Not an alien invasion cliché

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2016)

Aliens come to earth and guess what? They are not evil, they are friendly. Unlike all the Hollywood clichés they don't land in the US, they land in Johannesburg, South Africa. The film deals with the problem between humans and aliens in a very original way also in terms of how the story is told. It was filmed in such a creative way that I thought it was a documentary. I was confused and double- checked if I was watching the wrong movie.
The corporation Multi-National United is on a contract with the government. The main character Wikus (Sharlto Copley) is chosen as a head operative when MNU is moving the "prawns" (an insulting word for calling the aliens) from District 9 the refugee camp for 1.8 million aliens to District 10 - a new home for the aliens away from the humans, with even smaller shacks.
Wikus and a team of armed forces go to District 9 in order to "offer" them to move to the new place. While searching their shacks Wikus is exposed to an alien liquid. After this accident, we follow Wikus in a story that deals with issues such as backstabbing, one sided media and peoples perspective, betrayal, trust and being other.
Neill Blomkamp, the director, had a great debut with the help of Peter "Lord of the Rings" Jackson. Thanks to them I now know how horrid apartheid was and how people still live in poverty in Soweto, the place where the film was shot.
With its spectacular way of filming and entertaining people it has nothing to dislike and so much to like. Sci-fi fans, people who are sensitive about discrimination should really watch this movie. If you are not scared of aliens and able to understand the movie go see it.