Elysium

Elysium 2013
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp

Elysium is essentially Terminator meets Homeland Security.  In the future the Earth is a wasteland.  The extremely wealthy live on a Space Station floating above the Earth called.....you guessed it.  Up on Elysium the people can be healed for pretty much any illness or injury where as down on Earth the people are poor and are not offered the same medical care they are given in Elysium.  Jodie Foster is the Secretary of whatever(Almost like Secretary of State by the way she takes command of military action)  Matt Damon is Max, an ex-con you is just trying to get by with his low income job building robots at a robot plant.  Essentially something happens to Matt Damon (I don't give spoilers go watch the movie if you are intrigued) and he has to get to Elysium.

Overall I liked the film Elysium.  The story and plot takes a lot of twists that make it had to guess where it's all going to end.  It parallels several social issues such as immigration as the people of Earth that sneak onto Elysium are like illegal immigrants scattering as the border patrol which in this case are Homeland Security Robots hunts them down.  Another social issue that is very centralized to the film is the idea of health care for the poor compared to the health care of the wealthy.  Several of the people that are trying to sneak into Elysium are only going there to try to get their children into a Medical Pod that will heal all illness and injury.  These people seem to accept they will get caught and sent back to Earth.  Matt Damon delivers a believable performance as Max the ex-con that lives by a code.  I was worried that when I watched it because of the action I'd see a bald Jason Bourne but literally the way Damon distinguishes the two characters fighting styles show Max is a brawler and not Jason Bourne.  There are two parts of the film I was disappointed in.  First was the love story could have used a little more development in certain spots but I don't want to give the story away. (seriously go watch the movie)  The other part I was disappointed in was Jodie Foster.  Her character was seriously flat and had no substance.  I feel like this was the directors way of making her come across as cold and evil but it was pushed too far.  I can't imagine Jodie Foster's acting ability was the problem since Jodie Foster is a well established actress, but I guess everyone has a bomb every now and then unless it's Meryl Streep.

Overall if you like action and/or Sci Fi I think you will like this movie.  It's got a pretty compelling plot, some great special effects,  and some pretty cool cyborg like fights.