You'll have to wait until tomorrow to see the first trailer for
District 9 director Neill Blomkamp's
Elysium, but the first poster has arrived today to whet the appetite. And true to what is clearly shaping up to be Blomkamp's form, with the ideas being the stars more than the actors, that first artwork throws the focus not on Matt Damon but on the exo-skeleton mech suit he's wearing.
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. The people of Earth are
desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically
need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium - but some
in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and
preserve their citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the
chance bring equality to these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary
guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the
balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission - one that pits him
against Elysium's Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line
forces - but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but
millions of people on Earth as well.
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