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District 9

You are not welcome here.

Twenty years ago, an alien ship appeared over Johannesburg. The aliens were refugees, and they were housed in a squalid camp. The camp is now overcrowded, so the authorities hire a company to relocate the aliens somewhere far from humans. The official in charge manages to spray himself with some alien DNA, and soon starts morphing into something that is half-human, half alien. Realising his life is at risk, he seeks refuge amongst the aliens, where his eyes are opened to the reality of life from their point of view, before the final showdown.

111 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence)
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Summer, William Allen Young, Gerg Melvill-Smith, Nick Blake

Director

Neill Blomkamp

Screenplay

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

Music

Clinton Shorter

Cinematography

Trent Opaloch

Editing

Julian Clarke

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Key Creatives, QED International, WingNut Films

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Science fiction, action
Language	Moderate to strong, continuous
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Frequent, strongly implied, moderate, bloody and gory
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Infrequent alcohol use
Comments	A lot of threat, menace and suspense.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

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Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Tim Cogshell An Alien invasion movie that is intense, graphically novelistic (though it’s an original story) and just funny enough to keep you thoroughly entertained, even while the subtext is of a very serious nature.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert District 9 does a lot of things right.

eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman A well-shot but banal hybrid of Halo (super-cool weapons blasting away in a ruined landscape) and E.T. (the aliens just want to go home).

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Pulls the viewer along for what turns out to be a fairly engaging, exciting and both eye and mind-opening cinematic experience.

Metacritic.com34 critics

RottenTomatoes.com174 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Technically brilliant and emotionally wrenching, District 9 has action, imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic.

Internet (IMDB)22632 Netizens Not what I expected...

Average .. 74%

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