OK, but could be better

Rating: Null/10 (22 April 2017)

The story is solid and simple enough for your average brainless blockbuster, but Neill Blomkamp gives the film some more juice by throwing in some important themes that are effecting Americans and the world today, such as poverty, immigration, the class system, and overpopulation. It's always amazing to see some intelligence surging through a sci-fi, because it holds the vital gift of teaching viewers as they watch guns blazing and desperate people trying to fit in an illegal cruiser to Elysium. Damon is a great Max De Costa, throwing in strong physique with amazing wit whether in or out of his rad exoskeleton. Copley, scarred and absolutely terrifying, has a good chance of giving you nightmares, whether weakening De Costa to the point of death or showing no mercy with others at gunpoint. Foster's name shouldn't be on the poster because all she is is a merciless trigger for certain plot points. Foster's Delacourt basically sends Kruger out to kill Max, strengthens security on Elysium, and orders the download of something that changes the course of the plot. She doesn't have any direct contact with De Costa, which really makes her character a letdown; instead she's behind a screen and console for most the time.