After 4 years of quiescence,
Neill Blomkamp the master mind & creator of District 9, an unique independent
science fiction action/thriller film which is technically brilliant and
emotionally wrenching is finally back. Bring in a brand new science fiction
action film- Elysium.
Story line: “In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the
very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and
the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are
desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically need
the avant-garde medical care available only on Elysium - but some in Elysium
will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their
citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance bring equality to
these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary guy who once a criminal & in
desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he
reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission – breaking into Elysium, most heavily
guarded place in the universe.. A mission that pits him against Elysium's
Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces - but if he
succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth
as well.”
District 9 was a
spectacular sci-fi movies of the past decade, it was a relatively low budget
movie with unknown cast, however succeeded in delivering a captivating tale with style, it is indeed an unique & one of the
kind science-fic movie at its best. So inevitably Elysium the Blomkamp science-fic
sequel will bear an enormously high expectation which perhaps hard to fulfill.
Well for those with such anticipation, Elysium with its ravishing special
effects and fine performances will not fail to impress you ^^.
Putting aside the
facts that this is a film with triple budget of District 9's & starring by a
pair of Oscar winners Matt Damon and Jodie Foster which makes it simply bigger
& better, what really impress me the most is the director’s brilliant
proficiency in establishing shots, crafting out an imaginary future world which
looks so real that for a second you would actually believe that this is how our
future world will be like in the reality.
Despite delivering
a stunning visual package of a science-fic genre with shiny spaceships, advance
weapons and explosions, brutal action scenes, the timely issues of poverty, overpopulation
& inequality are nicely presented onscreen. The story telling part of little
girl Matilda is pretty touching as well, a demonstration of pure love &
caring which personally I think is beautiful ^^
Though Elysium
might be relatively less engaging and unique when come into comparison with
District 9, still this is another sensational Blomkamp movie, a remarkable
blockbuster science-fic film which definitely worth your time & money :)
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| Thnx to NuffnangMY fr d tics :) |
Rating: 8.4/10~ ^^
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