ONE TO AVOID: Æon Flux (2005)

On a positive note, this hooky sci-fi reminded moviegoers that Theron looks amazing in a svelte leotard; on the down side, everyone knew that already and, well, EVERYTHING else. Karyn Kusama’s dismal dystopian sci-fi (‘Dreck-uilibrium’?) sets her in pursuit of Marton Csokas’s government leader because, well... does anyone need a reason to hunt down the hunky Kiwi? They do? Okay, how about because he presides over the kind of sci-fi city-state that brutalises its people and doesn’t even have the courtesy to give them a nice calming dose of Prozium along the way. It’s to Theron’s credit that she escapes with dignity intact, despite the dodgy dye-job and being clad in what looks like a mo-cap suit with ping-pong balls removed.