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District 9

£3.95
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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Interesting film which left me wanting more!
Aliens, segregation, South Africa. Those three themes on their own make for a great film, the documentary style edge to it was fresh and new. I feel personally I would have enjoyed it more if it had played out as more of a standard story however the documentary style theme to it has it's merits and makes it feel a bit different which sets it apart from the bulk of films. The story played out well and a few twists and turns along the way made it very interesting with an excellent ending which makes me hope there will be a sequel. Brilliant film if you don't mind the Cloverfieldesque documentary style. Thoroughly recommend it 7.5/10.
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Probably the best film in 2009
'District 9' is probably the best film in 2009, at least it is to me.

District 9 is not only good because it's quality, its also surprising because of its honesty. A refreshing slap in the face of comercial sci-fi movies, in the same quality path of Duncan Jone's 'Moon'. It's an amazing time for science fiction cinema and cinema in general. Maybe there's a hope after all.

I loved it.
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Different
An aliens/sci-fi film with a difference. Entertaining film in which aliens have landed in South Africa in D9. What follows is a bizarre change in thinking of certain peoples outlook on the 'invaders'. Its a decent watch thats not all gung ho and should have you entertained for a few hours - blu ray is high quality, as most recent films go.
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film of 2009
brilliant film, the best movie of 2009 and a hell of alot better than avatar, the acting is brilliant the directing is sublim. the film just sucks you in like no other and you really care for the characters and what happens. not a dull moment, keeps you on the edge of your seet throughout. the film arrived early as they usualy do through amazon and in mint condition. cant complain.
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Attack of the Killer 'B'
This has 'B-movie' written all over it - from the cast of relative unknowns, the excess of gore (no-one gets killed without the camera lens getting splattered), and the tongue-in-cheek humour which doesn't quite come off. In fact the film doesn't know whether it wants to be a thriller or a horror flick, a social satire or a comedy... and so it ends up being all of these, and none very successfully.

For all that, it's still good mindless fun, but it could have been so much better. The first hour is the best, before it descends into an interminable shoot-em-up where the only dialogue consists of the Afrikaans equivalent of the F-word (it rhymes with 'book'). It borrows mercilessly from The Fly, Alien, Starship Troopers, The Office, ET and even Wall-E. And for a film which (to begin with, at least) appears to tackle racism and apartheid, its portrayal of Nigerians is surprisingly unpleasant (and why are they speaking East African Swahili?).

So, sit back and enjoy the gore-fest, but check your brain in at the cloakroom first.