District 9 reviews (2009)

District 9

2009

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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More than 20 years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare - they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA. The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe, contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable -- he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.

District 9 details

Formats:	15 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Sharlto Copley, Devlin Brown, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi, Jason Cope, William Allen Young, Vanessa Haywood, David James
Director:	Neill Blomkamp
Genres:	Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Sci-fi - Alien, Thriller
Studio:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Collections:	Best of 2009, South Africa vs Mexico, Top 2009, Top 400 All-Time Rentals, Top Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Top Thriller

Name	Discs
District 9	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 48 minutes
Rental release:	28 Dec 2009
Main languages:	English, English Audio Description
Subtitles:	English, Hindi

Name	Discs
District 9	15 Feature

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	1 hour 52 minutes
Rental release:	28 Dec 2009
Main languages:	English, English Audio Description
Subtitles:	English, French, Hindi

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LOVEFiLM Review District 9

By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLM

This ambitious sci-fi docu-drama is definitely worth a look-see even if it can't quite fulfil its high-concept ideas.
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How about watching the film before you give it a star rating??

By DavoTheDiv (2 reviews) from Castleford , 03 Sep 2009

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How about watching the film before you give it a star rating??
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By Ah-Pook (7 reviews) , 15 Apr 2013

Takes a while to get going but when it does it doesn't disappoint! We need another one like this. Interesting the way they make the South Africans react to the aliens socially.
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In the Ghetto

By JakeDaJeweller (14 reviews) , 30 Mar 2013

You have to look at this film in several ways to get the most from it, most people miss the fact that it is a reflection of South Africa and that segregation has not really gone away, hard to palate maybe, but a hard fact. Probably will not watch ot again, that said I enjoyed the film.
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Absolutely Brilliant

By a customer , 28 Feb 2013

absolutely brilliant one of my favorite films of all time i just love. i never get tired of watching it.
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Wimpy Amercans chose South Africa

By Chiefmarcher (6 reviews) from Northampton , 13 Jan 2013

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An excelent and thought provoking plot. An interesting chioce of city. The American film makers clearly did not want to show an American city as racist. The South African accents and the use of Nigerian criminals ads a bit of humour.
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Another Gem!

By a customer , 10 Jan 2013

Brilliant, fresh and exciting. I can see why south africa is being used for filming so much these days. Veery enjoyable sc fi
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