DISTRICT 9 - REVIEW

DISTRICT 9 Directed by Neill Blomkamp. Produced by Peter Jackson

Running Time: 1 hour and 52 minutes. Rated R

Watching DISTRICT 9 was like reading a daily dose of controversial ALEX JONES websites PRISON PLANET and INFOWARS which speaks about Martial Law, FEMA Concentration Camps, New World Order, etc., but with Aliens. An alien spacecraft hovers over the skies of Johannesburg, South Africa for three months without contact with the humans. The military take their initiative to fly towards the ship and break in. They discover creatures that look like a cross between grasshoppers and roaches. The government sets a concentration camp (A sort of Alien FEMA CAMP) on earth right below their spacecraft for these creatures, so the human population could be safe. The camp is called DISTRICT 9, this is where all the creatures reside in. The humans call these creatures - PRAWNS. District 9 becomes a slum due to overcrowding. The PRAWNS start rioting in Johannesburg because of their horrible living conditions.

An arrogant, sort of comical, selfish man named Wikus (Sharlto Copley) who works at Multi-National United (MNU) has been given the assignment of moving (evicting) the aliens to District 10 which is over a hundred miles away from Johannesburg. Wikus and the military head to District 9 to evict the PRAWNS out of their homes. When Wikus is searching in one of the PRAWN'S homes, he discovers a vial that contains a black liquid, when he opens the vial, the liquid sprays on his face. Wikus puts the vial in his pant pocket for lab testing. A few hours later Wikus slowly mutates into a half-claw arm PRAWN and half-human. MNU learns of Wakus transformation, they capture and start to experiment on him. Wakus escapes from MNU experiment room and becomes a fugitive, where he is the most wanted man by the Military. He tries to hide in the one place he knows he'll be safe, District 9. Wikus ends up in the rundown shack where he found the vial. A PRAWN named Christopher Johnson and his son lives in the shack. Christopher sees that Wikus is transforming into a PRAWN, he realizes that Wikus had the vial all along. Christopher urgently needs this vial to start up the module that is below the shack. The module leads to the spacecraft that is hovering over Johannesburg, but in order for the module to work they need the vial (fuel for the module). Christopher wants to take the spacecraft to his home planet. Wikus and Christopher with some stolen alien weapons from the local evil Nigerian Gang, they go after the vial that is inside MNU building, they both start to terrorize the building, leading an action pack, unforgettable, adventurous, hell of a journey from the MNU building to District 9 - A climatic, superb ending.

The film was directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson. Based on a short film "ALIVE IN JOBURG" that Neil Blomkamp directed. The film was made on a 30 million dollar budget, and over the weekend made back the money, making 37 million in domestic (USA) Box Office. Lots of blood, ooze, slime, gore, violence, kick ass action. An intelligent storyline, and dazzling CGI make this film a classic summer treat. Can't wait for the sequel. FOUR STARS OUT OF FOUR.

TRAILERS (Shown with DISTRICT 9) - ZOMBIELAND, JENNIFER'S BODY, LEGION, SURROGATES, THE FOURTH KIND