Top cast Edit. Elizabeth Mkandawie Interviewee as Interviewee. Greg Melvill-Smith Interviewer as Interviewer. Morena Busa Sesatsa Interviewee as Interviewee. Themba Nkosi Interviewee as Interviewee. Mzwandile Nqoba Interviewee as Interviewee. Barry Strydom Interviewee as Interviewee. Neill Blomkamp. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. In , 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 , 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. You are not welcome here. Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language.
Did you know Edit. The result is this film. Goofs When Wikus is first admitted to hospital and is having his arm checked, it is quite clear that he has a hairy chest under his vest. Afterwards, he is seen with his shirt off and is hairless. Because the surgeons are planning on opening his chest to remove his heart, it is likely that his chest was shaved in preparation for the procedure.
Another reason may be, due to the changes his body is undertaking fingernails falling off, etc. Crazy credits The end credits are back to front, with the actors' names on the left and character names on the right as opposed to most films where it's the other way 'round. User reviews 1. Top review. It is just THAT good.
Saying this movie is good would be an understatement. Eventually, the government comes up with a plan to relocate the aliens to a more "suitable" location well away from the city center. This plot twist was actually inspired by real events that took place in Cape Town, South Africa.
District 6, a predominantly colored area with a minority white population located near the docks, had been a thriving residential community since the 's. In , the apartheid government declared it a whites-only zone. Between and over 60, residents were forcibly relocated to the Cape Flats area, considered the "dumping ground" for undesirables. Government officials then declared District 6 a slum, unfit for habitation. All of the buildings were destroyed, to pave the way for new whites-only infrastructure.
District 9 was filmed on location in the Chiawelo neighborhood of Johannasburg. Chiawelo was undergoing a forced relocation at the time of filming, with the residents being moved to government-subsidized housing. Most of the homes had been recently vacated by the time film crews showed up, but some tenants remained. Over the course of filming these residents were slowly moved to their new location.
By the conclusion of filming the film crews were the only people in the deserted community. The shacks depicted in the movie are all actual residences of the poverty-stricken residents of Johannasburg.
Unfortunately, the scenarios depicted in Alive in Joburg and District 9 are ones that happen in low-income communities and refugee camps across the globe. Not unlike similar groups of humans, the aliens, or prawns , were placed in a slum without access to basic necessities such as food, medical care, and clean drinking water. Treated as inhuman criminals and pariahs, the behavior of the prawns eventually came to reflect their treatment as they were forced to fight over any scrap available.
This served only to reinforce the public prejudice against the prawns in a bitter and unceasing cycle of poverty and violence. Blomkamp's true triumph in this movie is that with all the trappings of a sci-fi action flick, he still manages to retain a hard-hitting social commentary that is invaluable to considerations of our increasingly global society. Hi Anaya, yes it is James. I didn't know that the actors playing the Nigerians weren't even Nigerians, but to be honest I'm not really surprised.
Its a shame the film felt that they had to portray Nigerians in that way, because the rest of the film is awesome.
Wearing a sweater vest over a short-sleeve shirt, he walks up to alien shanties and asks them to sign a relocation consent form. He has little sense of caution, which is why he finds himself in his eventual predicament. This is achieved by giving them, but no other aliens, human body language, and little CJ even gets big wet eyes, like E.
They are certainly alien, all right. It is also a seamless merger of the mockumentary and special effects the aliens are CGI. But the third act is disappointing, involving standard shoot-out action. Despite its creativity, the movie remains space opera and avoids the higher realms of science-fiction.
The movie mentions Nigerian prostitutes servicing the aliens, but wisely refrains from entertaining us with this spectacle. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language. Mandla Gaduka as Fundiswa Mhlanga. David James as Koobus Venter. Sharlto Copley as Wikus.
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