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[[folder:Earth]]
!!Max [=DaCosta=]
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->'''Played By''': Creator/MattDamon, Creator/MaxwellPerryCotton (young)

* ClingyCostume: Well, Spider's men did screw and bolt down the PoweredArmor onto his body.
* {{Determinator}}: With only five days to live he ''is'' going to get up to Elysium no matter what.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Max is a physically fit man but when he's crippled in a radiation accident, his criminal contact grafts an exoskeleton onto his body that makes him able to fight on the level of the powerful police droids.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Max does, giving his life so everyone else can live.]]
* HandicappedBadass: He also suffers from radiation poisoning during much of the film, yet still manages to defeat several of the bad guys.
* HesitantSacrifice: Throughout the film, Max asserts that he wants to live and make it to Elysium, fearing death whenever it looks bleak for him. He's even willing to hand over the reboot program to Kruger as long as he gets cured. At the end [[spoiler:however he simply accepts that he has to die to upload the program to allow Earth refugees to access Elysium technology and dies.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Though he was dying anyway, he does spend his last days fighting to make everyone capable of accessing Elysium, at least until they can reboot the old system.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Because they bolted the exoskeleton to him through his clothes
* MessianicArchetype: Max has plenty of parallels to Christ:
** He may not be a carpenter, but he is a lowly factory worker.
** His body is literally pierced by metal when he has the exosuit welded to him, leaving him with bleeding stigmata. He is also stabbed in the chest by a soldier at one point, much like Christ and the Lance.
** Much as Christ kept the company of prostitutes and sinners, so Max keeps the company of people considered to be the dregs of society--in this case, thieves and gangsters.
** In a way, he heals the sick.[[spoiler:He ensures that Frey's daughter is cured of her cancer and his sacrifice causes medical shuttles to be sent down to the surface to start curing others]].
* ReformedCriminal: Max was a former car thief who gave up his illegal life to work on an assembly line and earn the money he needed to make it to Elysium legitimately. When he's infected with radiation poisoning it forces him to do OneLastJob for his former boss.
* WorkingClassHero: He is seen going to work in a factory as a line worker in the first part of the film.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Due to getting a lethal dose of radiation, he's expected to only live about another five days at most.
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!!Frey Santiago
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->'''Played By''': Creator/AliceBraga

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Max.
* DamselInDistress: Becomes one after Kruger traces Max's movements back to her house.
* FlatCharacter: Basically, she is this. She was Max’s childhood friend and is now a nurse who desperately wants to save her daughter and...that’s kind of it.
* TheMedic: Works as a nurse and patches up Max after he is seriously injured by Kruger.


!!Matilda Santiago

->'''Played By''': Creator/EmmaTremblay

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Interestingly enough, even Kruger acts somewhat nice towards her, such as when he tells her to close her eyes so she doesn't see him punch Frey during an interrogation.
* LittlestCancerPatient: She has advanced leukemia, and cannot be cured on Earth due to lacking the medical equipment readily available on Elysium.

!!M. Kruger
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->'''Played By''': Creator/SharltoCopley

* AmoralAfrikaner: You'd better believe it, ''boytjie''. Though it's not mentioned in dialogue, the accent, the blink-and-you'll-miss-it flag painted on his dropship, and the fact that the song he sings to Frey's daughter is in Afrikaans confirm that he's this.
* AxCrazy: Even his own men who are violent thugs fear him if he's in a ticked mood. [[spoiler: After his face is blown off, he goes from crazy to ''megalomaniacal'', deciding to take over Elysium. He's even unhinged enough to attempt to take down Max with him in their FinalBattle.]] According to his [[FreezeFrameBonus CCB profile]], Kruger suffers from schizophrenia, paranoia, antisocial personality, dependent personality, histrionic personality, and anger management issues, in addition to psychopathy, pyromania, and narcissistic personality disorder. Frankly, it's a wonder he's able to function as well as he does.
* BadBoss: While he seems amiable enough with his two henchmen who share his love of violence and disregard of others, he's implied to have killed other henchmen in the past on impulse and the first thing they do when he recovers from a severe injury is hold a gun at his face until he calms down.
* BeardOfEvil: He is a war criminal and a complete PsychoForHire, and he rocks a pretty thick beard.
* BladeEnthusiast: Kruger sure does love his blades, such as his [[CoolSword Katana]].
* BloodKnight: He always seems to enjoy fighting and killing people.
* ClusterFBomb: Kruger make use of the "F" word in practically all of his sentences. Imagine a massive drop of F-Cluster bombs.
* CoolSword: His signature Katana.
* CorporateSamurai: A particularly nasty example.
* {{Cyborg}}: As seen on his face, and apparently more of an extensive internal arrangement, as well.
* DragonInChief: To Delacourt, she has no hope of recovering her stolen data without relying on Kruger, even when the Elysium council advises against due to his [[PsychoForHire unstable personality]]. He even seems to be a massive part of her defense plan for Elysium since he's the one who shoots down the immigrant space ships attempting to enter. As soon as [[spoiler:Delacourt attempts to reprimand him for his actions, he kills her to pursue Max himself]].
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Later gains a suit of power armour to match Max's.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted. As he's molesting and interrogating Frey, he doesn't want her daughter to view his atrocities, but it's not like she can't ''hear'' her getting beaten. Later he claims he was willing to cure her but is perfectly willing to let her die with no remorse as an act of spite.
* EvilIsHammy: His dialogue seems to chew the scenery a little.
* FacialHorror: Takes a grenade to the face and basically ends up with a hole where any facial features should be. Luckily for him, Elysium's med bays are able to fix this, though he arguably comes out of it more angry than ever.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The polite demeanour is obviously an act. His tendency to tell people to get their injuries that he just inflicted on them checked out also add to this.
* TheHeavy: Delacourt is physically removed from Earth so Krugar does most of the fighting on her behalf.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Takes a creepy interest in Frey saying she's the kind of woman he could imagine settling down with. Given that he beats her and has [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil prior rape convictions]], it's clear that [[DomesticAbuser becoming his wife would not be pleasant for anyone.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He tries to kill Max with a grenade... unfortunately, all that he could kill with it was himself.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Kruger has a tendency love blowing things up. In the end, he gets blown up [[TakingYouWithMe with a grenade he intended for him and Max to die with]].]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Favours a katana as his melee weapon and uses it quite effectively throughout the film.
* ManlyFacialHair: One inspired by South-African troops during the 70's staying out in the bush for months at a time.
** Since Kruger was born in 1970, he would've more than likely have served in the South African Defense Force, and seeing as he's referred as being Ex-Special Forces, he might have served in the 32 Battalion, who were South African Special Forces - meaning that he would've spent time in the bush, like many of the elite members of the 32 Battalion have done. Him having the beard makes even more sense with his character's background. Also, it says almost all about Blomkamp's opinion on apartheid-era war veterans.
* ObviouslyEvil: He's already described as committing numerous human rights violations.
* OlderThanHeLooks: Per his CCB profile, Kruger was born in 1970 and began working for the CCP in 2042, at the ripe old age of 72. Interestingly, his criminal record doesn't begin until 2126.
* PsychoForHire: The man Delacourt calls when she wants someone dead.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:He gets a GrenadeTag in his FinalBattle with Max, so he attaches a carabiner to Max's exoskeleton so they will both die. Fortunately Max breaks off that part and {{Railing Kill}}s Kruger.]]
* TheSociopath: Completely horrifying in his casual love for violence, FauxAffablyEvil, a known ''rapist'', and he wishes to take over Elysium and turn it into his own personal Hell on Earth... yeah, he fits this.
* TheStarscream: Kruger is a violent and untrustworthy man, so him [[spoiler:killing Delacourt and taking over Elysium]] comes as no surprise.
* VerbalTic: He has a tendency to call Max "boytjie" (pronounced "boy-key", it's Afrikaans slang meaning "little boy").

!!Spider
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->'''Played By''': Creator/WagnerMoura

* BigGood: About the closest thing we have to one in this movie. While he is technically a criminal, he does abandon his original plan of hijacking Carlyle's brain and using the information to steal the latter's money and resources. Instead he uses what Max downloaded from Carlyle to help out all of the citizens on Earth.
* ClusterFBomb: Not at the same level as Kruger, but yes, he do swear a lot.
* GeniusCripple: He walks with a limp and has to carry around a walking stick. He is also a brilliant hacker.
* GoodIsNotNice: For all his noble intentions, he still did things like human trafficking and grand theft auto.
%%* HollywoodHacking
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a crime boss, making money out of the desperate... And the moment he has the power to take over Elysium, he instead uses it to ''really'' help out the desperate.
* NonActionGuy: Justified in that he's walking with a limp, and he's got plenty of guys who do the fighting for him, such as Max. He does tackle Kruger at one point to save Max, but it gets him a knife stabbed into his hand as a result.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He orders his men to back down from Max, and they comply. He even gives him some PoweredArmor to help him with his mission, and later becomes key to helping out everyone on Earth.

!!Drake and Crowe

-> '''Played By''': Creator/BrandonAuret (Drake) and Creator/JoshBlacker (Crowe)

* AmoralAfrikaner: Like their boss-- they've got the same accents and same brutal attitude.
* BadassNormal: They do not have the gadgets of their boss or the strength of Max's exo-suit but still remain major threats.
%%* BaldOfEvil: Crowe. Drake sports a Mohawk.
* BanteringBaddieBuddies: They're rarely seen apart.
* EliteMook: They are capable of wiping out the Elysium security forces all by their lonesome.
* PsychoForHire: Just like their boss.
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!!Julio
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->'''Played By''': Creator/DiegoLuna

%%* AFriendInNeed
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He distracts Kruger long enough to prevent the latter from killing Max. Unfortunately he ends up dying in the process.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Kruger stabs him in the chest with his katana.]]
%%* NiceGuy
%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
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[[folder:Elysium]]
!!Secretary of Defense Jessica Delacourt
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->'''Played By''': Creator/JodieFoster
* AlasPoorVillain: when Kruger [[spoiler: brutally slits her throat, you can’t help but feel for her as she painfully bleeds out on the floor.]]
* BigBad: Depending on your idea of "bad". The powerful authority figure behind Kruger.
* TheBeautifulElite: Played by Jodie Foster. Very pretty. Rare example of a workaholic KnightTemplar being part of TheBeautifulElite, instead of decadent dilletantes.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Her reasoning for acting the way she does is to keep the safety of the people of Elysium, no matter how brutal her methods seem. She even reminds Patel of this, and when people certainly do break into Elysium later, she points out that she, literally, "told you so".
* IronLady: A highly lethal example of this.
* NonActionBigBad: Throughout the entire film, she uses Kruger as a mercenary to deal the violence needed for her work.
%%* PowerHair
* SmugSnake: She has absolutely no problem acting as the leader of Elysium security and the goal to keep the station safe makes her even more important than anybody else living there, while she also holds, as part of that job, the idea that any Elysium resident is important above any Earth resident.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: Her explanation for why she was hired. She cites [[MamaBear the need to protect Elysium's children]] as why she is willing to take such lengths.
--> '''Delacourt''': "Do you have children, President Patel?"
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Her plan to reboot Elysium's computers with Carlyle's code, appoint herself as President after the reboot, and use her new authority to increase the harshness against immigrants by a greater percentage (even giving Carlyle's company an exclusivity contract to manufacture weapons for their defense for ''the next 200 years''). Would have been this... except that the plot conspires to keep her from executing the plan as she desires. [[spoiler:Mostly by giving her a bad case of Death-By-BullyingTheDragon.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler:When the shuttle ''she authorized'' to land crashes on Elysium thanks to ''her'' off-the-books and illegal TheDragon, she doesn't miss a beat in feigning ignorance and blaming the entire incident on the President's more humane policies and then seizing control of the security forces in her capacity as War Secretary. It would have been more impressive if her next act had not been BullyingTheDragon.]]
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!!John Carlyle
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->'''Played By''': Creator/WilliamFichtner

* ChildProdigy: According to AllThereInTheManual.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Armadyne's profit-driven CEO, who is willing to let his employees die on the job and even assist a coup on his government if it means securing a contract.
* DeadpanSnarker: When Max's group shoot his shuttle down and surround the ship, he responds to the ship's voice system telling him he's unharmed by sarcastically remarking how comforting that is.
* EvilGenius: To Delacourt, for whom he scripts the program to snatch control of Elysium from Patel.
* {{Jerkass}}: He shows more concern for a bedsheet being kept clean than a employee dying from radiation poisoning.
* LivingMacGuffin: He's the first person to carry the code that will reboot Elysium's computers in his brain.
* NeuralImplanting: The implaints that allow him to carry computer code in his brain.
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!!President Patel
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->'''Played By''': Creator/FaranTahir

* AntiVillain: While living on Elysium doesn't earn him any points with people on Earth, he's also not actively making their life more difficult either the way Delacourt and Kruger seem to want to do.
* CluelessBoss: His Secretary of Defense is let her off with an apparent one last chance, letting her know that she's on thin ice before firing her primary agent. He doesn't advise her about stricter protocols, or put her under more scrutiny, instead letting her start a plot for a coup and rehire her PsychoForHire merc. Later, his own policies are used against him to let Delacourt run circles around him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He reprimands Delacourt that authorised shuttles were meant to be [[PragmaticVillains handled "quietly,"]] rather than very publicly shot in plain view. He's also very disturbed by Kruger's instability.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Technically, although he's the least evil of the film's villains, he is still at the top of the tyrannical system.
* PresidentEvil: He heads a corrupt, oligarchic, techno-dystopian government with almost-Orwellian surveillance abilities. Making things worse, he keeps the miraculous medbay technology out of the hands of the Earth-citizenry for no clear reason, perhaps beyond making sure the dystopia stays that way. Besides a potential high up-front cost, the medbays can cure anything, in seconds, with no apparent expenditure of resources or labor. While life would still be uncomfortable on the pollution-ravaged and desertified Earth, there's no reason he couldn't have made life much easier by setting up medbay clinics across the planet.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He specifically chews out Delacourt for shooting down the civilian craft attempting to land on Elysium, and revokes Kruger's military status shortly after said incident after pointing out that he's a war criminal and unstable maniac.
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