Illysium is just...Elysium

Rating: 6/10 (6 January 2014)

Ah, Illysium. A movie of which matt damon portrays his oddly coupled self as the tarnished actor of a quiet shy guy...well not exactly for this science fiction flick. Matt Damon is stuck on an dystopian world of which he befriends the outlanders and at the same time has a Christ complex doing it, however he is not the only one stuck. The plot too is stuck. Here is why. The actor while fighting a villain whom portrays an evil unrelenting and hard to understand figure throughout the film meets the Chuck Norrissy/ Boba Fett guy in the middle and in doing so tricks him. Interesting enough though, I could have done without the action parts in the beg. One needs not to interpret this plot point or gain trust from it so easily. The more interesting thing about all of this was that the special effects and models were done exceptionally well, given my tastes of a film with cgi in it, it was also being ruined (hence cgi is cgi). The models and actors to replace these parts were done exceptionally well. With a little of the unneeded road warrior scene, this is no blade runner yet it has its reasons for attraction, damon must get to Illysium or else he will die from drug poisoning. I lose interest in the plot, but at the same time become attached to the main character and his struggle for achievement. Elysium's satellite base seems like a rip off of the halo ring, where one does not care too much for the fact of impossibilities but will notice its odd likeness. The science fiction movie was imho ruined. It could have been a Lucas' THX 1138 in terms of innovation, brave new world or whatever. Because the elements are there. Boring civilian life in outer space with a dispossessed government and militarized economy. Conspiracies and third parties being involved. However it lacked in one thing. The qualities of having to cope with the system, except they even through that in there, lol. What appears to be the roman aqueducts upon an elite atlantean caste system. I give this a C- yet may be the best movie this actor has been portrayed in. In terms of action adventure its T2, Total Recall, yet mixed with some elements of Drama hence its there but not all there. Unlike movies like Tom Cruise's oblivion where the main villain is omnipotent, this film has a small chance of success however not a good one.