District 9 Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 372

Average Rating: 3/4

# of Ratings: 676

Theatrical Release Date: 08/14/2009

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 12/29/2009

Language: English

Genre: Sci-Fi

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Actors: William Allen Young, Robert Hobbs, Jason Cope, Sharlto Copley, Kenneth Nkosi, Vanessa Haywood

Plot: A refugee camp in Africa is home to extraterrestrials living in slum-like conditions that only want be treated with respect and get back to their home.

Sensho - wrote on 03/14/2023

The film is entertaining, but nothing special here. The alien spacecraft look real, that was cool! The story was too long for me. to much of the same things going on throughout the movie. I would recommend watching it once.

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 09/27/2019

Putting the gory in allegory, "District 9" turns a B-movie camp premise into modern body horror classic that parallels first contact and government response to alien invasion with xenophobia, apartheid, and militarized relocation.

Matthew Brady - wrote on 07/24/2014

A stunning Sci-Fi movie with a strong story.

memento_mori
Producer

The action movie you haven't been waiting for.

memento_mori - wrote on 10/08/2013

Quick tip: Don't eat anything before or during this movie. You will regret it.

I decided to give D9 another watch, since I didn't enjoy it the first time.
Now I enjoy it even less.
First and foremost, Wikus is an idiot. He's like a South African Peter Griffin, and that's bad marketing for the country.

I'm most likely in the minority that thinks this: I think Neill Blomkamp is a terrible director.
By now, I'm pretty sure he lenses his films through an iPod.
His shaky cam, half-documentary half-science fiction style is a clash of tones that doesn't fit.
Everything in this movie is ugly, almost disgusting. It made me feel nauseous watching it.
That may have been the look they were going for, I just didn't think it was appealing or at all interesting, it just took me out of the …

KingInTheNorth
Producer

Yes

KingInTheNorth - wrote on 08/15/2013

It was the marketing coup of the young century: When in January 2008 "Cloverfield" launched in theaters worldwide, the film was already on everyone's lips. The "Cloverfield" strategists at producer J.J. Abrams had without the pull of big stars get along and there was no popular literary model. In addition, the budget of just $ 25 million was far removed from the usual blockbuster for comparable magnitude. But Abrams followed a clever tactic: A little teaser that really made ​​exceptionally curious, deliberately scattered over the Internet video and images, and appetizers to a strict confidentiality policy stoked the interest of the growing and influential online community.

This strategy was for The Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson) unmistakably pattern for his sci-fi …

worleyjamers
Producer

District 9

worleyjamers - wrote on 06/30/2013

This film really surprised me. I had high expectations, but I did not know this would be great. This film is brilliant!

The thing that caught my attention right away was the documentary sections. I did not think it could be so appealing, but the mockumentary strategy really sets this film apart from every other lame alien movie. It makes the entire story feel so real. Brilliant filmmaking! For a relatively low budget, indie film, I was surprised by how great the special effects were. The action scenes were awesome, as were the aliens. I also really liked the gory parts of the film, it works. I was also very surprised by the acting, particularly by first time actor, Sharlto Copley. He gives a very strong and emotional performance that really carried the film and added a great level of …