Somebody please rescue Hollywood sci-fi

Rating: 3/10 (24 August 2013)

OK, first there are all the clichés. The frenetic last-second run for salvation (to keep viewers busy). The little girl who also is terminally ill (inspires compassion). French-speaking Cruella who would do anything to protect her freedom (she is clearly the daughter of Christine Lagarde). The inconclusive president who only minds popularity (fill in the name here ). The hero who conveniently dies at last (so they do not say Hollywood ends everything in joy). And the poor Latina who evolves from dust to surgical room (Evo Morales rejoices).
Then there is some moderate quality, like Sharlto Copley playing the psycho villain and, of course, the visual stuff, which is fantastic, awesome, etc.
After that, comes the rubbish. Robots who can do everything and even detect sarcasm, but still need to be produced by humans in pre- industrial revolution plants. Outlaw chief who understands in about fifteen seconds the entire protocol to run Elysium, can change it in less time (while under fire), and save billions of lives. Faces that fly off the skull, but leave brains perfectly working. And, finally, the salvation of the overpopulated and polluted world via medical shuttles. One wonders, if deliverance was so easy, couldn't Elysium mollified president send all of his super ambulances before, and fetch even more popularity on the earth?
Well, this movie is the demonstration that Hollywood budget plus the talent of the director who made District 9 can end up in the production of a story that could at best fit the needs of a TV episode of Star Trek. With Prometheus and Oblivion it makes the perfect case for a rescue mission of the UN in Los Angeles.