Neill Blomkamp’s ELYSIUM opens this Friday, so to help get you suited up, we’ve got a couple of clips to get you prepped. The first is an action sequence showing Matt Damon and comrades running for their lives as a demented Sharlto Copley pursues them; the second gives us a more laid-back Matt as he attempts to ask Alice Braga out on a date.
For more ELYSIUM goods, check out The Arrow’s positive review of the film HERE and give a look to our 1:1 interview with Matt Damon HERE.
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.
ELYSIUM opens on August 9th.
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