Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
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as Wikus van de Merwe
as Christopher Johnson / Grey Bradnam / Trent
as Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist
as Dr Katrina McKenzie
as Interviewee
as Les Feldman - MIL Engineer
as Dirk Michaels
as Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team
as Interviewer
as Ross Pienaar
talisencrw
Aug 16, 2016
This was an outstanding debut by the New Zealander Blomkamp. Consistently enthralling and keeping one at the edge of his seat. THIS is a recent film, like 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World', that should have spawned sequels. Much better than his follow-up, 'Elysium' (I haven't watched any others he's made since; hope he doesn't end u…
Kamurai
Jul 19, 2020
Great watch, will watch again, and highly recommended. This has a wonderfully exciting premise: alien refugees on Terra, how Terrans react and how the aliens react. The premise, as delivered, has some odd holes in though: it's specified that all of the crew have died, mysteriously, and no one knows how to operate the ship, but it's been in the …
