We're still watching EQUILIBRIUM The effects are zany but there is a story.
CESS: " He kills ten people for a dog."
FLIM: " Uhm..they're not really people, they're villains."
CESS: " You mean FACISTS."
FLIM: " Yes I guess. I mean in some unwritten cinematic code of human behaviour. Its better to waste ten people with facists beliefs than an innocent dog.After all dogs have no political leanings and wont vote the wrong kind of person for office.So there is a consistent logic running thru it all."