Damon introduces his Elysium 'hulk suit'

Since the last eye-poppingly brilliant trailer for Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium', we've been waiting for some more detail on the forthcoming sci-fi actioner...

Now, thanks to a new featurette, we've got a glimpse into the grisly exoskeleton, or 'hulk suit', that star Matt Damon gets himself rather attached to.

The production went to Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop to get the skeleton made for Damon, who made it look grimy and ultra-realistic.

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After Damon's character Max De Costa is involved in an industrial accident, during which he's exposed to a cancerous virus, he has only five days to live.

His only hope is to break in to Elysium, the city that orbits the ruined Earth, populated by the wealthy and entirely free of disease.

Using the exoskeleton to give him superhuman power and strength, he kidnaps a businessman (William Fichtner) to steal his identity and enter the city.

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But he is pitted against Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her secret police chief Kruger (Sharlto Copley) who are not planning to let him get away with it.

Probably one of the most anticipated films of the year, it's due out on August 23.