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Absolon (film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Absolon
| image = Absolonposter.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Promotional film poster
| director = David Barto
| producer = Jamie Brown
| writer = Brad Mirman
| starring = Christopher Lambert
Lou Diamond Phillips
Kelly Brook
Ron Perlman
Roberta Angelica
| music = Gary Koftinoff
| cinematography = Unax Menda
Curtis Petersen
| editing = Evan Landis
| studio =
| distributor = Lions Gate
| released =
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Canada
United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'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 virus infected everyone on the planet, wiping out half the population. Absolon is a drug regimen 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 he is in over his head as 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 the assassins are employed by Murchison.
Scott discovers he is being chased down for the cure in his bloodstream. He is also able to kill the assassins chasing them. In the end, Scott finds out the cure he was carrying wasn't for the original virus, which had died out years ago, but a cure for the worldwide dependence on the addictive Absolon drug itself.
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
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