Sci-fi director Neill Blomkamp has a tortured filmography: a smart, trenchant mockumentary in District 9; a tense, ugly blockbuster in Elysium; and whatever the fuck Chappie was. While his production design and ideas always seem to signal a major talent, the final product has varied wildly. That’s part of why his aborted Halo film and in-limbo Alien sequel remain so alluring in fan’s minds: One can imagine the heights those films might achieve without ever having to sit down and, you know, watch them.
So you can mark these two seconds-long films, posted to Instagram yesterday and today, as Blomkamp at his best. The first depicts Trump’s motorcade rounding the corner on its way in to Washington: