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District 9

£6.55
Boxshot
Release Date 28 Dec 2009
Director Neill Blomkamp
Creator Sharlto Copley
Jason Cope
Actors Sharlto Copley
Jason Cope
Nathalie Boltt
Discs 1
Region 2

Review

A provocative science fiction drama, District 9 boasts an original story that gets a little lost in blow-'em-up mayhem. Set in Johannesburg, South Africa, District 9 begins as a mock documentary about the imminent eviction of extraterrestrials from a pathetic shantytown (called District 9). The creatures, it turns out, have been on Earth for years, having arrived sickly and starving. Initially received by humans with compassion and care, the aliens are now mired in blighted conditions typical of long-term refugee camps unwanted by a hostile, host society. With the creatures' care contracted out to a for-profit corporation, the shantytown has become a violent slum. The aliens sift through massive piles of junk while their minders secretly research weapons technology that arrived on the visitors' spacecraft. Against this backdrop is a more personal story about a bureaucrat named Wikus (Sharlto Copley) who is accidentally exposed to a DNA-altering substance. As he begins metamorphosing into one of the creatures, Wikus goes on the run from scientists who want to harvest his evolving, new parts and aliens who see him as a threat. When he pairs up with an extraterrestrial secretly planning an escape from Earth, however, what should be a fascinating relationship story becomes a series of firefights and explosions. Nuance is lost to numbing violence, and the more interesting potential of the film is obscured. Yet, for a while District 9 is a powerful movie with a unique tale to tell. Seamless special effects alone are worth seeing: the (often brutal) exchanges between alien and human are breathtaking. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

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what a surprise this was
wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a surprise this was, i had heard the hype about this film and it is all true, this is one of the most original films i think i have sen in a very long time, in fact i will go as far as to say this is as good as avatar or better, the aliens are superb and very real and there are loads of messy bits to keep everybody happy , all in all a stonker of a film 10 stars plus
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District 9
This for me what is I would classify as being a 'marmite' film. You either love it or hate it. I ended up loving it although the documentary style took me a little bit of getting used to. In the end I found it entertaining enough to the point of buying the dvd.
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A POORLY VEILED LOOK AT RACIAL SEGREGATION
The film was not what I thought it was going to be. I thought it was going to be something along the lines of Star Wars but it was really a political look on our treatment of other. Non the less good and a though provoking look at ourselves
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The best film of 2009
It's a shame that Avatar will probably completely overshadow this at the Oscars or whatever.
I'm not really a sci-fi fan, but I loved this movie.
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Disappointing
Nice ideas but I didn't like it much. I had to watch it just out of curiosity. Wikus being a bit of a prat spoilt it for me.