at the time, Æon Flux was originally a cartoon, an important part of MTV’s Liquid Television lineup (a block of bizarre animation) in the early 1990s. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay) it’s based upon a terrible film which does almost no justice to the source material hell, even the game’s box turned me off. The old excuses come rolling out: movie games almost always suck (a trend that seems to be reversing itself i.e. That being said, I must admit I did not have high expectations from Æon Flux. There’s a funny thing about covers you usually shouldn’t judge books (or games) by them. ![]()
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