Directed by : Neill Blomkamp
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535108/

Excellent idea wasted in a poor script. 


Read at your own risk, the post is full of spoilers.


The film is based in year 2154, when wealthy people live on a man-made space called Elysium where there is no health issues, while poor live on a ruined earth. Max (Matt Damon) dreamed of living in Elysium since childhood, by saving enough money through work. He gets involed in a tragic accident, thereby giving him only 5 days left to live. He can survive only if he reaches Elysium, but without money he won't go there. So, he takes help of Spider (Wagner Moura) who is ready to help him in return of some important information he has to extract for him.

I was excited for the film thinking of the main plot of life at earth vs life at elysium. But the main story turns out something else, which dissappointed me. The technology involved, or the action scenes or the scenes preceding Max at Elysium didn't impress me. Also, the reference made to his childhood time and again (restrained version of 'Man of Steel') didnt help.

I would have liked the film if they had sent Max to Elysium to save life of someone close to him or maybe much more. Here, all he wants is to find a way for his life to not end.

Matt Damon gives decent performance, but not one I would like to remember. Among rest cast, Wagner Moura is good while Jodie Foster who plays the leader at Elysium not allowing any poor people reach her place was very good. Also, Alice Braga who plays friend come love interest of Max was nice.


Overall, Elysium doesn't work for me, they just couldn't develop the main idea into a exciting script. At the most, a one time-watch.