Elysium
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- Trailer for Elysium (02:31)
- Clip: Undocumented Ships Inbound (00:54)
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Matt Damon
- Jodie Foster
- Sharlto Copley
- Alice Braga
- Diego Luna
- Wagner Moura
- William Fichtner
- Brandon Auret
- Josh Blacker
- Emma Tremblay
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- Aug 13, 2013
Proper health care is science fiction to Americans.
MenOnFilmOct 21, 2021bane has officially been dethroned from having the funniest bad guy voice
adamboltNov 4, 2023reading all the reviews on here for this from 10 years ago is a real barometer for how much people took original sci-fi films for granted during the early 2010s -- elysium, edge of tomorrow, oblivion, audiences in that era were awash in genre riches compared to today, where…
comrade_yui - Mar 19, 2024
Everything is a caricature, the editing is nauseating, and everyone is competing for the overacting award— but it’s original, which keeps it somewhat interesting. At the very least, Blomkamp commits to the world he’s created, even if the world building is half-baked and…
Joe AAug 10, 2013This is the most disappointed I've been with a movie in a long time. Elysium is a mess, plain and simple. It had so many great ideas and talent at its core, and it squanders it all. It features an extremely lazy screenplay, poorly developed characters, terrible…
Daniel KibbeAug 7, 2013either a dull, dreadfully told and politically asinine blockbuster *or* the most mind-blowing documentary I've ever seen. seriously shameful storytelling here. neat tactile design does little to compensate for pathetic world-building / a complete lack of…
davidehrlich - Apr 20, 2022
i am unable to hate a movie that has a samurai exoskeleton sword fight between matt damon and an evil afrikaner space mercenary, sorry
Séamus MalekafzaliDec 17, 2013Sorry friends I thought it was awesome.
GroovemanJul 18, 20241) it’s still probably easier in this universe to get healthcare compared to the US 2) did this inspire COD Advanced Warfare lol? 3) i was moved
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- krotis likedElysium
Definitely could’ve been executed better. Was very excited for the concept(huge dystopian fan) but was extremely let down with the choppy cinematography and mediocre story telling.
nathan likedElysiumWhy does everyone hate this??
Fight club lovedElysiumMy personal favourite sci-fi movie. Matt Damon is the last person who I would think would be in a dark sci-fi movie but he does an amazing job. If you’re a fan of this movie I recommend you watch upgrade next. 9/10
- Tom likedElysium
great memories from what I recall, matt damon is such a great actor. The plot is cool, not much more things to tell. Solid 6/10
zxki dislikedElysiumIt looks great but it's empty. The casting in general was a mistake. Jason Bourne is great but in this? A pampered white saviour. The story has been told 98380 times before so the predictability was very predictable. I expected some plot twists and a few of them caught me off guard but the majority…
Ryan Shaw is "meh" onElysiumIt was alright. Story started off strong but felt very rushed in the second half. Movie looked great visually and the action was solid... just wish the story got fleshed out a bit more. Villains were pretty terrible - they had no real motivation to behave the way they did.
- Matt Ortiz is "meh" onElysium
A great concept that loses steam about halfway through due to weak character development and lack of commitment to thematic motivation. A film that could afford to be about 25-30 minutes longer. Although visually rich designs and kinetic cinematography save this film
Matt likedElysiumTheirs a lot going for this movie. Damon and Jodie Foster are always good and theirs a decent story and script and it’s definitely worth a watch but you feel it could have been even better. It’s still interesting and fast and paced with great CGI
Melissa likedElysiumDamn man, Max really got so effed in this movie! Life's just no fair but he made the ultimate sacrifice to help the rest of humanity, props to him cause he did not get to come back to life in the last minuter of the movie like most get to do lol
Atom Users Reviews
Metacritic
Aug 22, 2013
Nothing in the movie matches the fascination of its premise and its opening 10 minutes: the undisturbed status quo is mesmeric. Once the narrative grinds into gear, however, the film's distinctive quality is lost.
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
Aug 22, 2013
In lesser hands, Elysium might have played like a Lib Dem manifesto with extra spaceships, but the South African filmmaker wants to explore ideas, not wave placards, and whether or not you agree with the film’s politics, the fire in its belly is catching.
Robbie Collin
The Telegraph
Aug 8, 2013
Kudos to Blomkamp for not shying away from social issues in his films, but here the execution doesn’t live to the intentions.
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic
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