The movie wont win many points for originality or logic. Fortunately for him this grievous injury doesnt kill him and somehow leaves his brain intact. During a scuffle, kruger gets his face blown off by a grenade. In the film elysium, kruger is able to be healed by the med bay after having his face blown apart. Anyway the rich live like kings, speak french and oh yeah, have futuristic health care courtesy of a medical pod that can heal major illnesses, and injuries. He was portrayed by sharlto copley, who also played adrian pryce in spike lees 20 adaptation of oldboy, and king stefan in. Then we get a brief, quick glance of kruger getting the back of his skull. If youre willing to overlook jodie fosters onagain off again read. Id like to favor cap but im pretty sure kruger s enhancements go beyond his exosuit. Kruger stabs jodie foster in the neck with some broken glass, throws her dying into a locked room with frey and matilda, and begins armoring up to take over elysium. August 20 elysium isnt just another dystopian action movie. That said, i think that the droids probably win unless theres shenanigans on the part of the odsts. As i walked out of the theater, i could remember only one or two names from the whole feature that alone speaks volumes for how forgettable a film this really is.
Elysium or, why jodie fosters atrocious accent can. Warning thread fsa terrorist gets face blown off by syrian arab army might contain content that is not suitable for all ages. The government officials on elysium have microchips in the side of their head for storing information. Heres what elysium did wrong and what it did right. Despite being such a highly anticipated return for blomkamp and his studio, there is possibly a lot less gore in elysium. Foster as elysiums secretary delacourt and sharlto copley as the main villain kruger. With the help of a sociopath agent based on earth named kruger sharlto copley. Kruger and his crew, who get their kicks from killing. Neill blomkamps elysium is a visually jarring, thoughtprovoking wondermare the year is 2154. When i say blown off, i mean its like someone took a blow torch to his face for a minute and turned his facial bones into yogurt. Agent kruger is the secondary antagonist of the 20 scifi action film elysium. Unfortunately, those fantastic moments dont make up for lack of meat left on the bone, politically or intellectually throughout the story. Aug 21, 20 on elysium, if you break your leg or get your face blown off by a grenade, you have only to lie in a medpod for a few seconds to be totally healed.
Elysium is a new scifi action film written and directed by neill blomkamp. The special effects in elysium are breathtaking, whether somebodys face is getting blown off or were getting those tantalizingly brief looks at life on elysium. Elysium krugers right wrist device by benmauro on deviantart. The movie does provide some sexy, fullon, rip your face off action sequences. She confronts a complete psycho like kruger without any protection or guards tyrant takes the helm. Kruger after he gets over half his face blown off by a grenade on arrival at. Designated by the civil cooperation bureau as agent 32 alpha 21b, kruger is a mercenary working as secretary delaney delacourts personal sleeper agent. Elysium tries to hide its lack of heart by battering the audience into thinking it should care. By clicking on continue you confirm that you are 18 years and over.
Finally, kruger sharlto copley gets his face blown off by a grenade. When frey alice braga is taken away, max matt damon breaks out of a laboratory to go after her. Kruger invites max on board the shuttle, where max is surprised to see frey and matilda. These medical pods only work for the citizens of elysium.
Her plan to reboot elysium s computers with carlyles code, appoint herself as president after the reboot, and use her new authority to increase the harshness against immigrants by a greater percentage even giving carlyles company an exclusivity contract to manufacture. Jan 04, 2014 the real story of the economics of elysium published sat, jan 4 2014 3. I just noticed that the bonus scenario existed and its likely to be more interesting. On elysium, if you break your leg or get your face blown off by a grenade, you have only to lie in a medpod for a few seconds to be totally healed. But maybe most important, after his face blew up and it was. But theres always time to yell at a brutal mercenary who has insurgency on his mind. Elysium is certainly one of the most fascinating films i have seen in a long time. Elysium sends matt damon into a dystopian future the new. Why would kruger want to be president of elysium, if it appears to be a powerless.
But once max faces off with kruger and his gang, as they inevitably must, all thoughts of anything besides handtohand combat fade into insignificance. He specifically chews out delacourt for shooting down the civilian craft attempting to land on elysium, and revokes kruger. In a summer of antiseptic effects spectacles, elysium stands out for its grime and intensity, as well as the bluntness of its class allegory. One of the weapons in the art of elysium book that did not make it to the final cut. After a mission led by jasce foster a smuggler contracted by the mob lord spider, was ultimately failed by elysium s newly unveiled weaponry, margaret foster, jasces only daughter, is left orphaned. Thats an afrikaans accent, in south africa we have eleven official languages, one of them being afrikaans which is equivalent to dutch, our afrikaaner brothers originally came from netherlands jan van riebeck who, according to south african his. Aug 09, 20 the character of jodie foster was one the fence, in the beginning you can tell she seemed evil and cared only for power on elysium, but as the story took off, she showed signs of weakness, and her. In elysium, one can wake up to the breathtaking sight of the sun rising over the sea and the fresh smell of the ocean. Sep 02, 20 why elysiums moral message is destined to miss its mark neill blomkamps scifi adventure has a lot to tell us about poverty and privilege but are we ready to listen. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. He and his squad have their usual loadout as shown in the movie. He is a ruthless, psychopathic, sadistic and megalomaniacal special mercenary and a senior agent for civil cooperation bureau and for the elysium space station whos bent on conquering elysium. Elysium 20 facial reconstruction scene 610 movieclips. What is the song that kruger sings to the little girl in elysium.
Starring matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, alice braga, diego luna, wagner moura, and william fichtner. In his quest to become the hero who can restore the balance between the rich and the poor, however, max must first do battle with elysium s hawkish secretary of defense delacourt jodie foster. In this one, unequal access to health care is a central part of the brutal oppression of the 99% by the privileged few, and a skilled nurse character is one of the heros allies in his mission to subvert the earths selfish overlords. Kruger has a couple of distinct looks in the filmif you dont count wearing his underwear in public. When krugers face is blown off in a fight, we are much relieved to see him go temporarily. Considering he gets his face blown off by a grenade and lives, its very likely that his skeletal system and a bunch of his organs are protected. Dazzling but heavyhanded scifi has violence, language.
Why elysiums moral message is destined to miss its mark. Elysium generated a lot of debate over its politics when it came out last spring. His insane, chattered fantasies about their future connubial bliss are truly creepy. Meanwhile, it seems odd that elysium would require the services of kruger. While the huge cast of characters is sometimes overwhelming, and at times i found it difficult to care which of the wealthy and influential bankerpoliticians are which, the world. Elysium is neill blomkamps follow up to his suckerpunch in the way that it came out of nowhere and took everybody by surprise 2009 sci fi flick district 9. Elysium is not a smart movie, and it doesnt expect its audience to be any smarter. Shes about as subtle as the average comic book villain and speaks her lines in a. What accent does agent kruger have in the movie elysium. However, max takes advantage of his nowsuperior strength to toss kruger off the. Shes about as subtle as the average comic book villain and speaks her lines in a weird maybe british, might be french accent. Kruger himself gets his face blown off foolishly, and one of his men attempts to sexually assault alice bragas character. Like with his previous films district 9 and elysium, blomkamp is imagining a.
The baddie died and got his face blown off and they fixed his dead asswhy wouldnt they fix the hero of the movie. What happens to the human body in elysium popmatters. Blood, brain matter and evident gore graphically fly from the body piece. Then we get a brief, quick glance of kruger getting the back of his skullexosuit interface forcibly ripped out by max, and still going. The scene where his face gets blown off by a grenade is a morbid joy to watch. One of the most amazing moments in the movie is when we learn that kruger, in spite of having his face blown off, is not actually dead apparently the blood loss. Agent kruger is the main antagonist of the 20 scifi action film elysium.
And had recently had his face blown off and is having lazarus pit mania. Its reconstructed, but not before we get a great look at maxs handiwork. Elysium is another allegory, a sharper, more finely honed story than. Elysiums director thinks his hellish paradise is our future. Dec 22, 20 sharlto copley talks about how he builds his over the top character in blomkamps elysium duration. Refusing treatment at that point seemed to be more an act of sheer spite than anything substantiated by her previous characterization. Im talking about things like cancer and having your face blown off by a grenade. Sharlto copley and matt damon face off in the upcoming neill blomkamp thriller, elysium. Jodie foster, however, seems to be in a completely different movie. They call the satellite station elysium, and it is still, in 2154, rather heavenly.
Part chase movie, part political coup, all class warfare in tasty armor. Kruger after he gets over half his face blown off by a grenade on arrival at elysium. This is a security check to prevent automated programs from creating accounts. A grenade explodes inside a ship where a man, who is standing next to it, has his face blown off. The character of jodie foster was one the fence, in the beginning you can tell she seemed evil and cared only for power on elysium, but as the story took off. Elysium s capitalism still reigns supreme over those theyve deemed unworthy of their resources. A man violently slaps and forcibly kidnaps a woman and her sick young daughter to get information out of her. Yes, there are things that disappoint about elysium. He explains that he has given you elysium from the film of the same name with the following additions. Everyone survives, though this is a fairly lengthy and intense scene.
Off world people who speak french and have that be all. How is the med bay after to fix kruger when carlyle the ceo guy and delacourt the woman politican sustain. When krugers face is blown off in a fight, we are much relieved to see him go. When kruger arrives, max produces a grenade and pulls the pin, telling kruger that if he doesnt take him to elysium, he will blow his own head off and destroy the reboot program. Aug 17, 20 the government officials on elysium have microchips in the side of their head for storing information. When the shuttle she authorized to land crashes on elysium thanks to her off thebooks and illegal. Add the discovery that basically the pistons were made in pairs and all of the pairs were different sizes, and different appearance on the max and kruger suit. The show, based on the comic book series of the same name. Aug 03, 20 during a scuffle, kruger gets his face blown off by a grenade. Seven unanswered questions we still have about elysium vulture. Movie villains comic book villains cartoon villains video game villains.
Daughter of elysium, joan slonczewskis second book set in the same universe, is a somewhat overwhelming, but amazing exercise in worldbuilding and ideawrangling. Agent kruger is the main antagonist in the 20 film elysium he is played by sharlto copley. We even get a real nice look at the results, too, before he gets fixed up. Aug, 20 elysium reveals the scary future of healthcare.
Jan 08, 2014 despite being such a highly anticipated return for blomkamp and his studio, there is possibly a lot less gore in elysium. Elysium is situated in the umdoni coast of kwazulu natal, south africa. Sep 01, 20 neill blomkamps elysium is a visually jarring, thoughtprovoking wondermare. But when the blockbuster competition wants only new ways to repackage wolverine and superman, its weirdly refreshing to watch a film that seeks new ways to repackage mad max, blade runner. Theyve relocated off earth entirely, to an orbiting space station called elysium. The grenade detonates, causing the shuttle to crash and krugers face to be. How is the med bay after to fix kruger when carlyle the ceo guy and delacourt the woman politican sustain less severe injuries and theyre unable to be saved. The films villain kruger, played by sharlto copley, has multiple implants on his arm and face that serve as ports for his weapons.
A small village nestled between mtwalume and ifafa beach, elysiums tranquillity, beauty and peacefulness is what attracts most visitors to its shores. Part 8 agent kruger desert attire posted on december 16, 20 by thepropstop agent m. I want a kruger movie, where he does sociopathic military stuff and says a whole bunch of shit i cant understand. Just be prepared to put up with some sentimental cheese in this meaty scifi adventure. After his face is blown off, he goes from crazy to megalomaniacal, deciding to take over elysium. When kruger was healed they took him out of the exosuit, and we get a scene of him suiting back up. When he finds out that delacourts classified info is a total system reboot for elysium, he decides to get the data himself to turn elysium into his own twisted playground. When kruger s face is blown off in a fight, we are much relieved to see him go temporarily. On elysium, we see where our quest for perfect diagnosis and treatment is heading. In the script, kruger complains about his new skin looking like a babys, and then uses the broken mirror to cut his face up to add character. Hes also exposed to radiation and is shown feeling sick and.
Moviechat forums elysium 20 discussion fix max now fix max now. One of the most amazing moments in the movie is when we learn that kruger, in spite of having his face blown off. Exsanguination from the carotid couldnt possibly be more lethal than having your entire face blown off, and kruger who wasnt exactly rushed to a medpod was still able to recover from that. Aug 09, 20 elysium, the second feature from the director neill blomkamp, stars matt damon as a former thief living on a ruined earth in 2154. He wasnt even rushed into the med bay straightaway either. Elysium may not be as noteworthy as district 9, but this is solid entertainment with some stunning visual effects. Theyre so powerful that they can even repair krugers face, most of which was blown off with maxs grenade, in about twenty seconds. While on their way to elysium, max matt damon is attacked by kruger sharlto copley and his men.
It is not good enough for the richest 1% to simply live in gated communities or in suburbs with heights appended to the name or even on private islands. He sings her a song when theyre on the shuttle heading to elysium. Elysium is a good example of a lot films today that fail to provide a tight enough script to match the dazzling visuals. Kruger himself gets his face blown off foolishly, and one of his men attempts to sexually assault alice bragas character while shes detained and it is clear that a pissed off matt damon is coming to rescue her. Hes even unhinged enough to attempt to take down max with him in their final battle. His henchmen stick him in a medpod and in just a few seconds it miraculously reconstructs his face, including his teeth and eyes.
Feb 17, 2017 in his quest to become the hero who can restore the balance between the rich and the poor, however, max must first do battle with elysium s hawkish secretary of defense delacourt jodie foster. Elysium the propstops world of entertainment memorabilia. Maybe one of the reasons he was so pissed about getting his face blown off is that the medpod restored him without cybernetics, thus meaning hed need to get. In the chinese release of the movie, you dont see his face getting blown off, or any of the damage other than on the med bay monitor. Apr 16, 2017 we wish you the best of luck but please remember that we will always stand by the community of anathema, darrowshire and elysium servers and will always provide a place for you when you need it we would like to thank this community for bringing us hours of entertainment whilst watching you raid, pvp and trolling us on discord. As you sit up in bed eating the chocolate pudding, rob appears before, looking slightly similar to a certain man of the g you know.
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