Excellent Movie!

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2010)

When aliens invade the city of Johannesburg the people start to get uneasy. The humans waited for 2 decades for something big to happen, but nothing ever did, this making the humans racist against the things they do not understand. The aliens, or "Prawns" as the humans referred them as were subjects of District 9, a slum of the city. Wikus, a field agent for MNU, gets exposed to alien DNA that starts to change him into something he despises. This makes him one of the most hunted people and it leaves him with no one left, except for Christopher, a "prawn".
In District 9, there are also Nigerians who want to take advantage of the aliens. They want lots of money for food and weapons. The Nigerians also hurt and kill the aliens for their body parts. The humans outside of district 9 want nothing to do with the aliens, so if they come into contact they want to fight with them and they yell at the aliens. MNU sends their agents, including Wikus, who is the head of the operation, to evict the aliens into an even smaller "camp." The humans believe the aliens to be feeling less wastes that aren't as smart as one would think, when the aliens really do have feelings and they are smart.
I believe District 9 could be compared to a Nazi movie. It is almost as if MNU is Hitler and the aliens are the Jewish people, who MNU tries to seclude or kill. This movie uses great effects from the great dialog to the lighting and the colors. There were many colors used throughout the movie, from the sun rising and falling, to the colors on the aliens' bodies. The dialog was strong in this movie; there was a lot of emotion shown throughout the movie through the things they said. All of these elements reflect on the racism in some way or another.
In conclusion, the action to me is strong, the character of Wikus was very convincing, from the start when it seemed he had some respect for the aliens, to the middle when he wanted nothing to do and hated everyone, lastly to the end when it seemed he understood and befriended the aliens. It shouldn't matter what color, race, or religion anyone is, we all live on the same planet and need to learn to get along, otherwise there will always be war and hate.