The context is in 2159 when there are two classes of people exist in the society: the very wealthy who live on anartificial space station Elysium and the rest are people who live on a desolate and polluted Earth. Rhodes, a tough government official is very active in enforcing laws that againsting immigration and harassing to the luxurious life of the citizenss Elysium. But that still does not stop the citizens on Earth across the border in any way. Max, a normal Earth citizen when attempting to get into Elysium unfortunately cornered, has agreed to receive a mission that if it succeeds, it will save his life, even bring equality to the world polarized....