District 9 (2009)

Release date: 2009-08-13
Country: South Africa|USA|New Zealand|Canada
Language: English|Nyanja|Afrikaans|Zulu|Xhosa|Southern Sotho
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Block / Hanson, WingNut Films
Genre: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Rating: 7.9/10
Length: 1h 52min

Storyline

In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends.