Absolon (film)

Absolon
Absolon
	Promotional film poster
Directed by	David Barto
Written by	Brad Mirman
Produced by	Jamie Brown
Starring	Christopher Lambert; Lou Diamond Phillips; Kelly Brook; 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;
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Canada; United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$8 million
Box office	$7,016

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

Plot

In 2010, a deadly virus infected everyone on the planet, wiping out 50% of the population. Absolon is a drug regimen that 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 that 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 that the assassins are employed by Murchison.

Scott discovers that he is being chased down for the cure in his bloodstream. Eventually, he finds out that the cure he was carrying was not for the original virus, which had died out years ago, but for the worldwide dependence on the addictive Absolon drug itself, which had changed everyone's body chemistry to the point that they could not live without it.

Cast

Christopher Lambert as Det. Norman Scott
Lou Diamond Phillips as Agent Walters
Kelly Brook as Dr. Claire Whittaker
Ron Perlman as Murchison
Roberta Angelica as Det. Ruth Bryant
Trevor Smith as Vasquez
James Kidnie as Doc
Neville Edwards as Harris

Notes

^ "Absolon". London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "Credit". London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

External links

Absolon at IMDb
Absolon at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "Absolon". London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

[2] "Credit". London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

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