Wednesday 21 August 2013

Nuffnang Premiere Screening: Elysium movie review



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 :)  

Thnx to NuffnangMY fr d tics :)


Rating: 8.4/10~ ^^

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