Elysium (2013)

5STAR, 9.00PM ★★★★

 Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi thriller stars Matt Damon as a factory worker who scrapes out a living on the Earth’s crust. He’s involved in an accident but the medical care he needs is on space station Elysium. Jodie Foster stars as Delacourt, who vows to preserve the pampered lifestyle of Elysium’s citizens. Blomkamp focuses on faith, capitalism and private healthcare – in lesser hands, the film might have seemed like a Lib Dem manifesto with spaceships.