
In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population ... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends.
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| NOW TorontoNorman WilnerDistrict 9 has so much potential and seems ready to engage with so many ideas that it's disappointing when it turns out to be nothing more than a decent action movie. |
| TheShiznit.co.ukAli GraySmart, funny, touching, thought-provoking and utterly insane in the action department, District 9 is 2009's most entertaining movie by a light year. |
| The Film YapNick RogersThe most audacious, auspicious sci-fi debut in years, Neill Blomkamp's modest-budget "District 9" throws together xenophobic satire, political allegory and raucous action in a knockabout package reminiscent of Paul Verhoeven's finest work. |
| Examiner.comAdam LippeThe disconnect between the first and second half of the movie shows you how great District 9 could have been, if Jackson and his financial backers had allowed it, instead of what it is, exciting, but with nothing lingering in the mind after it was over. |
| Brand XAndy KleinWe've seen most of the film's elements before ... but all these ideas have never been assembled in exactly this manner before, let alone with Blomkamp's wit and style. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchDistrict 9 ends on a touching scene that evokes Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, but it's an honest film that repays its debts. |
| Times (UK)Wendy IdeA thundering blitzkrieg of seat-rattling entertainment with a sociopolitical message; a cerebral sci-fi and apartheid allegory that is as heavily armed with provocative ideas as it is with armour-piercing, tank-splattering torpedoes. |
| Filmstar MagazineMark RamshawThe most deliriously inventive sci-fi action movie in years. Truly, this is a game changer. James Cameron may want to watch his back. |
| Uncut Magazine [UK]Michael BonnerThe originality of the first hour is squandered as Blomkamp unmasks corporate villainy and resorts to an increasingly programmatic series of action set-pieces that pit Wikus and a friendly alien against the multi-national's private army. |
| Daily Mirror (UK)David EdwardsWhile a solid actioner, what makes it so special is a human heart that propels this wham-bam sci-fi film straight into deepest six-star territory. |