This style makes the incredible sci-fi elements feel grounded and terrifyingly real. Blomkamp himself noted, "We associate news and security footage with real life" . By using this approach, the film's social commentary on xenophobia, bureaucratic incompetence, and corporate greed becomes all the more potent. As Empire Online described it, it's a "genuinely exciting and surprisingly affecting thriller that...feels fresh and original, with the outlandish action rooted in a grimy reality" .
This style makes the incredible sci-fi elements feel grounded and terrifyingly real. Blomkamp himself noted, "We associate news and security footage with real life" . By using this approach, the film's social commentary on xenophobia, bureaucratic incompetence, and corporate greed becomes all the more potent. As Empire Online described it, it's a "genuinely exciting and surprisingly affecting thriller that...feels fresh and original, with the outlandish action rooted in a grimy reality" .