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District 9
A 2009 science fiction / action film directed by Neill Blomkamp.
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 … see full wiki
Director:
Neill Blomkamp
Genre:
Action,
Drama,
Horror,
Sci-Fi,
Thriller
Release Date:
August 14, 2009
MPAA Rating:
R
39 reviews about District 9
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A mysterious alien ship appears above Johannesburg, South Africa. The aliens aboard are weak and dying, and are eventually moved to a shabby refugee camp where they are feared and misunderstood by the locals, and taken advantage of by ganglords. Meanwhile their technology is being studied by a multinational corporation that hopes to take advantage of their advanced weaponry. When the timid bureaucrat Wikus is charged with leading an operation to transplant the "prawns" (as they are called by the … more
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review by sniffcode.
August 22, 2009
My first confession is that I fell asleep about an hour into this movie. Yes, despite the booming theater sounds of alien guns that were apparently detonating the heads and bodies of humans, I fell asleep. I woke up just in time to see the climatic final battle where additional limbs and heads were severed or incinerated by said weapons. It also gave me a chance to get an idea of what I missed and where the movie was going. District 9 must have been a good movie. … more
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Tries to combine too many social & political issues & ends up aiming too high. Also, quite derivative films like "The Fly" & "Enemy Mine".
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Quick Tip by SaxTips.
February 22, 2010
I saw District 9 a while back and I had liked it, but I think more could have been made with the ending. I would still recommend seeing it.
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totally not a sci fi person, but this wound up better than I thought it would when it started.
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Quick Tip by Sharrie.
January 18, 2010
It's a case of humans are 'alienised' while aliens becoming more human-like! I like the movie more than I can to admit :-)
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review by Steveo.
December 22, 2009
The start of this film really presented somewhat of a unique challenge for first time feature film director, Neill Blomkamp as it adopted a realistic documentary story telling style for the majority of this bizarre Sci-Fi picture. This was a unique style and for the entire time that was maintained I found myself being utterly enthralled by the whole ordeal. Something went wrong however, and in the last 45 minutes or so, Blomkamp abandoned that cinematographic method for a generic action sequence … more
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review by AberZombie.
August 20, 2009
For starters, I'm reviewing a movie I've not seen. However, my "encounter" with the trailer left me with this brief, yet interesting take... Let's see, where to begin... So, this is another quick run-off movie about aliens who've crashed to Earth. Through some intervention, a town...dubbed District 9...has been cordoned off and alloted for these aliens. The aliens look like shrimp transformers..hence my headline. … more
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Quick Tip by bratbud.
October 29, 2009
Niezwykły debiut: przemyślany, niegłupi. Zaskakująco pozytywny
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Quick Tip by raina1up.
August 27, 2009
cool premise, more gore than expected but didn't buy the fact that aliens didn't kick more a44 when they landed. great ad campaign tho.
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Quick Tip by DbGecko.
August 24, 2009
Some really interesting thoughts provoked at the start — but devolves into a bit of a mess by the end
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Quick Tip by beijinghiker.
August 23, 2009
irrational
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Quick Tip by weeyoung.
August 21, 2009
Just watched the movie. Pretty good overall and i really like the alien robot suit. Hope there's a part 2 coming! =)
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District 9 is an all around solid movie grounded in good acting & storytelling. Different from any Alien movie out there to date. See it!
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