Perhaps a wake up call

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2013)

To me this almost not science fiction. Everything is contemporary, income inequality, climate change, police brutality, health care, immigration, worker's rights, and even recidivism all current issues. It poses the question what happens when someone gets pushed too far by his oppressors. The answer: strike back!
The plot is straight forward enough. The wealthy live above the poor on a beautiful space station where health care is provided to the 1%. Below everyone struggles with poverty and illness. Maybe a little to obvious in it's messaging, but i think we need that simplicity in today's world. This film shows everything wrong with our country and our world today. The overall message is clear. Keep pushing the and squeezing the lower class and you will have a revolution.
As for the film overall it's good not great. The visual effects are believable and the production design manages to be contemporary and also reference 70's science fiction films. Jodie foster is good as a cold calculating villain. I felt that Matt Damon is good but the role was not as complex or deep enough for him. He's a really good actor but there wasn't much for him. He was really good though.
The negatives have to be the cinematography. The camera work often gets shaky especially during the fight scenes. It's a little been there done that. Also it could have used a longer prologue and certainly a longer epilogue. i wanted to see in detail what happened after the film's plot was wrapped up. I doubt there will be a sequel so i thought that was an important piece. Overall one of the best sci-fi films made.