10 Film Endings With Disturbing Implications You Totally Missed
6. Elysium: The World Is Still A Hellhole
Refusing to shy from social commentary, Neill Blomkamp's Elysium ends with Matt Damon's Max Da Costa sacrificing himself so the people of post-apocalyptic Earth gain access to the advanced medical tech in the titular, orbital gated community.
Free health care for all, it screams in the face of the US establishment, but in the context of the movie, it ultimately changes little, and actually exacerbates some of the problems faced by the human race.
Earth is still an overpopulated, crime-ridden hellhole and a batch of cancer-zapping medical beds isn't going to change that. In fact, having people live longer is only going to make some of these issues worse.
Moviegoers were introduced to some horrible, ruthless criminals in Elysium, and these Earthbound nasties aren't going to change their ways just because they're healthier.
If anything, they'll attempt to seize control of the medical tech, kill over it, and withhold it much like the folks up in orbit did before them.