Elysium

Elysium is a 2013 American dystopia science fiction action thriller film. The film is set in 2154, where Earth has been destroyed by disease, pollution, and overpopulation. The wealthiest now live on a space station called Elysium, which can be seen in the clouds from Earth below. Max has grown up watching Elysium from his run-down, neighbourhood. He now has a factory job which has terrible working conditions. 

The people on Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they desperatelu need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium including Max, however the people on Elysium prevent this as they want to protect this luxurious lifestyle from others. Matt decides to take matters into his own hands and stop this inequality.  Will he succeed?  Will he be able to save not only his own life, but the millions of people on Earth as well?

Elysium’s strengths are its spectacular imagery and thrilling action sequences. Blomkamp has imagined and brought to life two stunningly realised worlds. The crowded streets of Los Angeles are overrun by slums and a heavy, pulsating score perfectly complements the scenes of rampant urban sprawl. Meanwhile, scenes of Elysium’s lush lawns and wealthy mansions are imbued with an aura of sterilization, of an enforced purity. And when the boundary between these two worlds collapses the action is brutal, bloody and vicious.