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Name: Elysium
Released: 2013-8-9
Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna

Elysium

R
1h 50m
2013

64%

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In the year 2154, 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 Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium – but that doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max (Matt Damon) agrees to take on a life threatening mission, one that could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

Director:

Neill Blomkamp

Producer:

Neill Blomkamp, Bill Block, Simon Kinberg

Writer:

Neill Blomkamp

Cast:

Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, William Fichtner, Brandon Auret, Josh Blacker, Emma Tremblay, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Faran Tahir

FEATURES

Featurettes

The Journey to Elysium

Locked video

Kruger Wakes Up

1 MIN

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

64%

Critics Consensus: After the heady sci-fi thrills of District 9, Elysium is a bit of a comedown for director Neill Blomkamp, but on its own terms, it delivers just often enough to satisfy.

Reviews

InSession Film

JD Duran

This is Damon’s film from a performance perspective.

The film isn’t a failure, the evocation of the squalid livings of those on earth is an interesting one, and the gulf between health care and general life for those who are poor vs those who are wealthy is ample fodder for a science fiction film to draw on

A dystopian hero’s journey that could well have been adapted freely from Naomi Klein’s “The Shock Doctrine.” But like better science fiction, it’s an allegory that lines up parallels to the present moment, but doesn’t fuss so much over extended metaphor.

The result disappoints not only because it fails to meet our admittedly unrealistic hopes that it might live up to Blompkamp’s first, but because, ironically enough, the outcome isn’t as polished as his sophomore effort.

As conventional as it may be, the action and pure visual spectacle keep it from being a total loss.

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