Incrediblely sensational.

Rating: 9/10 (18 August 2009)

Awesome. A couple of decades ago a weary broken down alien spacecraft came to a complete halt and hovered over the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Under the graces of the Multi-National United, a private company, humanity running out of patience waiting for an attack boards the ship to find cowering aliens, the survivors of a dying world. These creatures are set up in a temporary home, a ghetto-like slum called District 9. It doesn't take long for the creatures, now called 'prawns', to become uncontrollable scavengers and wearing out their welcome. MNU puts a nimrod desk jockey Wikus van der Merwe(Sharlto Copley) in charge of a mass eviction project moving the contemptible 1.8 million aliens to yet another concentration camp further from the city. This begins a horrifying train of events pitting the 'prawns' against MNU forces. In the fray, Wikus becomes contaminated... possibly becoming the key to discovering the secrets of the alien's biotechnology.
Engrossing special effects. Violence is harsh and splattering. Language is pervasive and at times humorous. DISTRICT 9 is a remarkable Sci-Fi film...too good to miss. Also in the cast: Jason Cope, Louis Minnaar, Natalie Bott, Sylvaine Strike and John Summer.