Starring: Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley, Jodie Foster, Alice Braga, William Fichtner
Certificate: 15
Genre: Sci Fi
Awards: None
Elysium is Blockamp's follow up to the critical success District 9 and it goes down the same route. Elysium is a man-made atmosphere in space where the rich people live. They have machines that can heal anything and champagne garden parties. Earth has become derelict and very sandy. This is where the poor people live. They have machines that break their arms and frequent trips to the hospital. Some people think this a little unfair.Matt Damon plays Max, a crook who wants to make it Elysium. When he finds out he has three days to live he decides its time to get there and get himself cured. However, Delacourt (Foster) has other ideas and after Max steals a bunch of Elysium's secrets she is out to get him and hires...
Sharlto Copley does a brilliant job at playing the horribly sadistic mercenary, Kruger. He is a completely different character Wikus (from District 9) and you can tell that he enjoyed playing him.
As story goes, Elysium is more of a re-run of District 9. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it doesn't do anything better than its predecessor. The story ends in the same way and the characters are identical except for the people playing them. Therefore I can only give it the same rating I would give Blockamp's debut.
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