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Genres:
Action & Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
Language:
English
Running time:
1:52:19
Partner rating:
R
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Sharlto Copley Wikus van der Merwe
  2. David James Koobus Venter
  3. Jason Cope Grey Bradnam/UKNR Chief Correspondent
  4. Mandla Gaduka Fundiswa Mhlanga
  5. William Allen Young Dirk Michaels
  6. Vanessa Haywood Tania Van de Merwe
  7. Kenneth Nkosi Thomas
  8. Eugene Khumbanyiwa Obesandjo
  9. Louis Minaar
  10. Hlengiwe Madlala
  11. Louis Minnaar Piet Smit
  12. Nathalie Boltt Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist

Directors

  1. Neill Blomkamp

Producers

  1. Peter Jackson
  2. Carolynne Cunningham

Writers

  1. Neill Blomkamp
  2. Terri Tatchell

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District 9

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Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society. Instead, the aliens were treated as refugees. They were the last of their kind, and in order to accommodate them, the government of... Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society. Instead, the aliens were treated as refugees. They were the last of their kind, and in order to accommodate them, the government of South Africa set up a makeshift home in District 9 as politicians and world leaders debated how to handle the situation. As the humans begin to grow wary of the unwelcome intruders, a private company called Multi-National United (MNU) is assigned the task of controlling the aliens. But MNU is less interested in the aliens' welfare than attempting to understand how their weaponry works. Should they manage to make that breakthrough, they will receive tremendous profits to fund their research. Unfortunately, the highly advanced weaponry requires alien DNA in order to be activated. When MNU field operative Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is exposed to biotechnology that causes his DNA to mutate, the tensions between the aliens and the humans intensifies. Wikus is the key to unlocking the alien's technology, and he quickly becomes the most wanted man on the planet. Ostracized and isolated, Wikus retreats to District 9 in a desperate bid to shake his dogged pursuers.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

91%Tomatometer score: 91% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Don Groves, sbs.com.au Aliens clash with humans in combustible sci-fier. – Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Simon Miraudo, Quickflix Although the film is dripping in satire, Blomkamp is more concerned with delivering a balls-to-the-wall action film. District 9 has more in common with Aliens than Babel. – Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Thomas Caldwell, Cinema Autopsy District 9 is the most original, innovative and entertaining science-fiction film in years and contains the best mix of politics and spectacle since Starship Troopers. – Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker You don't feel bamboozled, fooled, or patronized by District 9, as you did by most of the summer blockbusters. You feel winded, shaken, and shamed. – Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Cosmo Landesman, Times [UK] The film's tone moves easily from the comic to the cruel, and the alien creatures look authentic. From the start, the film promises a fresh and thoughtful slice of Swiftian sci-fi. – Full review External link

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