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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} ~~{{quote box\|~~[[File:Absolon_197.jpg\|frame]]}} ''[[Absolon]]'' is a 2003 [[Sci Fi]]/Thriller film set in a [[Dystopia\|Dystopian]] [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future\|near]] future. In the year 2010, a [[The Plague\|plague]] wipes out [[A Million Is a Statistic\|five billion people]]. A treatment, Absolon, is eventually discovered, and the world government that arises from the ashes of [[The Plague]] distributes Absolon to what's left of Humanity. Line 9: A [[Direct to Video]] 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 [[Special Effect Failure\|anything else]]. The scenes with [[Ron Perlman]] are easily the most entertaining parts of the film. {{tropelist}} ~~----~~ ~~=== This film provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Apocalypse How]]: [[A Million Is a Statistic\|Five billion people]] die in [[The Plague]], making it a Societal Collapse scenario. * [[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 [[Ron Perlman]]. * [[Big Breasts, Big Deal]]: 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. * [[Canon ~~Dis Continuity~~Discontinuity]]: The [[Opening Scroll]] and the rest of the movie seem to disagree on several key points, such as what caused [[The Plague]] and how long it's been since the world went to pieces. * [[Cat Fight]]: Subverted. Claire and Walters' partner get into a brief fight, bludgeoning each other with wrenches. There is nothing remotely sexy about it. * [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The warrant Walters gives Scot in the beginning of the movie {{spoiler\|turns out to be a tracking device}}. Line 25 ⟶ 24: * [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Walters and his men are incapable of hitting a target at point-blank range. * [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Scot manages to shoot a man in the forehead, firing blind while hiding under a table. * [[Look Onon My Works Ye Mighty and Despair]]: The [[Opening Monologue]] is on this theme. * [[Mega Corp]]: One company produces Absolon. Unsurprisingly, they're rather powerful. * [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: Scot often listens to a saved voice mail of his wife saying she's going to visit her mother. It's the last thing she ever said to him. * [[No New Fashions in ~~The~~the Future]]: Not surprising considering it's only [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]. 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. * [[One World Order]]: The governments of the world coalesced into this following the upheaval of society in the face of [[The Plague]]. * [[Opening Scroll]]: The [[Backstory]] is provided in text form, with the addition of stock footage. * [[Our Graphics Will Suck in ~~The~~the Future]]: The CGI used in the GPS sequences in the movie don't look much better than what was used in [[Total Recall]], a movie that came out 13 years earlier. * [[Paper -Thin Disguise]]: Scot, while hiding from the bad guys, puts on a pair of slightly tinted glasses to hide himself. * [[The Plague]]: Neurological Degeneration Syndrome, or NDS. * [[Precision F -Strike]]: Scot near the end of the movie. {{quote\| '''Scot:''' Shut the fuck up.}} * [[Race Against the Clock]] / [[Title In]]: 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}}. * [[Right Man in ~~The~~the Wrong Place]]: Scot is given the cure because he happens to be a universal donor. * [[Scavenger World]]: According to the [[Opening Scroll]], the world is living off of pre-plague surplus, with Absolon being about the only thing actually produced. * [[Schizo -Tech]]: [[Hologram\|Holograms]] exist alongside technology that was dated when the film was made. Justified considering the [[Scavenger World\|state of the world]]. * [[Shout -Out]]: Possibly not on purpose, but Scot's clothes look very much like the wardrobe of [[Highlander ~~(Film)~~\|Conner MacLeod]]. * [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: Dr. Reyna's autopsy lists the year as 2017. * [[Twist Ending]]: Not quite the end of the movie, but near the end it's revealed that... {{spoiler\|[[The Plague]] 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.}} Line 48 ⟶ 47: [[Category:Films of the 2000s]] [[Category:Absolon]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Film]]