Visually Stunning, Great Acting, but...

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2013)

I'd give it a 7.5/10 honestly, the visual and special effects in this film are remarkable and should be rightly appreciated. The acting from Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, and Sharlto Copley, William Fichtner, and the rest of the cast are electrifying. However, I felt that some of the characters were too short lived and there was a lack of their development, specifically Jodie Foster's role. The film kind if delved right into their mantra without really any sort of background or progression of the characters, this is where I felt some of a misconnection with the film and its characters and is the basis for my 7.5 rating. Nonetheless, the film is very action packed and suspenseful guided by great special effects, specifically the weaponry and gadgets induced in the film were very cool. Damon and Copley definitely gave great performances, I think Copley stole the show though with his performance in portraying the psychotic military operative stuck on earth. All in all it is a great movie to go see in theaters, as a huge fan of District 9, Elysium is in the vicinity of the greatness D9 gave, but still needed more in the end.