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"Clever take on the Aliens on Earth story"
A brilliant movie based on the familiar premise of aliens arriving on earth. Set in South Africa, it starts of documentary style and then kicks into full gear as the protagonist finds himself thrust into helping the aliens in their plight.
Definitely worth a watch as it is one of the best films released in 2009 in my opinion.
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- 1.78 : 1
- Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
29 Banana Points
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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 (Sharlto Copley), 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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People often make the mistake of thinking of District 9 as merely a new flavour in science fiction. What it successfully manages to paint itself as however, is a clever sci-fi take on South Africa's apartheid years. It follows the central character of Wikus Van De Merwe in the role of the oppressor, as circumstance shift his perspective to that of the oppressed.
Born out of the demise of an attempt at a Halo movie, Neill Blomkamp delivers an engaging piece in collaboration with NZ's own production giant, Peter Jackson. District 9 is definitely worth a look.