Good in almost every sense, except for a few snags in the plot.

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2013)

I found many great qualities in this film. The movie featured a great cast including Sharlto Copley, who played a great protagonist in District 9. Directed by Neill Blomkamp, many action sequences and story signatures give a feeling of being right in the movie. Even the dialogue was helpful and kept to the point throughout the story. The film was a bit confusing around 10-20 minutes in, but picked up quickly. I would consider this a movie to watch with friends, possibly parents or a date.
A few things caught my eye that really bothered me. The first being no beginning or end to the plot. For example, we receive no explanation as to why the upper echelon live on a giant ring in space. I also get this run-of-the-mill, totally evil, not dynamic in any way, feeling from Secretary Delacourt and Agent Kruger. I was hoping for a change of heart from one of them. The acting was good, the character dynamics not so much. The movie felt exactly like District 9, down to the powered exoskeleton. Even the ring looked and felt like Halo. The movie ended with me saying "now what"?
It could have been more adventurous with the character development. A lot of questions went unanswered. If the economics of the upper and lower class had more storyline, I would have given it an 8. Had the cliché's of greedy, evil Capitalism been replaced with half their paychecks going to taxes (how it really is) I would have given it a 9. Finally, had Max not gone into the room like an idiot and get zapped, had Delacourt not have stood there and waited to get stabbed, had Frey defended herself instead of getting pushed around, I would've given it a 10.
It's a good movie, watch it.