Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Mild
The story
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
- future
- capitalism
- dystopia
- space station
- class conflict
- late stage capitalism
- health inequality
- social inequality
- wealth inequality
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Wagner Moura — Spider
- Alice Braga — Frey
- William Fichtner — John Carlyle
- Jose Pablo Cantillo — Sandro
- Faran Tahir — President Patel
- Maxwell Perry Cotton — Young Max
- Brandon Auret — Drake
- Josh Blacker — Crowe
- Emma Tremblay — Matilda
- Adrian Holmes — Manuel
- Jared Keeso — Rico
- Directed
- Neill Blomkamp
- Written
- Neill Blomkamp
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 9,788 ratings
- Studio
- TriStar Pictures, MRC, QED International, Alphacore, Genre Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
