Ingenuous!

Rating: 9/10 (17 August 2009)

D-9 somehow manages to juggle four or five things to incredible effect. Mockumentary is hard to do without becoming preachy or self-serving but D-9 makes excellent use of such. Science fiction means different things to different people (some say there's only been a half dozen authentic science fiction films ever made) but D-9 has to be as much if not more "sci-fi"than; e.g., ALIEN (films like STAR WARS don't even count). The script and editing were great: Not a wasted minute. The special effects were just right; e.g., not too much or too little. There was humor, though maybe its more appropriate to call it comic relief; as the term was/is truly intended. There's a hero, or rather a main character that goes through a heroic transformation. And I don't care what the snobs say, D-9 is great social commentary, quite possibly because such comes so cleverly disguised as entertainment. I'm so glad that every time I start to believe no one will ever make an exciting movie again, a film like D-9 comes along and proves me wrong.