District 9

2009

Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt

It is 1982 and an alien ship has appeared over Johannesburg bringing with it a strange alien population branded with the derogogatory name of 'prawns'. They are welcomed with open arms by the general population. Twenty eight years later, this welcome has faded. The prawns now live in a ghetto called District 9, are manipulated by Nigerian gangs for weapons and Inter race prostitution, all for the addictive cat food which they crave so much! Multi national corporation has decided to evict the prawns and send them to military concentration camps to make better use of them and stop them swarming the streets scavenging for food. Wikus (Copley) is the man in charge of the evacuation, but unforseen circumstances cause him to need the prawns help before too long.


I LOVED this film. My mum recommended it (yeah you heard me) and said i would have quite a few throw things at the television moments. Which i did LOL. The acting is superb. I loved the documentary style of filming at the beginning and throughout.....really made you believe these events did actually occur. the fact that the Prawns are all CGI are just amazing, as they interact with their surroundings so well. I really do recommend this film to everybody. Music, cinematography is just spot on. Unknown actors also helps as they are less of a distraction.


10/10