Elysium

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peter B @RT91398037 6d What is the message here? Elysium has great health care, great environment, lovely houses and run my rich smart mostly white people. Not everyone can live there though, particularly people with Hispanic accents and skin. But there’s a happy ending: all the people of the world can in the end move to Amerylisium (sic) and become citizens. Shallow messaging, as is frequent these days, spoils the film. But as entertainment it still disappoints as it alternates between sweaty muscles and sentimentality with relentless noisy backing music and completely devoid of humour. See more gungi T @WhatWhere Aug 5 A film packed with potential, however, it never quite manages to deliver a compelling plot, instead getting somewhat lost in over-the-top action sequences that are staged in a rather frantic and hectic manner. The endless, rushed camera movements come across as exhausting and tiring. Added to this are clichéd character developments featuring caricatured, one-dimensional villains who are driven solely by violence and destruction. The conflict is established as soon as the movie begins. Elysium embodies the utopia of aristocracy, whilst Earth remains a capitalist underworld that drains people of hope. The robots – unlike the friendly models in Elysium – serve as an extension of the law, monitoring citizens and maintaining order. From the outset, the movie's overt social commentary lacks a profound staging and subtlety, which ultimately undermines the natural development of the hero’s sacrifice for the greater good. See more sloth T @RT83091408 Jul 13 The world this movie was set in and the visuals were stunning. The story however felt rushed and shallow. I never felt very invested in any characters and there were some plot holes towards the end that made little sense. See more Nicholas T @nicktalbert2025 Jul 2 elysium is not a good action packed lot a action and lot blood and Strong Bloody Violence: language throughout, Sexual Content: Frequent Use of Profanity Disturbing Themes i will not buy this movie again ever See more Thalys R @Thalys Jun 16 Não gostei do jeito como os atores atuaram, nem como a história foi desenvolvida como deveria ser. See more Lucas C @RackDacks Apr 27 Incredibly disappointing coming from District 9, its messaging is so over the top and 1:1 and extreme that it's hard to take it seriously. I think the perfect example of this is that one rich evil guy (shocker) worrying about the sheets or whatever rather than the radiation leak or the health of his workers. I mean like. What? WE GET IT, he's evil and rich, but it's like a 10 year old's idea of what an evil and rich guy would be worried about rather than whether or not production would be stopped. Magic healing beds that only the rich have, guess what they represent? See more Read all reviews

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