Good SciFi Without Mainstream Actors

Rating: 8/10 (4 November 2009)

It says a lot about any movie that can do this well at the theater and rentals without the leads being big Hollywood names. The movie is filmed in the documentary style of "COPS". There is no romance or comedy, only the dark agendas of large corporations. The action is saved up in the last half of the picture. In my opinion the movie was a success and if you haven't viewed it you should do that instead of reading about it.
For those of you who have viewed the movie; I do like the fact that a UFO appears over Johannesburg, South Africa instead of a popular city in the US or UK. However, I felt like the movie failed to explain, how the South African government kept those others out of their way. The other aspects of the movie that seemed a bit off was the locals could understand the alien language so well, but never spoke it, as well the prawn understood English, but never once utters a word in English. The fact that alien weapons were even allowed to get off the ship is remarkable. But to end up strewn about the area of District 9 would be highly improbable.
I would look forward to a sequel if I thought they could pull it off in this same manner.