bruno-costa Excellent visual and good acting. Yes, this movie should've had a better pace, but nothing that could've damaged its real value. The simple truth is that Blomkamp has something important to say and he knows what he is talking about and how to film it. I read people here saying the story is just too extreme, unreal... Please... Overpopulation is real as the hypocrisy about birth control. Poverty and inequality are rampant. Fascism is spreading fast... Waves of miserable people are dying trying to enter not only Europe and North America, but even Brazil!!! Brazil, that has more homicides than half of the world together... Truth is that countries like Brazil, Mexico and South Africa are already organized in the "condo" logic that Elysium denounced. The fact that some people denied this reality is the reason why this movie is so relevant. People should read Locke again and try hard to understand that unjustified extreme inequality breaks the system. That should be no mystery, since French and Russian revolutions were just about that... But if this mystery still remains, Blomkamp is fully justified and needed. Of course the movie isn't just the message. There are excellent filming and good acting. Luna, Braga, Moura and Copley know exactly what they are doing. Those characters, that violence and despair, it is all real and they saw that on their homelands... That's why Damon is so good, because he really jump on and find the main line: despair. The same despair of the people that dye trying to reach a country where they maybe will have access to primary goods.

terryneal-35802 Neill Bloomkamp's Elysium is a good science fiction film which has a lot of social commentary themes going on like his previous endeavor District 9. In this instance it is a look at the economic injustices that he decides to play out. The film is set on a space station orbiting Earth and our lead, played by Matt Damon lands there to save his own life. He realizes the difference between the rich who inhabit the ship and the not so well off and decides to fight the injustice. The film looks stunning and Bloomkamp's visual style can easily be distinguished. Matt Damon is adept in playing a mercenary and Jodie Foster is especially delicious playing against type.

consta-44821 It reminded me the latest Mad Max movie - pure action without any unnecessary dramatic/emotional dialogues. I also loved the cast! The ending is a little bit strange, but I enjoyed the movie nevertheless and would recommend it to everyone. Don't listen to the haters, they have bad taste.

barry-06076 This could have been a really great film. Enjoyable and well acted.It was totally let down by nauseating camera work. Rather than adding a feel of action, the constantly jumping camera work was literally nauseating.It is about time film makers realised that this is a bad thing.This had to be turned off before the end.