District 9 (2009) - Cat Food to Distract the Aliens!

Rating: 9/10 (23 August 2011)

Producer Peter Jackson and director Neill Blomkamp bring us to Johannesburg, South Africa where a pack of extra-terrestrials, called "prawns", are being evicted, and they also have a spacecraft that has been in the sky for 20 years. Also, MNU eviction officer Wikus gets sprayed by this weird, black alien liquid, and later on in the movie, he starts to grow alien claws, and he starts becoming non-human. Mainly, the whole film talks about innocence and risking the lives of others. Jackson and Blomkamp have created a well-organized feature with a talented cast, a shocking script, incredible visual effects, and a great mixture of mock-umentary, and live action. Sharlto Copley brings an incredible performance where he is scared as crap, as he gets dragged more and more into the dark side. I thought he should have received a Best Actor nomination in 2009 for his role in that movie. Director Neill Blomkamp knows how to arrange technologically advanced effects, an incredible script, a brilliant cast, and the feeling of documentary and live action, and brings it all together for a movie that involves everything "alien". "District 9" felt like a movie where it's "E.T." and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" meets "Transformers" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". By meaning, the movie was met with use of alien effects, and with effects of robots and motion capture. This movie is menacing, suspenseful, thrilling, and every moment took us on the edge of our seat, and it made us wonder what will happen next. It's one of the best movies of the year, and it is a high recommendation for those who love alien movies. "District 9", in my review, "a surprising thriller, with groundbreaking effects".