South African film well invested in...Worth Watching

Rating: 10/10 (19 August 2009)

It's nice to see a science fiction film in which aliens are not blowing up New York or Washington or any part of the States. Johannesburg is a refreshing setting.
These aliens are not hostile but they are refugees in need of asylum. So therefore the South African government allows them to settle in the slum of District 9. Eventually the slum becomes militarized and some of the aliens or "prawns" become violent. So the weapons company of Multi-National United or MNU take responsibility for relocation of the aliens to another camp.
If those who have watched it have not figured it out, this film directly mirrors the apartheid era, hence South Africa is the setting.
For an international film the visual effects are really good. I am saying this because I do watch these new Bollywood films and the effects are pretty bad.
The violence and gore in this movie makes Kill Bill look like a kids film.
I liked it a lot.