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Storyline
Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them.
Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare -- they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA.
The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe, contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable -- he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.
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The Director
Neill Blomkamp
Neill Blomkamp (born 17 September 1979) is a South African-Canadian film and advertisement writer and director currently based in Vancouver, Canada. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated effects. He is best known as the co-writer and director of critically acclaimed District 9, his only feature film to date.
Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Neill Blomkamp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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User Reviews
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District 9 is science fiction 'near' its best
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District 9 is science fiction near its best, and a very fun, though grotesque, film to watch. I say “near its best” because I left District 9 knowing I had experienced something fresh, new, and entertaining, but ultimately missing the emotional spark that separates a great film from a truly amazing cinema experience.
So it’s great, but not amazing. What do I mean by that? Well, District 9 is one of the best looking films this year and certainly the best action movie (though it has competition in Star Trek). Like great science fiction should, it uses its setting and characters to shine a light on many moral issues that continually trouble our society. Unfortunately, while it starts out as a big story tackling these big issues, writer and director Neill Blomkamp shifts focus during the second and third acts. Many of the intriguing moral and societal issues incubating during the opening sequences are left unhatched. Instead, explosive alien weaponry, chase scenes, and the somewhat selfish journey of a single character, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) drive the majority of District 9’s plot. And I reiterate, this change in focus isn’t a bad thing, it just prevents District 9 from hatching into a truly grand adventure. Instead, it runs comfortably as a sci-fi action movie.
Here’s the back story, which is told in a faux-documentary style and news broadcasts. In 1982, a giant spaceship—Independence Day giant—came to Earth. Instead of landing where you think it might, Washington D.C. or Japan, it came to a dead stop above the city of Johannesburg, South Africa….and just sat there. After three months, the humans get tired of waiting and the military dr...
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reviewed by JeffreyVC (Filmaster.com) on the 19th of August 2009
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This movie impressed me - if you haven't seen it - rent it!