Elysium (2013) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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In the year 2154, humanity is sharply divided between two classes of people: The ultrarich live aboard a luxurious space station called Elysium, and the rest live a hardscrabble existence in Earth's ruins. His life hanging in the balance, a man named Max (Matt Damon) agrees to undertake a dangerous mission that could bring equality to the population, but Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) vows to preserve the pampered lifestyle of Elysium's citizens, no matter what the cost.

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After the heady sci-fi thrills of District 9, Elysium is a bit of a comedown for director Neill Blomkamp, but on its own terms, it delivers just often enough to satisfy.

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

[T]he visuals are breathtaking and there's a mid-movie shoot'em-up that's one of the best in the genre.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 6, 2021

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Jessie-Lane Metz

Bitch Media

Hollywood loves a white saviour.

Jan 20, 2021

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

Any thematic audacity is snuffed out by action sequences that you can now buy at Dollar General.

Jan 3, 2014

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The result disappoints not only because it fails to meet our admittedly unrealistic hopes that it might live up to Blompkamp’s first, but because, ironically enough, the outcome isn’t as polished as his sophom*ore effort.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 30, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

As conventional as it may be, the action and pure visual spectacle keep it from being a total loss.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Dynamically designed and well paced, the film offers very good, albeit predictable, entertainment.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 14, 2022

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KB B This was such an enjoyable film with great acting, storyline and plenty of action. I'd forgotten just how good it was. It's definitely worth the watch. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review Shioka O It's not a unique movie but Matt Damon always makes a character humane and I don't know if it's good casting for this time. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/23/24 Full Review Mark C I didn’t mind this. Not sure why the low scores but the CGI and action scenes were relatively good. Strong parallels to societal problems today like migration, healthcare, cost of living and the elite class that has moved off the Earth to their paradise, leaving the rest of humanity to fend for themselves. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review C B Predictable, horrible script, cheesy storyline.Really pathetic and a wonder how the big stars agreed to work in this film… Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/09/24 Full Review GuestLord D Can't be too hard on a movie a decade ago.It is intense and a realisticly epic story line Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/25/24 Full Review thomas w Action packed, interesting dystopian concept. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Neill Blomkamp Director Matt Damon Max Jodie Foster Delacourt Sharlto Copley Kruger Alice Braga Frey Diego Luna Julio

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