All a bit boring really

Rating: 4/10 (26 May 2019)

I really did not warm to this movie. The general storyline was ok. CGI was fine, especially Elysium itself which I must add was based interestingly on designs for a liveable space station that NASA completed in the 70s. I would not really call it Apocalyptic. It's basically a world where the rich choose to look after the 1% and screw the rest of society over. They have the means to cure everyone but randomly choose not to, although I suppose the world is described as being overpopulated in the initial screen shots do maybe that's why. They clearly do still have power and technology and the means to cope so again not really the apocalypse. I thought the acting was poor and find Damon is really hot and miss. In this he really is just going through the motions. It is quite predictable and just does not feel original. Something is missing. This movie really is only for huge Syfy fans only.