Aeon Flux Special Collector's Edition
Here's the beauty of Netflix - a movie that you were greatly looking forward to seeing is panned by the critics and receives unfavorable reviews across the board. Naturally you don't want to spend $10 on a movie in the theatre or $20 on a DVD that everyone says is horrible so you wait for it to come out on Netflix and avoid the risk.

For me, Aeon Flux was such a movie. I was so dissapointed to hear that "it sucked" because I was a huge fan of the original animated series on MTV's Liquid Television, picked up the original when it was released on VHS and then again when it was released on DVD and most recently when it was re-released in all of its remastered glory.

Part of what made the original animated series so captivating was how completely confusing it was - you were never sure just what the hell was going on, what the relationship between Trevor Goodchild and Aeon Flux was, or what if any storyline was consistent from one episode to the next - and that is where the theatrical version comes in.

If you were a fan of the original series this will please you in so many ways. Knowing the sub-plot is essential so I can see why some people would be dissapointed but for those of us with a history the plot unravels as if to give us all those answers we yearned for.

14 years later and I finally have closure. I understand the story in its entirety, how it begins, how it ends and everything in between. The theatrical version of Aeon Flux did for the animated series what the Animatrix series did for the Matrix - filling in the blanks and completing the tale. It retains all the magic and visual poetry, the subtext, the good versus evil storyline, the special effects and futuristic atmosphere and so much more.

This is a highly recommended movie for fans of Aeon Flux. Everything about this film is a win and I for one loved every minute of it.

Aeon Flux (Widescreen Special Collector's Edition)