Given the excellence of District 9, Elysium - with its vastly bigger budget and more learned director - should have been a much better movie that it is. That being said, it ain't terrible, just not as thought-provoking or as entertaining as Blomkamp's aforementioned first major hit.
This review of Elysium (2013) was written by Michael H on 01 Apr 2014.
Elysium has generally received positive reviews.
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