incredibly good but too much action

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2017)

District 9 is about an alien space ship that starts to hover over Johannesburg. Its told as if its a documentary which makes the film feel very realistic. Almost all of the film is seen through security cameras or as if one of the character is holding a camera. it also often cuts to a person talking about the events in the film, sometimes hinting at the ending or talking about things to come in a very vague way which works very well and keeps you wandering about whats going to happen. Both the aliens and the look of the alien space ship are incredibly cool. A big part of the film is that it is actually about racism. The aliens, which people call prawns are treated badly just cause of how they look. All of the films characters are well performed and well written. i would say that most of the movie is absolutely perfect. The problem i have with District 9 is that the last thirty minuets are almost all action. The action its self wasn't done badly, it was well shot and you still felt for the characters during the action, but compared to the rest of the film were it was about how life would change and how people would react if something like this were to happen it wasn't as good and i started to get a little bored. I would still recommend it to pretty much anyone. District 9 has a great story with a great central lead and has a lot to say about race. The action near the end gets a bit repetitive but is still very enjoyable to watch.