Elysium

[Drunk Monk]

I rather enjoyed this. No, it wasn't as brilliant as his breakout film, D9, nor was it as music video weird as Chappie, but I'm ok with Matt Damon and he's had two misses with Great Wall and Bourne lately so perhaps I was more forgiving. I love Blomkampf's vision of poverty and slums - very kwaito/SA - and even though his robocops are all the same, the roboPO was hysterical. His heavy handed comments on Rich and poor are unwavering, but pale in comparison to reality. The sick little girl was way overdone, but this isn't meant to be a subtle film. I didn't like Jodie, which is odd because I'm a huge fan of hers. She was caught awkwardly between her fake French and fake Brit accent, and her villainess was weakened by the SCOTUS, who makes Jodie's act of villainy seem almost cute. The sword fight was amusing for what it was.