Absolon (film)

See also: Absolon (surname)

Absolon
Promotional film poster
Directed by	David Barto
Written by	Brad Mirman
Produced by	Jamie Brown
Starring	Christopher Lambert Kelly Brook Lou Diamond Phillips Ron Perlman Roberta Angelica
Cinematography	Unax Mendía Curtis Petersen
Edited by	Evan Landis
Music by	Gary Koftinoff
Production companies	GFT Absolon Films, Inc. Studio Eight Absolon Films, Ltd.
Distributed by	Lions Gate
Release date	16 December 2003 (2003-12-16)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Canada United Kingdom
Language	English

Absolon is a 2003 post-apocalyptic science fiction thriller film. The plot concerns a future society where the only hope for survival from a deadly virus is a drug called Absolon. The film was directed by David Barto, and stars Christopher Lambert, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Kelly Brook.

Plot

In the year 2010, a virus infected everyone on the planet, wiping out half the population. Absolon is a drug regimen everyone must now take to stay alive. One corporation controls the drug and Murchison (Ron Perlman) is its leader.

A corporate scientist, who was researching the virus, is found murdered. Norman Scott (Christopher Lambert) is the policeman assigned to investigate the crime. He eventually uncovers a conspiracy involving the scientist. He is given a partial dosage of the cure the scientist had been working on, but soon realizes he is in over his head as he is being hunted by an assassination team. Scott goes on the run with Claire (Kelly Brook), one of the murdered scientist's colleagues. They find out the assassins are employed by Murchison.

Scott discovers he is being chased down for the cure in his bloodstream. He is also able to kill the assassins chasing them. In the end, Scott finds out the cure he was carrying wasn't for the original virus, which had died out years ago, but a cure for the worldwide dependence on the addictive Absolon drug itself.

External links

• Absolon at IMDb