Elysium Page #4

Synopsis: In the year 2154, 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 Delacourt, a 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.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Neill Blomkamp
Production: TriStar Pictures
  1 win & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2013
109 min
$90,800,000
Website
3,718 Views


- Let's get out of here.

Where the f***

are you going, Sandro?

- Let's get out of here!

- Goddamn it!

Come on, Max.

Get out of there! Let's go!

We gotta go! Come on, Max. Come on.

Hey, boss. We got a runner.

Locked on.

Fire!

Sh*t, man.

That's what I'm talking about!

F***, man!

Targets moving south-southwest.

Move, Max. It's coming.

We got another one.

Okay.

This is wrong. This is all wrong, man.

Going into a holding pattern, sir.

Where do you think you're going?

Come on!

F***! F***er!

Come on.

No!

No. No.

No.

Get up!

Get up!

No!

We've got one assailant

leaving on foot, ma'am.

They have the data. Repeat:

The thieves have the data.

Apprehend the target at all costs.

Do not damage his brain.

Let's go! We got a runner, boys!

Citizen has suffered catastrophic

blood loss leading to cardiac arrest.

Time of death:
1745.

Come on, where are you hiding?

What's that?

It looks like a herd of pigs, boss.

F*** you, man! Find him!

Take us back to the crash site.

See what they left behind.

Roger that.

Hey, boss.

I think you'd better come look at this.

This is a record of what we picked up...

...in transfer between Carlyle

and the criminal, sir.

That's why she wants it so badly.

He's got the keys to the kingdom

in his f***ing head.

Now we just need to find him.

I'm gonna let the girls out.

Searching grids three through 11.

I'm authorizing a full containment order.

Issue a no-fly zone for Los Angeles.

- All of Los Angeles?

- The murderer is still out there.

Until we apprehend him,

no one leaves the surface of that city.

What the...?

Max.

- Hey, sweetie.

- Hey.

We can go home.

Am I better?

I'm gonna get the car, okay?

Be right back.

Frey...

Max.

Oh, my God. What happened to you?

- Sh*t. Let me get the medics.

- No.No.

I can't go in there.

- Max, listen to me. You need a doctor.

- I can't go in there.

People are looking for me.

They'll kill me.

- I came for you. I need your help.

- Max.

You've got to go through the system

to get treatment.

Please help me. I don't wanna die.

Max.

Max.

Stay awake.

I wanna see the man.

Mommy's gonna help him, okay?

Try and sleep.

Don't sleep.

Come on.

Max, you can do it, come on.

Stay awake.

Let's turn you over.

Max. Max, wait.

Thank you.

Who did this to you?

Oh, no, I got...

I got hurt at work, and I had to...

I had to take a job from Spider

to try to get up there and get healed.

It went bad.

- I'm in trouble.

- Mommy?

Hey, sweetie. Come here.

Who's that man?

His name is Max. Mommy knew him

when he was your age.

This is Matilda.

Hi.

You can go watch cartoons, okay?

I'll be right there.

I didn't- I didn't know you had...

- I'm so sorry. I need to go.

- Wait, Max. Wait.

- Don't leave. Wait.

- I shouldn't have come here.

Max. She's dying.

She's in the final stages of leukemia.

I told you my life was complicated.

I need you to help me.

I have no idea how to do this.

- How to do what?

- Get her to Elysium.

- I can't help her. I would...

- Max.

- I would if I could.

- What about this? Fake citizenship.

If you took her there,

could you heal her with this?

It doesn't work that way.

This is coded to me.

It's locked to my DNA.

These people

who are looking for me-

You don't understand

who these people are.

If they find me here,

they will kill all of us.

The only thing I can do to help you

is leave, I promise you.

- She's all I have.

- I'm sorry.

You have bandages.

Yeah, I got bandages.

- What are you doing?

- I don't want you to be sick.

- Do you wanna hear a story?

- No-

There once was a meerkat

who lived in the jungle.

He was hungry, but he was small.

So small. And the other big animals

had all the food...

...because they could reach the fruits.

So he made friends

with a hippopotamus to-

Okay, stop.

It doesn't end well for the meerkat.

Yes, it does, because he can stand

on the hippopotamus's back...

...to get all the fruits that he wants.

What's in it for the hippo?

The hippo wants a friend.

I'm sorry.

Hey, boss.

I think we got him.

Land this f***ing craft.

- Mommy, is everything okay?

- It's okay, sweetie.

Clear.

It's okay, sweetie.

Afternoon.

Sorry to come bursting into your home.

I didn't mean to traumatize

your young daughter.

Me and the boys here...

...we're looking

for a young gentleman...

...who was in this very house

a moment ago.

We're hoping you can tell us

where he went.

No. I...

I don't know where he is.

I don't believe in committing violent acts

in front of kids...

...so I just need you to

close your eyes, sweetheart.

It's okay, sweetie. It's okay.

I really need you to tell me.

Where is he? You remember now?

- Mommy.

- Close your eyes.

Keep your f***ing eyes closed.

Keep your eyes closed.

Please, I don't know where he is.

He was wounded.

I helped him and he left.

Please.

Do you f***ing hate that?

No loyalty nowadays, eh?

It's okay, sweetie.

And what's this here? This a hospital

you running here? What's going on?

- She's sick.

- She's sick?

She's sick? Let me have a look at her.

- Don't touch her.

- See that? Protective instinct there, eh?

I said don't touch her!

I'm trying to get a word with your child.

If you give me a second. Bring her. Come.

- Where are you taking us?

- I've got something you want.

- It's okay.

- Mommy.

It's okay, sweetie. It's okay.

Sit down. Shut up.

Stop.

Hey, hey, he)'-

No, no, no.

Don't shoot him, don't shoot him.

Put the guns down. Let him come.

- You got something, didn't you?

- What?

That's why they shut down the sky.

Come on. What is it? Wire transfers?

Corporate intel?

You gotta have something big.

I f***ing got nothing, man.

It all got scrambled. Julio is dead.

You owe me.

- Let's go f***ing now!

- We can't!

The flight system is jammed!

Nobody is going up there.

- Till when?

- Till I don't f***ing know.

- I gotta get up there, man.

- Oh, everyone needs to get up there.

My guys are working to see

if we have a hope in hell...

...which I personally think we do not,

of ever getting back online.

But for now...

...let's just take a look

at that head of yours.

- Get away from me, man.

- Just look at me.

If they shut down the whole f***ing sky

for what's in your head...

...maybe the key to opening it

could be in there too, right?

Come on.

All right.

They will hunt you

to the edge of the Earth for this.

What is it?

It's a reboot program for Elysium.

Whoever has this has the power

to override their whole system.

Open the borders.

Make everyone a citizen of Elysium.

This can save your life.

We can save everyone.

When can I go?

They're trying to hack through

the signal jam, but soon.

- Don't bullshit me. When can we go?

- I don't know. Five days.

F*** you. I don't have five days.

- I got hours.

- My guys are working on it.

You're always working on it.

You can't get me up there.

Why do you even try sending people up?

They just get shot down.

Not with what's in your head!

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Neill Blomkamp

Neill Blomkamp (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈnil ˈblumkamp]; born 17 September 1979) is a South African-born Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated effects. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the critically acclaimed and financially successful science fiction film District 9, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He directed the dystopian science fiction film Elysium, which garnered moderately positive reviews and a good box office return. He is known for his collaborations with South African actor Sharlto Copley. He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. Forbes named him as the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa. more…

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