Rent District 9 (2009)

UNUSUAL SCI-FICTION...EXCELLENT - District 9 review by AM

An emotive and engaging story line with awesome special effects and believable performances from the unknown cast make this unusual movie 'a must see'...not only for science-fiction fans.

Believe the hype.....highly recommended.

Could do better - District 9 review by CP Customer

The premise is old and tired. So is this film. It dribbles along until the last half hour then seems to pick up the pace to a slow jog. I was dissapointed with this on so many levels. What a waste of time. It is bigotted and racist in my opinion. Save yourself almost 2hrs of boredom.

Wonderfully Original SciFi - District 9 review by GI

Brash, audacious, highly original and a confident directorial debut from Neill Blomkamp. This darkly funny science fiction film, with it's obvious allegory to apartheid, isn't meant to be taken too seriously, it's far to gut wrenchingly violent and gory for that but it is a film that is clever and very entertaining. The film begins some twenty to thirty years after a gigantic spaceship, more or less derelict, arrived and positioned itself over Johannesburg. Inside were found a large number of malnourished aliens that have an insectoid appearance. At first welcomed they have now become unpopular and are forced to live in a shanty town called District 9. Now derogatorily called 'prawns' the aliens are overseen by a shady company and are to be relocated away from the city in a new township. Wickus (Shallot Copley), a hapless bureaucrat for the company, is tasked with organising the aliens eviction and relocation. During the operation he inadvertently becomes exposed to an alien fluid and his whole life is affected. Told in a mockumentary style and showing the aliens living habits as completely different to humans Blomkamp creates a grungy image of an alien visitation and completely different to something like Close Encounters of The Third Kind (1977). The focus is on the human attempts at exploitation, in this case alien weaponry. Copley, in his first film role, is the character who starts as a typical cynic and condescending to the intelligent aliens but by the turn of events comes to understand them. In many ways he's a comic version of John Dunbar. With it's exploding bodies, cannabilism, and gritty gunfights this is a film that really rocks and it remains Blomkamp's finest film to date.

cant wait for the sequel - District 9 review by CP Customer

wow what a aurprise fil. not what I expected-funny,great fx and some cool acting by the lead chahracter. Watched this with the family-the laguague was a bit strong but the action and the emotion of the film were surprisingly good. Is ther a follow up........I hope so! Well done Neil B- agret movie

Still good after all these years - District 9 review by RD

I saw this in the cinema on release and loved it.

10+ years later on 4K it is definitely worth a revisit.

'Don't point, those bloody tentacles, at me!' xD