Move over Aliens, District 9 is going to be sharing the top for awhile

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2010)

District 9 is a somewhat rare gem. Rookie director Niel Blomkamp and the always faithful Peter Jackson team up and make one of the best science fiction films since James Cameron's Aliens. Sharlto Copely plays an unsuspecting and rude field agent who has been ordered to evict the Aliens from District 9 from which they have been designated to live after landing 28 years earlier, and in the process he finds a can with liquid in it and accidentally sprays himself. This contact with alien fluid quickly turns Copely into an alien and in the process makes him wanted by the government. He has to make peace with the aliens he tried to evict earlier in the day and is now in a crossfire between helping the alien race and keeping himself from being used and killed by his government. An amazing achievement in film-making and an amazing story, acting and awe inspiring visuals, District 9 has once again rejuvenated the quickly dying Science Ficting genre. I'm hoping that they get an Oscar nod for Visuals, Director, and Picture. Very deserving.