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Saw Elysium last weekend. I think it was rather refreshing to see a true sci-fi movie that explores social issues in a future setting rather than the all to common summer block buster action types.
Basic premiss is simple: third world individual tries to make it to the first world to receive medical care while his injuries are caused by poor working conditions in a factory of a first world multinational.
The setting seems exaggerated but to illustrate the income disparity between the world's poorest and richest people it's closer than comfortable. The Med-pod being a symbol for western medication and treatments.
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