Quirky Ski Fi

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2013)

Neill Blomkamp's first feature is fantastic: Blomkamp solicits some great performances from his ensemble cast - notably Sharlto Copley's character Wikus van der Merwe - as the infected Corporate Executive, who soon realises that those he works for are the real threat to society; not the alien 'Prawns' Blomkamp's script (co written by Terri Tatchell) is darkly humorous, whilst his clever docudrama approach yet further enhances the overall realist effect. With a mere $30M budget to play with (Half that of 'Battle Los Angeles') Blomkamp has pulled off a major coup - avoiding all the usual deadly earnest and sickly sweet excesses of Hollywood