Sci-fi with heart

Rating: Null/10 (12 April 2012)

District 9 is science fiction with heart and soul. A South African production which is an allegory on apartheid, I was impressed with the writers ability to deliver an important message while entertaining the audience with a fast paced and well made film.
It all begins with a spaceship above Johannesburg which is boarded and found to be filled with starving aliens. They are given food and shelter and segregated to a district 9. The hatred starts quickly, as the guests are referred to as prawns. The e.t.'s and humans have small skirmishes which cause the government to assemble a private security force to relocate the foreigners to a district 10. They are forcibly removed from their shacks at district 9 with vicious brutality.
A powerful fluid is discovered and a human named Wikus is sprayed in the face and transforms into a prawn with the ability to fire alien weapons. The military pursue him in hopes of analyzing the liquid which is needed to use the guns. Several battles ensue between the army and Wikus and the news media report the terrible treatment of the aliens. The parallels are obvious and District 9 is a welcome entry to the sci-fi field.