Classic allegory

Rating: 10/10 (23 August 2009)

District 9 is an allegory of District 6 which occurred in Cape Town when the apartheid government forcibly removed 60,000 black habitants in 1965, declaring the zone a whites only residential area. It is the viewers attachment to the aliens, the segregation and discrimination taking place and the acceptance of that policy that is disturbing. Sadly, District 9 paints a very real picture of what would be, and sadly what is, in some countries. I would like to think that given such an event mankind would look past an opportunity for weapons and money, for that of intellectual advancement and inter-race development, sadly it is history that presents a very different picture.
Saying all that, this is an excellent film, certainly one of the best I have seen in the last couple of years and well worth seeing.