An intelligent Sci-Fi movie

Rating: 5/10 (27 September 2009)

For every good Sci-Fi movie there are probably a dozen of stinkers and fortunately this belongs in the former category.
District 9 is based 20 years after an alien Space Craft parks above Johannesburg. The aliens from the space craft are 'housed' in a ghetto called district 9. The first 20 minutes are played as a docu drama in the form of news-clips which is wearing a bit thin by the time the film takes a more conventional structure. It is decided to move the aliens out of the city and Wikus is charged with serving eviction orders on the aliens.
Bearing in mind that the film was made on a low budget, the effects are quite good. The lead actor Shalto Copley plays Wikus with relish and the directing is also very well done.