Elysium depicts a near-future Earth in which the majority of rich and privileged humans have migrated to an orbiting space station which gives the film its title. The city-state hogs the advanced medical resources of Earth, leaving the people on the planet below in a perpetual state of lawlessness and impoverishment. Matt Damon stars as Max Da Costa, a former criminal who, while doing dangerous work, is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation, giving him just five days to live. He soon obtains an exo-suit to augment his failing body. It’s then discovered that Max has data hidden in a chip in his brain that can, in theory, alter the computer systems running Elysium, which will benefit all the people who don’t live there.

  • @CookieOfFortune
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    291 month ago

    Too bad the movie was so bad. You didn’t really care about the characters and it was just, comically evil space capitalists? I really wanted to like this one since District 9 was so good. Unfortunately every movie afterwards by Blomkamp has been a flop.

    • @badbytes
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      71 month ago

      Yeah, it was bad enough I can’t really remember much about it. District 9 was tight.