Karyn Kusama's Aeon Flux (Paramount,

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Karyn Kusama's Aeon Flux (Paramount, 12.2), the superhero action chick flick with Charlize Theron, is opening without any critic or all-media screenings whatsoever. Quality! No word-of-mouth, no tell-your-friends...just a shitload of ads and a wing and a prayer. And yet Kusama's last film, Girlfight, showed lots of personality and emotional focus. It was a tight little character-driven film about a female boxer with its attitude completely worked out. And so what happens? Kusama moves up and takes on a big-budget popcorn movie and wham....a flurry of jabs and body blows...right cross, left hook...down for the count.