Went to see this movie after work deciding it was a good way to start my two weeks of vacation time. Boy was I ever right. What a tremendously exciting movie. Probably one of the best sci-fi/action films I have seen in a long long time. Without spoiling the plot it is about an alien ship that appears over Johannesburg, South Africa 20 years ago. Inside they find a whole population of aliens, malnourished and ill. They are transported to earth and set up in a holding camp named "District 9". Jump to 20 years later and the animosity between aliens and humans is at a fever pitch so it is decided to evict the aliens from D9 and set them up in a camp 20 miles out of Johannesburg. Well the aliens arent happy about that and the story, filmed as a documentary in the beginning, follows a govt beauracrat who is in charge of the evictions. What happens to him and the twists and turns the movie takes forms the basis of the flick.
And then it just takes off with non-stop action and incredible CGI especially the aliens.
There are numerous gun battles, lots of gore (but not overloaded and dwelled on) and a really fresh and intelligent plot. It also has a lot of humorous moments and some touching ones. Oh yeah and lots of cool helicopter scenes!!! :)
I give it 4 thumbs WAY UP!!!!
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