Elysium: PanzerKut

The main takeaway here is that this is a sleek, pared down version of a relatively boring and slightly bloated dystopia flick. I enjoyed it quite a bit more than the original, and Panzer has honestly improved it almost to the point where it's as good as it can be.

There were two audio edits that were noticeable, one at 40:18 and one at 1:09:09, but outside of that I don't think anything stood out. All visual edits were also really well done.

The new narrative is where it really shines. Off the top of my head the new death for Jodie Foster and her new non-treasonous motivation, Frey and Max's backstory as kids, and the removal of the kid's cancer are the major changes. With their removal comes a bit of an empty space. Why was that Carlyse transporting such insanely sensitive data? Why is Kruger involved? Why does he kill Jodie Foster? Why does Max care if Frey's kid lives?

I think there are some gaps that can be filled in with just "that's the way things happen, roll with it." which I can get behind. I don't think everything needs explicit motivation. The only one that could be improved is Max's motivation to save Frey's kid, by including more of them together as children, build that emotional connection.

Overall it's a massive improvement and I really enjoyed it, and if I ever feel like watching this movie again it will be this cut. Great work!

I really wish I could love this movie, but I just can't. Panzerkut is now a straight up action movie which is pretty fun, but it's not much more than that. This edit doesn't fix the poor storytelling of the original, but simply cuts it out and leaves a nonstop action film.

From the point of a casual viewer, the editing is perfect, and whatever is lacking in terms of narrative i.e. the ending could be attributed to the limitation of the original material. Still, I feel like there is something lacking in the worldbuilding and the protagonist background in the beginning. Adding back some childhood scenes could be a probable solution. The handling of actions from the moment it kicks in is awesome, it never slow down till the end, which in my opinion emphasises having a slower start as mentioned. The ending is better now.

Panzerkut made a good, streamlined actioner. Pleasure to watch.
The stuff that made me give up halfway through watching the original is now gone.

This is a great little edit that removes the political side story and some other little moments of forced emotion. This is a tighter packed rollercoaster and for me personally makes this an enjoyable Cyberpunk story very much in vein to various post apocalyptic anime from the 1990's. The only downside is that the ending feels a little abrupt and inconclusive, but there's no real way to get around the hollywood ending otherwise that was originally completely stupid.