Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Elysium


Well the wait is over and this was not what I expected. Elysium turned out to be another “Tentpole” flop.
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.

Jody Foster’s who has 2 Academy Awards, has been away from the screen for a while and it shows. Her acting muscles are rusty. She plays the head of Defense on Elysium.  Her acting is forced and her accent comes and goes throughout the picture. In a way this is similar to the SyFy flick Oblivion which also had a high level female defense person in actress Melissa Leo.
Matt Damon does his best with what is given to him but he comes off as a 2nd rate RoboCop.

Verdict:
Predictable and disappointing. Oblivion was not great but it was the better Sy Fy flick of the two

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