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* PredatoryBigPharma: Unified Pharmaceutical Corporation is a Mega-Corp that has manufactured a dependency on the miracle drug, Absolon, which apparently cures NDS, the extremely deadly plague that has killed billions of people worldwide. In reality, ThePlague died out a long time ago, and the UPC's CorruptCorporateExecutive, Murchison, kills anyone who either tries to stop them or finds out the truth about Absolon.
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''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film, starring Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/RonPerlman, Creator/LouDiamondPhillips, and Creator/KellyBrook, set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]].

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''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller ScienceFiction/Thriller film, starring Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/RonPerlman, Creator/LouDiamondPhillips, and Creator/KellyBrook, set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]].
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%%* HotScientist: Dr. Claire Whittaker.
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* PhlebotinumDependence: The remaining survivors of the NDS plague need regular doses of the Absolon drug.

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* PhlebotinumDependence: The remaining survivors of the NDS plague need regular doses of the Absolon drug.drug due to Murchison's machinations.
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* GreenAesop: ThePlague was loosed upon the world due to the deforestation of the Amazon.

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* GreenAesop: ThePlague was loosed set loose upon the world due to the deforestation of the Amazon.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Scot.

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Scot.



* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Scot and Claire



* HotScientist: Dr. Claire Whittaker.

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* %%* HotScientist: Dr. Claire Whittaker.



* SexyDiscretionShot: The camera fades to black when Claire and Scot make love.

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* SexyDiscretionShot: The camera [[FadeToBlack fades to black black]] when Claire and Scot make love.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Murchison, the head of Unified Pharmaceutical Corporation, manufactures a drug dependency among the global population for profit, and kills anyone who tries to reveal the truth.
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* RevealingCoverUp: Murchison has Reyna killed in order to cover up the fact that Absolon dependency is something that needs to be cured.
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* OneNationUnderCopyright: The company which produces Absolon basically controls the world government.

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* OneNationUnderCopyright: The Unified Pharmaceutical Corporation, the company which produces Absolon Absolon, basically controls the world government.



* ShadowDictator: Murchison is the elusive leader of the corporation that runs the world.

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* ShadowDictator: Murchison is the elusive leader of Unified Pharmaceutical Corporation, the corporation that runs the world.
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* ShadowDictator: Murchison is the elusive leader of the corporation that runs the world.
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* OneNationUnderCopyright: The company which produces Absolon basically controls the world government.
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If anybody's idea of "fan service" is watching a 46-year-old man taking a plain shower that isn't in otherwise being overtly sexualized to begin with, find out what's wrong with you.


* FanService: Aside from the previously-mentioned tight blouses, Christopher Lambert gets a ShowerScene early on in the film. And again later on.

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