District 9 a Sci-Fi with a message

Rating: 5/10 (31 October 2010)

District 9, a Science Fiction with a message the movie depicts the social impact of prejudice on a people or in this case an Alien Society. The set in Johannesburg, South Africa them is a generalization, of the treatment of blacks in South Africa. The way the movie starts off with the running of the Aliens and the Army chasing them is somewhat documenting, Apartheid. The movies moves on into great action and very good acting by the main characters Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley) who is the bureaucrat, that became infected by a virus created by the Aliens to power their ship home. The movie is somewhat a docudrama in that it's telling the story suffering in the shanty town, yet it is full of action and entertaining. My first thought upon seeing the movie, was here we go again an alien movie about them visiting or living Earth and Earth is no very friendly to them. After viewing the movie for a while I began to see that it was much more than that. The movie really carries a strong message about prejudices in our society and to what length some will go to the keep that prejudices alive and well. The movie's plot was well formed in that it leads you into the story and brings the themes of the movie to the forefront of the movie. You really don't have to guess at the plot, once van de Merwe becomes infected you know that he will see what it like to live in the shoes of another and the prejudices that goes alone with it. The movie was very entertaining and well directed by Neill Blomkamp, and the screenplay by Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell was well written. The movie leaves a lasting impression on you and even now I can see the helicopter and the landing. The movie was so full of action that you didn't want it to end and you were pulling for van de Merwe to get on the ship and make it out of the camp. In rating the movie I would give it about 3 stars, only because I thought some of the scenes were a little over done, like the interview scenes, they could have been shorter. Good movie one worth having in your DVD collection.