Elysium

Damon’s everyman workhorse is tragically sympathetic, plodding ahead against all odds. Copley is brilliant as the sadistic villain. Foster is … well, you gotta see it to believe it. In the meantime, you’ll be treated to one of the most entertaining action films of the year.

Among the slew of recent futuristic hell-in-a-handbasket spectacles, Elysium takes the cake.

Like District 9, an allegory of apartheid that took four Oscar nods and put Blomkamp on the map, Elysium delivers sci-fi without dumbing it down. It's a hell-raiser with a social conscience.

A high-low tension runs through Elysium, not only in the narrative itself, but in Blomkamp’s own cinematic language, which can be lofty one moment and gleefully pulpy the next.

This perfectly alright actioner will entertain newcomers, while leaving Blomkamp fans in a holding pattern until his next project.

Kudos to Blomkamp for not shying away from social issues in his films, but here the execution doesn’t live to the intentions.

The result is a grim and predictable adventure saga that is not nimble but leaden. Dystopia has rarely been so dysto-pointing.

What the heck were the people saying this was crap watching? One of the biggest gripes about this movie was that "It's overly political", really? really? overly political? Please proceed to remove the tent pole stuck up your... nose, and learn to appreciate good cinema, thank you. Boet. *Insert picture of Kruger giving you the finger*.

Elysium was a film that has a good message and reflection on immigration, social classes and the struggle for opportunities, the story was good but there are moments in the film that worked but another distance us from history, and the performances may not be the best but they are convincing.

what binds all the mayhem.. Elysium Elysium is a plot driven sci-fi thriller with a familiar theme that we have always been fed with for years, but with a newer perspective which is appreciative since it is more humane than we asked for. The premise guides you the one-man stereotyped action but at the end of the line surprisingly and fortunately delivers much more than that. Blomkamp's uncertain near future world runs on merit and doesn't rely upon any help, the protagonist or the antagonist will have to stand up after getting beaten down and take matters into his or her own hand. Eerie d.o.p. and pointless slow motions in action sequences unfortunately doesn't work in here. The production design is finely detailed with alluring set pieces, lethal weapons and slick vehicles that helps you feel like, future is here. The visual effects are decent enough to believe in it but is short on technical aspects like background score, cinematography and editing. The narrative isn't as exhilarating as it assumes it to be, it walks on a familiar path with a known textbook structure. The sense of urgency is the key to its fast and hard core screenplay that is equally bold and smart. The writer-director Blomkamp is much more powerful with his script than his execution skills which factors in when he is cornered to draw out the emotions from the screen. Damon is angry and oozes power from it with a reserved Foster, emotionally challenged Braga, supportive Luna and Moura but the trump card in here would be Copley's baddie that is horrifying to encounter on screen. The fluent screenplay, self-created high tech world and a children's tale are the high points of the feature. Elysium may take place in different and easily filtered acts but its easiness to transact from one sequences to another is what binds all the mayhem.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Likes: The Scenery is really Beautiful on the ring and the design of the robots although kinda bland is cool i cant tell if Agent Krugar was suppose to be funny or not but i still really enjoyed him the Mother was the only good actor in this movie who played well and convincing. Dislikes: "Based in Los Angeles 2154" While Out of Date Dubstep starts playing and pans to his Adidas High Tops from 2010, Los Angeles also Looks like a War Torn Syria after 100 years which took me out the movie and made me laugh. The Characters are Pretty Run of the Mill and Bland its takes the movie trope of Big Evil Corporation vs Poor Working Class to the next level with creating a whole different planet away from the poor Generic Unmemorable Soundtrack Music Shaky Camera During most Fight scenes so you cant see **** this movie takes itself pretty seriously with its story which definitely takes away from it, or adds, (depending on how your watching it) how max decosta found himself from being a wage slave all the way to riding a space ship to a space ring while fighting robots and saving a child with cancer in the matter of days is **** hilarious to me and you cant tell me otherwise The People at the Top of the evil corporation are the most generic emotionless villians ever, the movie is very clear on what side it wants you to support (with the working class and cancer child, different planet poor people) as these guys pretend they dont know what compassion, which makes the story feel un-engaging because you see it from a mile away, you dont get to see things from the perspective of people living on the ring and very little of people living in "los angeles", its a shallow movie Ending was dumb, no spoilers Agent Kougar is so **** insane and funny its the highlight of the whole movie, seeing what Kougar is going to say or do next was so great, i dont even know what hes saying half the time but i love it