If you loved Elysium, try Firebase

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Firebase has roughly 57.8× fewer votes than Elysium — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Elysium

2013 · dir. Neill Blomkamp

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Firebase

2017 · dir. Neill Blomkamp

What they share

Both films are directed by Neill Blomkamp, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Action / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Elysium, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

dread

What Firebase is

Muddy Vietnamese jungle winter darkness a radio crackles Hines trudges through a chaotic war zone Neill Blomkamp helms this sci-fi horror fusion.

If you loved Elysium, try Firebase

Elysium

Firebase

What they share

What Firebase is

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