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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director(s): Neill Blomkamp
Production: Sony Pictures/Screen Gems
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 110 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
2009
112 min
$115,646,235
Website
5,246 Views


if there's a vest there?

I'm just concerned about my family.

-Don't worry about the vest, it'll be fine.

Rights groups have demanded

that mercenaries should comply

with all UIO regulations

in District 9.

We're coming to you

from the entrance of District 9

as today, Multi National United

sets out to relocate

approximately 1.8 million

alien residents from their homes.

Human rights groups are

keeping a watchful eye,

as many suspect

abuses might occur.

We're seeing heavily armed

private security forces

being deployed into District 9.

Backed up by

significant air support.

We'll go shack to shack

and get them to sign the form.

First one E.X. triple 7.

We're seeing the convoy stop.

The operation is about to begin.

Just stay focused.

Are you ready, Thomas?

-Yeah. -Okay.

Is that a signal?

Okay, fellows.

You stay behind us.

Good luck, boy.

Stay low! Where is he going?

What is it?

It's clear that security is very high.

This is only the beginning

of a total clamp down.

This is MNU agents.

Open the door please! -Open up!

Hello! Hello, hello...

This is Wikus Van De Merwe

from MNU.

We are here to serve you

an eviction notice.

You just put your scrawl there.

-F*** off!

All right! Thomas, hold it!

We've got his scrawl there.

Because as he hit it,

it counts as a scrawl.

First time we come in,

there will always be a little bit

of tension happening

between us and them.

Hey, you can't eat that, man!

The prawn likes to eat the rubber.

To him it's like a marshmallow.

No, no! Guard!

Don't confront him like that!

Did you see that?

Right in the roost. Stay calm!

This is gonna be a problem cause

now all prawns are coming out,

they wanna see what's going on.

Stop it! Stop it!

Bring my kit.

See, everybody is gathering now.

Don't shoot or you're gonna

turn it into a warzone!

What is that? Is that a tear gas?

-No, it's cat food.

It is cat food.

I just distract them.

No it's not my house.

I don't live here.

Well, that's a pity because,

you know, this...

This is a nice cat food, you know.

But of course, it's not your house.

So, we'll just have to go and give it

to someone else. -Yes! It's my house!

We need you to sign here.

Now you can take that...

All right. Stop it!

The creatures became incredibly

obsessed with cat food.

Something about it, like catnip

for cats. Only a lot more intense.

Hello? MNU. We are here

to serve eviction notices.

What is eviction?

What we have stranded

on Earth in this colony,

is basically the workers that are

unable to think for themselves.

They will take commands,

they have no initiative.

They've lost all the

apt of leadership

through whatever cause.

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Neill Blomkamp

Neill Blomkamp (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈnil ˈblumkamp]; born 17 September 1979) is a South African-born Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated effects. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the critically acclaimed and financially successful science fiction film District 9, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He directed the dystopian science fiction film Elysium, which garnered moderately positive reviews and a good box office return. He is known for his collaborations with South African actor Sharlto Copley. He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. Forbes named him as the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa. more…

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