From the mind of Neill Blomkamp, the genius who brought us District 9, comes Elysium, a futuristic Sci-Fi action film starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and William Fichtner.
While not a whole lot was known/not revealed about Elysium, we were excited none the less. Now our excitment level has just gone up to “Whaaaaaaaat” with the release of the official full trailer posted on Sony Pictures Youtube page on July 14th. The trailer shows a whole lot more about the story and we really couldn’t be more excited.
Set in the ‘not so far’ future of 2154, Elysium is another film by Blomkamp trying to challenge social class. In his world this time the poor live on an almost baron-stricken earth which is ruled with an iron fist. The wealthy, however, live on a man-made space station where there is no war, famine, poverty or illness.
I shall leave the rest for the trailer to tell the story, as I simply won’t do it justice. Matt Damon looks like he’s about to kick as much ass as he did in the Bourne trilogy, and Blomkamp’s futuristic world looks just as gritty but dazzling as his District 9 (where the similarities are there clear as day) film.
Elysium is released in the US cinemas on August 9th and August 21st in the UK – and this could be one for Imax!
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