Aeon Flux is a new sci-fi thriller starring the stunningly beautiful Charlize Theron (appearing in this role in black hair).

I was toying with the idea of seeing it, but I wanted to see a review first.

At RottenTomatoes.com, there wasn't much posted, but there was this little note:

Charlize Theron has her Oscar. Now she has her Catwoman.
-- David Frese, KANSAS CITY STAR

Ouch.

There's no review in the Star or Globe and Mail. In email correspondence with a friend of mine, supercritic Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal said the studio declined to make a review copy of the film available.

I'm presuming this must be a deliberate strategy to try and salvage some revenue.

A.O. Scott of the NYT appears to support that theory.