Guest Blogger: Michael P2

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. Secretary Delacourt, a government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life but could bring equality to these polarized worlds. Matt Damon did a really good job playing the main character “Max” in this movie because of his past experiences in his past action shooter movies the “Bourne series” and his surprising new look of being bald for the movie, Sharlto copley also did a great job playing “Kruger” the antagonist who throughout the movie stalls max and tries to arrest him. Max works at a robot production plant every day of his life but one a door on a rad-chamber for finishing the robots won’t close and max gets trapped and radiated, he is given 5 days to live and then begins his mission to get cured on Elysium. Although the film's story is set in 2154 the director has said, "No, no, no. This isn't science fiction. This is today. This is now I agree with what the critics have been saying (shown below) This is a "classic Aldous Huxley-George Orwell-Ray Bradbury rebel-against-a-monolithic-dystopia scenario, in the muscular, mechanoid-fetish '80s/'90s James Cameron-Paul Verhoeven action-movie manner", says Kim Newman in Empire. Blomkamp stages extraordinary, visceral moments, and confirms he is one of the potential science-fiction greats of this decade. Elysium is a "beautifully packaged" mix of social commentary (immigration and distribution of wealth) and action, says Ryan Lambie at Den of Geek. Stunning to look at and often breathlessly exciting, it's another marvelous genre film from Blomkamp. After a summer of bloated, moribund films, Elysium is angry and alive, says Anthony Lane in the New Yorker. Told with force and impatience, unlike Star Trek into Darkness or Man of Steel, it doesn't just look and sound right - it smells. I believe that Elysium is a great movie for those who like action shooter movies and is completely worth money and time to watch the film.