A stretched short film

Rating: 5/10 (6 September 2009)

I had very high expectations for District 9, but sadly it's just one of those films that have a very small story to tell and everything else is filled with special effects and long action scenes. It's a pity, because the story itself had immense potential - aliens stranded on Earth and forced to live in slum-like concentration camps, human ignorance, violence, etc. Sadly, the story never gets more complex than that - pretty much the entire plot line, except the ending, is told in the trailer. The film has so many plot holes, that you eventually get used to not asking questions. I'm disappointed that so little has been done with such a promising story, but well - another opportunity missed by profit-conscious movie studios. I don't think District 9 will be remembered as anything more than a 2 hour CGI fest.