Not half bad

Rating: Null/10 (15 October 2011)

"District 9" was better than I expected it to be. I thought it was going to be another run of the mill Hollywood production. That's not the case. This is a clever package harking back to the sci-fi films of the 1950s. Maybe it's a tribute to those old b movies from the 50's and early 60s? I don't know, but I did find it suspenseful for most of the time.
The story is basically about aliens (insect like creatures) discovered in a weird spaceship hovering above Johannesburg South Africa. They are brought down by government forces under the MNU department, and put into a slum of sorts called District 9. They get incorporated into the fringes of society. But when they have to be cleared out of the area, things go haywire when they revolt. Not to bad all in all, basically it had what every good futuristic b movie has, an engaging story. The only issue i had with District 9 was the CGI effects of the "prawns", which left a lot to be desired. However I looked past that and could still enjoy the movie.