Elysium

"All the interest and good will built up by the sharply conceived preliminaries is washed away in a succession of scenes that feel crushingly routine and generic 

"Blomkamp again proves to be a superb storyteller. He has a master’s sense of pacing, slowly immersing us into his future world rather than assailing us with nonstop action, and envisioning that world with an architect’s eye for the smallest details" 

"[It] throws away its best opportunity for drama. It’s as if Han and Leia parked on the Death Star and started asking, 'How much is a two-bedroom around here?' (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)" 

"'Elysium' is a sporadically engaging tale, as well as a potent commentary on immigration and health care policies (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Loaded with action, a lot of it excitingly imagined, 'Elysium' boasts many of the teeming strengths of South African filmmaker Blomkamp's previous R-rated sci-fi success, 'District 9' (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Like 'District 9', an allegory of apartheid that took four Oscar nods and put Blomkamp on the map, 'Elysium' delivers sci-fi without dumbing it down (...) Rating: ★★★ (out 4)" 

"Mr. Damon’s performance helps keep the movie from sinking under the weight of its artfully constructed horrors"