District 9

3.00
    District 9
    2009

    Synopsis

    Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

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    Cast

    • Sharlto CopleyWikus van de Merwe
    • Jason CopeChristopher Johnson / Grey Bradnam / Trent
    • Nathalie BolttSarah Livingstone - Sociologist
    • Sylvaine StrikeDr Katrina McKenzie
    • Elizabeth MkandawieInterviewee
    • John SumnerLes Feldman - MIL Engineer
    • William Allen YoungDirk Michaels
    • Nick BlakeFrancois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team
    • Greg Melvill-SmithInterviewer
    • Robert HobbsRoss Pienaar

    Recommendations

    • 100

      The Hollywood Reporter

      No true fan of science fiction -- or, for that matter, cinema -- can help but thrill to the action, high stakes and suspense built around a very original chase movie.
    • 100

      Film Threat

      The humanity of District 9 adds another dimension to this multilayered, rewarding work -- one of the best of the summer, and undoubtedly the most inventive from the multiplex this year.
    • 100

      Entertainment Weekly

      Madly original, cheekily political, altogether exciting District 9.
    • 90

      Variety

      Though compelling throughout, District 9 never becomes outright terrifying, largely because Blomkamp is less interested in exploiting his aliens for cheap scares than in holding up a mirror to our own bloodthirsty, xenophobic species.
    • 90

      Village Voice

      District 9 whizzes by with a resourcefulness and mordant wit nearly worthy of its obvious influences: "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Dawn of the Dead," and "Starship Troopers."
    • 89

      Austin Chronicle

      Blomkamp and his entire cast and crew have created an instant genre classic that transcends the self-limiting ghetto implied by the term "science fiction" and instead, like precursors such as Robert Wise's "The Day the Earth Stood Still," engages not only the mind but the heart as well. It's magnificent.
    • 88

      St. Louis Post-Dispatch

      The reason District 9 reverberates so loudly is because its moral indignation is cranked to 11.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      Anyone who watches District 9 and doesn't think of Apartheid, Nazis, and Josef Mengele needs to spend some time reading a few history books.

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