extreme reality, brilliantly portrayed and acting at it's most natural

Rating: 10/10 (12 February 2010)

Where does one start when something so unexpected comes into their life? Having been quite selective as to which films I will allow my brain to experience, I sat down to view 'District 9' expecting the usual mindless over the top, all guns blazing, ridiculous storyline and badly acted typical Hollywood scenario. This is a very rare film which you wish you could erase from memory, just so that you can experience it's amazing acting, direction and story, all of which are mind boggling, time and again. Without giving away the plot, i cant recommend highly enough to just go and see it, albeit, be prepared for very graphic violence. Who is Sharlto Copley?? my god, where has the film industry been hiding him? he is simply amazing, very natural acting with a twist of fabulous humour and with the brilliant direction of Neill Blomkamp at the helm, will Seth Effrica become the new Hollywood? They most certainly have done a vastly better job than the usual big guns in the industry. The effects, both vision and sound, are amongst the best you will see, the integration of CGI into the analogue actual footage is flawless. Grab a wheelbarrow of popcorn and watch it over and over like I did :-)