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Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William Allen Young
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.
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District 9 is nothing short of amazing. It's smart, brilliant sci-fi that respects the intelligence of its audience and doesn't dangle its keys in their face to distract them when it can't come up with a story. The story (which remains the focus without saturating the movie in ex...( read more)
Refugees on boats are replaced with refugees in a mothership that ends up hovering above Johannesburg, which we all know is the beacon of equality. District 9 is the area that the refugee aliens known as "prawns", are ushered into after a split second of humanity ends up being a...( read more)
A contemporary classic for the ages.
We're watching history in the making, like those people who saw those movies back in the day.
While i found this movie boring at the start. it started to get me interested in how unique it was and also how different it was from other movies.
when i saw the shaky camera method being used and heard the south african accent i thought it was going to be as crap as other movies but as i watched it i was dragged in to the storey and found the alturnate world quite entertaining and was happy that the experimental camera tec...( read more)
Preety decent film. Loved how it was all done on low budget and it is better than a lot of the big "blockbuster" films.
So my friend thought this was a queeky way to tell a comedy. His not into sci-fi. He missed the story and shooting with all his hate.
This movie was out of the ordinary, it was interesting to watch and very different from what you're used to see in movies. This movie is about an alien race which has come to Earth and were located in a refugee camp in South Africa. After some time tension begins to errupt betwee...( read more)
