This paper explores the complex interplay between spatiality, emotional suppression and authoritarian ideology in Wimmer’s 2002 science fiction film Equilibrium. As a key example of early 21st-century dystopian cinema, this work reflects deep-seated cultural anxieties about the ethical consequences of unchecked biotechnological progress and totalitarian control. The story unfolds in Libria, a strictly regulated city where citizens are compelled to take Prozium, a drug designed to eradicate all emotional experience in order to prevent social unrest. Opposition to this regime is ruthlessly crushed by the Grammaton Clerics, an elite enforcement unit. Through the story of John Preston, a high-ranking Cleric who begins to feel again and ultimately rebels against the state, the study explores how chemical suppression serves as both a literal and symbolic mechanism of dehumanization. The paper equally argues that Equilibrium constructs two primary spatial imaginaries: the synthetic inner city of Libria, characterized by architectural homogeneity and affective sterility, and the subversive colorful urban area of the Nethers, that preserves fragments of human affect, memory and cultural expression. Through an interdisciplinary framework drawing from spatial theory and dystopian critique, the current research illuminates how these contrasting environments not only structure the narrative but also articulate a broader sociopolitical commentary on the cost of engineered harmony.