Storyline
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
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Diego Luna, Matt Damon, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Claire Smithies, Alice Braga, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Adrian Holmes, Michael Shanks, Chris Shields, William Fichtner, Sharlto Copley, Brandon Auret, Jared Keeso, Ona Grauer, Jodie Foster, Terry Chen, Derek Gilroy, Wagner Moura, Carly Pope, Talisa Soto, Christina Cox, Faran Tahir, Josh Blacker, Emma Tremblay
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Reviews
83
With Elysium, Blomkamp has made good on the promise of "District 9" and proven that working on a bigger canvas doesn't mean compromising on smarts or aspirations to deliver tentpole sized stories with a thoughtful backbone.
80
Even working within a more conventional framework, Blomkamp again proves to be a superb storyteller. He has a master’s sense of pacing, slowly immersing us into his future world rather than assailing us with nonstop action, and envisioning that world with an architect’s eye for the smallest details.
80
At last, a good big film. The legacy of the summer, thus far, has been jetsam: moribund movies that lie there, bloated and beached, gasping to break even. But here is something angry and alive: Elysium.
75
If Elysium is the brainiest Hollywood movie of the summer, it's also the most conflicted one.
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Slant Magazine
A cheekily gruesome and genuinely urgent entertainment, Blomkamp's latest nevertheless can't help but beg the question: Where's Snake Plissken when you need him?
