This movie was made by the same fellow that did District 9, that was amazing, Neill Blomkamp, a South African. This film was political in that it centered on health care and the inequality of its distribution.
The story is about a guy, Matt Damon's character, that gets a lethal dose of radiation at his scary industrial job, and does whatever he can to save himself, but he also learns that an old flame's child is sick too, and works to save her as well. Damon uses an exoskeleton to help his deteriorating body.
What I really enjoyed about District 9 was the way the interesting world was revealed to us. I wish that there was more of that in Elysium. There was a scene where Matt Damon's character goes to his parole officer and that parole officer is a robot. That is the kind of interesting stuff I would like to have seen more of. I look forward to more movies from Blomkamp.
Also the film locations that Blomkamp uses are very unique, Soweto for District 9 and I think a dump outside of Mexico City for Elysium. He should do some filming in Detroit before they clean it up too much.
I think that this movie was a little too Hollywood in the end, the little girl gets cured.
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