40 Acres vs Elysium
Elysium has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 5.9/10 for 40 Acres). Elysium is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 53m. Elysium is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are action, drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
40 Acres
Elysium| 40 Acres | Elysium | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller | Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | R.T. Thorne | Neill Blomkamp |
| Main cast | Elizabeth Saunders, Danielle Deadwyler, Patrick Garrow, Tyrone Benskin, Michael Greyeyes | Alice Braga, Jodie Foster, Jared Keeso, Wagner Moura, Diego Luna |
Synopsis
40 Acres
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.
Elysium
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When…
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