Shaky-Cam beware

Rating: 3/10 (14 August 2013)

This is so far the culmination of a disappointing movie summer. The plot is so simple, it could fit into a three-panel comic. Fair deal for an action movie, but since the director stated in interviews he wanted to draw some attention to social and ecological problems this has to be said. It's simplicity maybe even leads to wrong and maybe dangerous deductions for the real world - as I realized when talking to friends after the movies. Apart from that the characters are incredibly flat. The inhabitants of Elysium differ by.. speaking french instead of Spanish as a second tongue besides English? Come on. OK, I forgot they're more healthy. As for the action movie, it pretends to be full of action by overly excessive (yes, that's a tautology) use of shaky cam - and granted, action is plenty, but unfortunately I can't see it because of the shaky cam blurring everything. Last but not least it lacks even in pseudo-realism.
That being said - the acting is not that bad. And it's probably better than a Halo movie.