History Film / Absolon

''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film, starring Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/RonPerlman, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Creator/KellyBrook, set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]].

* ScavengerWorld: According to the OpeningScroll, the world is living off of pre-plague surplus, with Absolon being about the only thing actually produced.

''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film, starring Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/RonPerlman, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Kelly Brook, set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]].

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

''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film, starring Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/RonPerlman, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Kelly Brook, set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]]. In the year 2010, a [[ThePlague plague]] known as "Neurological Degeneration Syndrome" (NDS) kills five billion people. A treatment medicine, Absolon, is eventually discovered, and a powerful MegaCorp (also acting as both a world government and as much of the entire world economy), run by the mysterious "Murchison" (Pearlman), arises from the ashes of ThePlague to distribute Absolon to what's left of humanity.

''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film, starring Creator/ChristopherLambert, Creator/RonPerlman, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Kelly Brook, set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]]. In the year 2010, a [[ThePlague plague]] known as "Neurological Degeneration Syndrome" (NDS) kills five billion people. A treatment medicine, Absolon, is eventually discovered, and a power MegaCorp (also acting as both a world government and as much of the entire world economy), run by the mysterious "Murchison" (Pearlman), arises from the ashes of ThePlague to distribute Absolon to what's left of humanity.

Fast forward several years. [[GovernmentDrugEnforcement Mankind is still dependent on Absolon]], requiring daily injections to avoid dying of NDS. Detective Norman Scot (Lambert) is investigating the murder of Dr. Frederick Reyna, the scientist who created Absolon. In the course of his investigation, he meets World Justice Department Agent Walters (Diamond Phillips), who is strangely interested in the case, as well as Dr. Claire Whittaker (Brook), the woman in charge of the group that was funding Dr. Reyna's research.

''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near]] future. In the year 2010, a [[ThePlague plague]] known as Neurological Degeneration Syndrome (NDS) kills five billion people. A treatment, Absolon, is eventually discovered, and the MegaCorp (also acting as both a world government and as much of the entire world economy) that arises from the ashes of ThePlague distributes Absolon to what's left of humanity.

Fast forward several years. [[GovernmentDrugEnforcement Mankind is still dependent on Absolon]], requiring daily injections to avoid dying of NDS. Detective Norman Scot (played by Creator/ChristopherLambert) is investigating the murder of Dr. Frederick Reyna, the scientist who created Absolon. In the course of his investigation, he meets World Justice Department Agent Walters (Lou Diamond Phillips), who is strangely interested in the case, as well as Dr. Claire Whittaker (Kelly Brook), the woman in charge of the group that was funding Dr. Reyna's research.

A DirectToVideo movie, ''Absolon'' was done on an estimated budget of $8 million, most of which must have gone to the cast, as there seems to have been precious little left over for [[SpecialEffectFailure anything else]]. The scenes with Creator/RonPerlman are easily the most entertaining parts of the film.

* ApocalypseHow: [[AMillionIsAStatistic Five billion people]] die in ThePlague, making it a Societal Collapse scenario.

''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near]] future. In the year 2010, a [[ThePlague plague]] known as Neurological Degeneration Syndrome (NDS) kills five billion people. A treatment, Absolon, is eventually discovered, and the world government that arises from the ashes of ThePlague distributes Absolon to what's left of humanity.

''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near]] future. In the year 2010, a [[ThePlague plague]] known as Neurological Degeneration Syndrome (NDS) wipes out [[AMillionIsAStatistic five billion people]]. A treatment, Absolon, is eventually discovered, and the world government that arises from the ashes of ThePlague distributes Absolon to what's left of Humanity.

Scot discovers that Dr. Reyna was working on a cure for NDS and turns out he may have been killed to [[GovernmentConspiracy cover it up]]. As he digs deeper into the mystery, his whole world gets turned upside-down, and even Absolon itself may not be what it seems...

* TheMockbuster: The story premise and thematic elements of ''Absolon'' bear several stark similarities to the bigger budget 1995 science-fiction film ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'', loosely based on the Creator/WilliamGibson short story of the same name. This is perhaps a little more than mere coincidence, seeing that the star of ''Absolon'', Christopher Lambert, was once in the running for the lead role in ''Johnny Mnemonic'' (before the part went to Keanu Reeves). ''Johnny Mnemonic'' similarly takes place in an early-21st Century "near future" where half the world is infected by a plague called "Nerve Attenuation Syndrome" (NAS). Only one giant pharmaceutical company is selling expensive treatments to combat the plague, and the film's hero unwittingly finds himself carrying information on a permanent cure.

* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture: Not surprising considering it's only TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture. However, some characters have hair or clothes that are probably supposed to look futuristic, but wouldn't look out of place at a Dance Club.

* CatFight: Subverted. Claire and Walters' partner get into a brief fight, bludgeoning each other with giant wrenches. There is nothing remotely sexy about it.

* TheMockbuster: The story premise and thematic elements of ''Absolon'' bear several stark similarities to the bigger budget 1995 science-fiction film ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'', loosely based on the Creator/WilliamGibson short story of the same name. This is perhaps a little more than mere coincidence, seeing that the star of ''Absolon'', Christopher Lambert, was once in the running for the lead role in ''Johnny Mnemonic'' (before the part went to Keanu Reeves). ''Johnny Mnemonic'' similarly takes place in an early-21st Century "near future" where half the world in infected by a plague called "Nerve Attenuation Syndrome" (NAS). Only one giant pharmaceutical company is selling expensive treatments to combat the plague, and the film's hero unwittingly finds himself carrying information on a permanent cure.

''Absolon'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near]] future. In the year 2010, a [[ThePlague plague]] wipes out [[AMillionIsAStatistic five billion people]]. A treatment, Absolon, is eventually discovered, and the world government that arises from the ashes of ThePlague distributes Absolon to what's left of Humanity.

Fast forward several years. [[GovernmentDrugEnforcement Mankind is still dependent on Absolon]], requiring daily injections to avoid catching ThePlague. Detective Norman Scot (played by Creator/ChristopherLambert) is investigating the murder of Dr. Frederick Reyna, the scientist who created Absolon. In the course of his investigation, he meets World Justice Department Agent Walters (Lou Diamond Phillips), who is strangely interested in the case, as well as Dr. Claire Whittaker (Kelly Brook), the woman in charge of the group that was funding Dr. Reyna's research.

Scot discovers that Dr. Reyna was working on a cure for ThePlague, and turns out he may have been killed to [[GovernmentConspiracy cover it up]]. As he digs deeper into the mystery, his whole world gets turned upside-down, and even Absolon itself may not be what it seems...

* RaceAgainstTheClock / TitleIn: Once Scot finds out [[spoiler: he can no longer take Absolon]], a countdown starts appearing on the screen telling how long he has before [[spoiler: succumbing to Stage 2 of the disease]].

Fast forward several years. [[GovernmentDrugEnforcement Mankind is still dependent on Absolon]], requiring daily injections to avoid catching ThePlague. Detective Norman Scot (played by Christopher Lambert) is investigating the murder of Dr. Frederick Reyna, the scientist who created Absolon. In the course of his investigation, he meets World Justice Department Agent Walters (Lou Diamond Phillips), who is strangely interested in the case, as well as Dr. Claire Whittaker (Kelly Brook), the woman in charge of the group that was funding Dr. Reyna's research.

* TheMockbuster: The story premise and thematic elements of ''Absolon'' bear several stark similarities to the 1995 science-fiction film ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'', loosely based on the Creator/WilliamGibson short story of the same name. This is perhaps a little more than mere coincidence, seeing that the star of ''Absolon'', Christopher Lambert, was once in the running for the lead role in ''Johnny Mnemonic'' (before the part went to Keanu Reeves). ''Johnny Mnemonic'' similarly takes place in an early-21st Century "near future" where half the world in infected by a plague called "Nerve Attenuation Syndrome" (NAS). Only one giant pharmaceutical company is selling expensive treatments to combat the plague, and the film's hero unwittingly finds himself carrying information on a permanent cure.

* TheMockbuster: The story premise and thematic elements of ''Absolon'' bears several stark similarities to the 1995 science-fiction film ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'', loosely based on the Creator/WilliamGibson short story of the same name. This is perhaps a little more than mere coincidence, seeing that the star of ''Absolon'', Christopher Lambert, was once in the running for the lead role in ''Johnny Mnemonic'' (before the part went to Keanu Reeves). ''Johnny Mnemonic'' similarly takes place in an early-21st Century "near future" where half the world in infected by a plague called "Nerve Attenuation Syndrome" (NAS). Only one giant pharmaceutical company is selling expensive treatments to combat the plague, and the film's hero unwittingly finds himself carrying information on a permanent cure.

''Film/{{Absolon}}'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near]] future. In the year 2010, a [[ThePlague plague]] wipes out [[AMillionIsAStatistic five billion people]]. A treatment, Absolon, is eventually discovered, and the world government that arises from the ashes of ThePlague distributes Absolon to what's left of Humanity.

* BadAss: Lou Diamond Phillips tries very hard to be this. Murchison pulls it off without even trying, which is unsurprising as he's played by Creator/RonPerlman.

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* RightManInTheWrongPlace: Scot is given the cure because he happens to be a universal donor, and happened to be in the room when Dr. Reyna needed to get hide it.

* TwistEnding: Not quite the end of the movie, but near the end it's revealed that...[[spoiler: ThePlague died out a long time ago. The cure that Scot gets is actually for Absolon. Absolon is effectively a highly addictive drug that alters the host's body chemistry, making him unable to live without it.]]

* ConspicuousCG: Pretty much any time the movie resorts to CG.

A DirectToVideo movie, ''Absolon'' was done on an estimated budget of $8 million, most of which must have gone to the cast, as there seems to have been precious little left over for [[SpecialEffectFailure anything else]]. The scenes with Creator/RonPerlmanare easily the most entertaining parts of the film.

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A DirectToVideo movie, ''Absolon'' was done on an estimated budget of $8 million, most of which must have gone to the cast, as there seems to have been precious little left over for [[SpecialEffectFailure anything else]]. The scenes with RonPerlman are easily the most entertaining parts of the film.

* BadAss: Lou Diamond Phillips tries very hard to be this. Murchison pulls it off without even trying, which is unsurprising as he's played by RonPerlman.

* BigBreastsBigDeal: Surprisingly, considering the type of movie it is, Kelly Brook's...um... two most notable features are not displayed all that prominently, aside from wearing tight-fitting clothing.

* RightManInTheWrongPlace: Scot is given the cure because he happens to be a universal donor.

''{{Absolon}}'' is a 2003 SciFi/Thriller film set in a {{Dystopia}}n [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near]] future. In the year 2010, a [[ThePlague plague]] wipes out [[AMillionIsAStatistic five billion people]]. A treatment, Absolon, is eventually discovered, and the world government that arises from the ashes of ThePlague distributes Absolon to what's left of Humanity.