Elysium
2013 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 6.5 · 63% critics
In 2159, the ultra-wealthy live in the pristine space station Elysium, while everyone else struggles on a ruined, overpopulated Earth. A hard-line official tries to block Earth’s attempts to reach Elysium, but one desperate man accepts a risky mission that could change lives in both worlds.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-08-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (9,590 votes)
- Box office
- $286,140,700
- Budget
- $115,000,000
About
You’ll like Elysium if you want a gritty, high-stakes sci-fi action thriller about inequality and desperate survival; Not for you if you dislike heavy social commentary or want tightly explained sci-fi like District 9.
Pros: gripping future world; thrilling action; strong cast | Cons: uneven pacing; heavy-handed messaging; story holes
Themes
- future
- capitalism
- dystopia
- space station
- class conflict
- late stage capitalism
- health inequality
- social inequality
- wealth inequality
Cast & crew
Matt Damon
as Max
Jodie Foster
as Delacourt
Sharlto Copley
as Kruger
Diego Luna
as Julio
Wagner Moura
as Spider
Alice Braga
as Frey
William Fichtner
as John Carlyle
Jose Pablo Cantillo
as Sandro
Faran Tahir
as President Patel
Maxwell Perry Cotton
as Young Max
Directed by Neill Blomkamp