Not what I expected!

Rating: 10/10 (3 September 2009)

....and that's totally fine.
This movie was a real surprise for me in that I felt like the commercials touted it to be a serious science fiction piece with a moral purpose, obviously drawn from its allegory to apartheid. I have to say though, It was so much more!
Sure there are times where you feel bad for the aliens because of the crimes (against humanity?) the humans commit on the "prawn" population, but the movie quickly engages you and takes off into very exciting territory. Maybe its because I am a huge science fiction fan, but the movie is incredible and, at times, very funny. Although the movie is not so much a serious drama, like it seems, that's a good thing because I actually had fun watching this movie. The action is superb and further realized with stunning visual effects that seem both real and imaginative. Some of the best times during this movie were watching the havoc all of the alien guns bring to the streets of Johannesburg!
Yes, the movie is frequently gross and certainly not for the fain of heart (or stomach), but if you can handle it this movie is really fun to see with friends.
I'll be looking for more coming out of the very talented Mr. Blomkamp.