Absolon (film)
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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 |
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Distributed by | Lions Gate |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Countries | Canada United Kingdom[1] |
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.
Notes
- ^ "Absolon". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Credit". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
External links
- Absolon at IMDb
- Absolon at Rotten Tomatoes
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- 2003 films
- 2000s independent films
- 2000s science fiction films
- British independent films
- British films
- Canadian films
- British science fiction films
- Canadian science fiction films
- English-language films
- Post-apocalyptic films
- Films set in 2010
- Syfy original films
- 2000s thriller films
- Canadian independent films
- Medical-themed films
- Screenplays by Brad Mirman
- Films about drugs
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