Few summer films boast originality in a season usually dominated by sequels, reboots or remakes but DISTRICT 9 director Neill Blomkamp’s latest sci-fi spectacle looks genuinely (and jaw-droppingly) refreshing. Matt Damon leads as one of the inhabitants of a impoverished Earth, who, after learning he’s terminally ill, volunteers on a nothing-to-lose mission to bring two polarised worlds together that may just save his life, and many others.
In the year 2159 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet’s crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium – but some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their citizens’ luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance bring equality to these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission – one that pits him against Elysium’s Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces – but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well.
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ELYSIUM co-stars Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga and Carly Pope. It arrives in US cinemas from the 9th August and the UK 23rd August.
Source: Moviefone
