Not impressed

Rating: 4/10 (19 September 2009)

I watched this movie in theaters a few days ago and came away slightly disgusted and unimpressed. Although "District 9" has an excellent story line and a lot of potential to be a good movie, someone twisted this movie into yet another profanity infused gore bath that seem to be become "all the rage". The positives of "District 9" were that it put a new spin on "aliens" which have a history of invading Earth and graphically eating people. In "District 9" the aliens (called Prawns in a derogatory manor) are portrayed as almost human despite their outward appearance. They have feelings and are intelligent, have their own way of behaving and for the most part get along with humans. That's about were the goodness stops. After the introduction of the movie is past, the blood, gore, and profanity is kicked into a gear so high, the only other movie I know of that used it was the latest "Rambo" flick. The excessive violence is unnecessary and not entertaining in the least. The movie didn't need it, and would have been much better without it. I would have even been OK with it if they didn't have a shower of blood and gore fly all over the camera lens every time a person was "popped".
The swearing is also unnecessary and detracts from the movie as a whole. I give this turd of a film **** stars (out of ten). I don't recommend it at all unless you have a fetish with blood and enjoy hearing the f-word repeated over and over countless times. I have no idea who would give this movie more than 6 stars, but hey that's just my opinion. However, I have no doubt that this film will leave most of you with an expression on your face of, "Why the heck did I just waste an hour and 45 minutes on this?" and the question in your mind of, "Did I just watch an epic battle scene or an alien warbot taking a shower in ketchup?"