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District 9 (2009)
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Critic Consensus: Technically brilliant and emotionally wrenching, District 9 has action, imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic.
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Cast
as Wikus Van de Merwe
as Koobus Venter
as Tania Van de Merwe
as Fundiswa Mhlanga
as Thomas
as Obesandjo
as Piet Smit
as Dirk Michaels
as Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist
as Dr. Katrina McKenzie
as Les Feldman - MIL Engineer
as Interviewee
as Interviewer
as Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team
as James Hope - Police Officer
as Sandra Van de Merwe
as Michael Bloemstein - MNU Alien Civil Affairs
as Nicolas Van de Merwe
as Phyllis Sinderson - MNU Alien Relations
as Clive Henderson - Entomologist
as Reporter
as MNU Medic
as Paramedic
as MNU Doctor
as MNU Doctor
as MNU Doctor
as Grey Bradnam - UKNR Chief Correspondent/Christopher Johnson, Christopher Johnson
as MNU Executive
as Sangoma
as Obesandjo's Lieutenant
as Anton Grobler
as Mike Van Kerland
as MNU Medical Scientist
as MNU Medical Scientist
as MNU Operating Room Doctor
as MNU Biolab Technician
as MNU Lead Medical Technician
as Craig Weldon
as MNU Lead Medical Technician
as Ross Pienaar
as SABC Anchor Person
as Meat Stall Seller
as Interviewee
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Critic Reviews for District 9
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I don't know guys, at the end of the day it's aliens and hard for me to take this seriously.
The wonder is that despite its obvious roots, District 9 feels staggeringly original.
Blomkamp is good at mustering speedy action and posting grisly sight gags in the background, carnage always hovering comically at the edge of your vision. But I'm not sure that District 9 entirely gets the earthling racism out of its own system.
Audacious, original and absolutely gut-wrenching.
It's a brashly confident debut, full of sharp, inventive detail (the prawns are crazy for cat food) and rooted in a couple of Big Ideas. Well worth the time, if not all of it.
District 9 has too many gory vaporizations to qualify as a serious statement on race relations, but it does outclank Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen by a wide margin, and you thrill to the cleanly cut action sequences.
Audience Reviews for District 9
District 9 is a gritty, groundbreaking sci-fi thriller that highlights the sheer brilliance of Peter Jackson and Neil Blomkamp. From the stunning visuals to its emotionally gripping tale, the film keeps you on edge and provokes the graphic nature of survival. 5/5
Super Reviewer
Besides the clichés, plot holes and incoherent use of the camera, any allusion to Apartheid seems dishonest, since it is hard to believe that anyone could be tolerant if an alien spacecraft arrived on Earth carrying over a million of those repellent giant lobsters uninvited.
Super Reviewer
When a malfunctioning alien spaceship strands over a million of its inhabitants on Earth, they find an unlikely champion in the shape of a previously self serving weapons manufacturer exec who starts to metamorphose into one of them after exposure to an unknown chemical. District 9's plot takes a lot of cues from cult 80s sci-fi, most obviously the racism allegory of Alien Nation and the genetic mutation premise from Cronenberg's The Fly. However, unlike something like Doomsday which simply ripped off old films with no wit or subtlety, this film actually develops upon its ideas. The production design is fantastic and the action sequences extremely well done, particularly the brilliantly handled climactic battle and the film has a great deal of momentum that meant I enjoyed it more and more as it went on. But easily the strongest aspect of the film is Sharlto Copley's central performance who is quite brilliant as the selfish corporate bastard who unwillingly finds a cause to fight for. It would have been nice to learn more about what happened to the ship and the aliens in the first place and why these obviously technologically advanced creatures had degenerated into a bunch of filthy, scavenging animals but as a whole it is a hugely enjoyable piece of action sci-fi with an intelligent twist.
Super Reviewer
District 9 Quotes
| Koobus Venter: | Listen to me, you fuck! Get that fucking camera out of my face! |
| Wikus van der Merwe: | Fuck off! No, fuck off, man! |
| Wikus van der Merwe: | Hello, little guy! It's the sweetie man coming! |
| Wikus van der Merwe: | Hey, you! Don't urinate on your fucking clothing! |