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Elysium

  • 20132013
  • RR
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
444K
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POPULARITY
1,822
125
Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
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In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the pola... Read allIn the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
444K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,822
125
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Writer
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Stars
      • Matt Damon
      • Jodie Foster
      • Sharlto Copley
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Writer
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Stars
      • Matt Damon
      • Jodie Foster
      • Sharlto Copley
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 991User reviews
    • 505Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 10 nominations

    Videos11

    UK Trailer
    Trailer 3:14
    UK Trailer
    Trailer #2
    Trailer 3:20
    Trailer #2
    Version 1
    Trailer 2:03
    Version 1
    Version 1
    Trailer 2:14
    Version 1
    Undocumented Ships Inbound
    Clip 0:55
    Undocumented Ships Inbound
    "Would You Like to Talk to a Human?"
    Clip 0:54
    "Would You Like to Talk to a Human?"
    "Heist"
    Clip 0:59
    "Heist"
    "The World of Elysium"
    Featurette 2:11
    "The World of Elysium"
    "The Tech of Elysium"
    Featurette 2:06
    "The Tech of Elysium"
    "Max Vs Kruger" TV Spot
    Promo 0:46
    "Max Vs Kruger" TV Spot
    What Roles Has Matt Damon Turned Down?
    Video 3:27
    What Roles Has Matt Damon Turned Down?

    Photos385

    Sharlto Copley in Elysium (2013)
    Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, and Terry Chen in Elysium (2013)
    Sharlto Copley in Elysium (2013)
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    Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
    Wagner Moura in Elysium (2013)
    Elysium (2013)
    Jodie Foster in Elysium (2013)
    Elysium (2013)
    Wagner Moura in Elysium (2013)
    Elysium (2013)
    Josh Blacker, Brandon Auret, and Sharlto Copley in Elysium (2013)

    Top cast

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    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Max
    Jodie Foster
    Jodie Foster
    • Delacourt
    Sharlto Copley
    Sharlto Copley
    • Kruger
    Alice Braga
    Alice Braga
    • Frey
    Diego Luna
    Diego Luna
    • Julio
    Wagner Moura
    Wagner Moura
    • Spider
    William Fichtner
    William Fichtner
    • John Carlyle
    Brandon Auret
    Brandon Auret
    • Drake
    Josh Blacker
    Josh Blacker
    • Crowe
    Emma Tremblay
    Emma Tremblay
    • Matilda
    Jose Pablo Cantillo
    Jose Pablo Cantillo
    • Sandro
    Maxwell Perry Cotton
    Maxwell Perry Cotton
    • Young Max
    Faran Tahir
    Faran Tahir
    • President Patel
    Adrian Holmes
    Adrian Holmes
    • Manuel
    Jared Keeso
    Jared Keeso
    • Rico
    Carly Pope
    Carly Pope
    • CCB Agent
    Ona Grauer
    Ona Grauer
    • CCB Agent
    Michael Shanks
    Michael Shanks
    • CCB Agent
    • Director
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Writer
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Sharlto Copley presented an American, an Eastern European, and a British "version" of Kruger to Neill Blomkamp before they agreed that Kruger would be from their home country, South Africa, and speak with the accent of "a very specific area in Johannesburg". Accordingly, Kruger's men are played by fellow South Africans Brandon Auret (who also appeared in Blomkamp's movie District 9 (2009) with Copley) and Josh Blacker. They all incorporate numerous Afrikaans slang words into their dialogue, e.g. "Boet," an informal derivative of "brother," "Boykie," meaning "little boy," and "lekker," a slang for approval.
    • Goofs
      The original "Stanford Torus" design of a wheel-shaped space colony had an offset mirror angled to reflect sunlight onto mirrors set around the central hub and then outward to the ring. Elysium has no such arrangement and sunlight simply shines directly to the interior of the ring. This is completely impractical, as Elysium rotates (about every 6 minutes). This means that location around the habitat would have an ongoing series of periods of "day" and "night", each lasting only 3 minutes, which would be extremely disconcerting for the inhabitants. In addition, Elysium appears to have its rotational axis pointing towards the Earth, and as it orbits the Earth that would mean that (a) it rotates with respect to the Sun, and so the amount of sunlight and its angle will be continuously varying, and (b) during each orbit it will spend time in the Earth's shadow and not receive any sunlight at all.
    • Quotes

      Android Police Officer: [Referring to Max's backpack] What's in the bag?

      Max: [Max's head is shaved bald] Hair products, mostly.

    • Crazy credits
      In the soundtrack part of the end titles it says:

      "Piano Concerto No. 8 in C minor 'Pathetique' - Adagio Cantabile Written by Ludwig van Beethoven"

      L. v. Beethoven wrote only five piano concertos (his eighth piano sonata is titled "Pathetique" however).
    • Connections
      Featured in ReelzChannel Specials: Richard Roeper's Red Hot Summer (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Ghosst
      Written by Lorn (as Marcos Ortega)

      Performed by Lorn

      Courtesy of Ninja Tune Ltd.

    User reviews991

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Entertaining Science-Fiction with some flaws
    Elysium

    Elysium is at one point disappointing and at the other it is fine. It's a Dystopia which does not look like it could be too far away from the present. The longer you think about it, Elyisum already happens everywhere, and Neill Blomkamp is a South African native, so it becomes clear, that the message is about poverty and money in the future. The difficulty making such a future logic and scientifically well, is obvious, and it is not completely convincing. There lies the main problem of a sci-fi movie. You make either a starwarsy fairy tale or you have to make it very, very believable like the director's much acclaimed "District 9".

    Plotwise it reminded me of "Wall-E" (which was better), "Oblivion", "Escape from NY" and some anime type plots . The story was very predictable from the beginning and for my taste, it could have been made completely PG 18 in terms of violence, to make it darker and more grim. Now, it looks a bit indecisive. The actors were fine, especially the less known, like Copley, Luna and Moura. Jodie Foster is great here, reminded me a bit of Tilda Swintons performance in "Michael Clayton". Matt Damon is a good actor, but he's a bit overused lately. In comparison to "Pacific Rim" it's clear, why the audience is more happy with Del Toros skyscraper-style movie: it's pure entertainment, reality is far away and the violence is very mild - you hate it or you love it.

    To sum it up, I was well entertained by this. I liked the strong hints of real present problems. I disliked the predictable way the story unfolds, the overall mixture of action and violence and some illogic details. I definitely want to see more movies by Blomkamp and so it gets my 7.0.
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    • pascaloetterli
    • Aug 19, 2013

    FAQ5

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 9, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Facebook (Brazil)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • French
      • Afrikaans
      • Ukrainian
    • Also known as
      • Kỷ Nguyên Elysium
    • Filming locations
      • Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • TriStar Pictures
      • Media Rights Capital (MRC)
      • QED International
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $115,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $93,050,117
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $29,807,393
      • Aug 11, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $286,140,700
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Auro 11.1
      • Sonics-DDP
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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