In the calendar year 2159, two groups of individuals exist: the rest, who live on an Earth that is over populated, destroyed, and the very wealthy who survive a pristine distance station called Elysium. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a difficult line government of?cial, will stop at nothing to impose anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the taxpayers of Elysium. From wanting to be in, by any way they 19, that doesn't stop the people of Earth. When unfortunate Max (Matt Damon) is backed in to a corner, he agrees to have a chilling mission that, if successful, will not just save his own lifetime but can contribute equality into those polarized worlds.