adonis98-743-186503 In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. Matt Damon truly brings the action in 'Elysium' a film that is both beautiful looking but also packed with beautiful cinemtography and a very intelligent plot. Sharlto Copley also did a terrific job as the main antagonist of the movie and Jodie Foster? She was pretty good too but this is really a very underrated sci-fi epic and i guess that year was full of them.

erivalo In the year 2159, humanity is sharply divided between two classes of people: The ultrarich live aboard a luxurious space station called Elysium, and the rest live a hardscrabble existence in Earth's ruins. His life hanging in the balance, a man named Max (Matt Damon) agrees to undertake a dangerous mission that could bring equality to the population, but Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) vows to preserve the pampered lifestyle of Elysium's citizens, no matter what the cost.

unbrokenmetal This movie must have managed to annoy almost everyone. I'm surprised that it got any good reviews at all, because don't you all belong to at least one of the groups I'll try and describe in the following lines? First, the SF fans will be annoyed that the makers obviously don't take SF seriously. Whether you have a broken leg or suffer from leukemia - one touch with a ray of light and you're healed by the magical medical device on Elysium. There is not even a weak attempt to convince us a machine like that may exist. Even several centuries later on star ship Enterprise, a cure needed some time. Need more examples? How about the Exo-skeleton, some pieces of plastic glued on a guy's T shirt? This looked terribly cheap for a 100+ million dollar production. And it sometimes provides him with additional power, but sometimes not, depending on how long the fight scene should last. Or the ships that can fly to Elysium in a straight line with continuous speed, no matter whether they fly through the atmosphere at high gravity or empty space with no gravity. They have a year or two to prepare such a movie and don't research some basic physics? Second, the right wing audience is obviously annoyed (see some other reviews below) that a social message is shoved down their throats. Evil rich Americans in space versus nice poor Mexicans on Earth - the social painting in black and white is such a shame that the makers tried to hush it up at least a bit, letting Jodie Foster speak French in one scene for no reason, a PC kind of apology meaning: we didn't say they are all Americans. Still the message is so clumsy and plain that no-one missed it.Third, the left wing audience will be upset that the economic idea how everything will improve is ridiculous. Why should the supplies for a couple of thousand people on Elysium - every resource is hard to keep or produce in space - be sent to Earth for distribution among billions of people? That's one blade of grass for each person at best. And to heal every sickness with the magical device will take a million years, imagine the queue. Practically, you'd have to select again and pick some privileged people to get treatment and food... Back to start.Fourth, movie fans will remember many better movies on similar subjects, from 'Terminator' to 'Silent Running', and dismiss 'Elysium' as a mediocre attempt. In Hollywood blockbuster style, action won over the contents. The leading mercenary wears a samurai sword on his back although he normally doesn't need it; he prefers to shoot with rockets from long distance. He must have thought a sword looks cool. And that's what the movie achieved, it certainly looks cool with that huge space station and the many fights with explosive ammunition. But if you look for intelligent SF with some food for thought, better look elsewhere.

Mihai Toma With only five days to live after being terminally irradiated, Max must find a quick way to Elysium, a luxurious space station where the rich enjoyed life without worries, in order to receive medical treatment. He agrees to do a job for a local hacker and so, armed with a powerful exoskeleton, he will do whatever he can to save his life and potentially of many others'.It's a sad futuristic world in which everyone is capable of nearly anything to survive. There, Max must use his skills and experience to try and change the situation although he greatly suffers along the way. It looks well, it has a good baseline and some great actors. Unfortunately, due to his condition (in the movie), Matt Damon isn't able to make full use of his action acting, playing sick most of the time and therefore, reducing the awesomeness a bit. It is a bit tense, it creates a bit of suspense but nothing out of the ordinary being pretty linear and predictable. Although it could have had some change of events, it ultimately resorted to melee fighting, man to man which isn't bad, but not great either. Overall, it's a good action sci-fi movie which didn't disappoint but also didn't impress with anything.