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District 9

Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language.

R 112min.
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Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any ... Read More
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Wikus van der Merwe
Christopher Johnson/Grey Bradnam/UKNR Chief Correspondent
Koobus Venter
Tania Van de Merwe
Fundiswa Mhlanga
Piet Smit
Dirk Michaels
Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist
February 25, 2013
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Terrible. Completely overrated. Basically said humanity is incapable of empathy unless you become what you fear. No representation of an opposing opinion, makes every human being look shallow. \"If they were from another country, we'd understand. But they're from another planet, so no.\" Direct quote.
August 29, 2011
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Terrible movie!
January 20, 2011
VictrolaMn
Wow! Where to start? A thinly veiled political statement: "20+ years after aparteid it just isn't working. No matter how we try they can't take care of themselves". Substitute indigenous peoples for the "Prawns" and there you have it. Another "I can't believe someone actually paid to make this" trash bin
November 25, 2010
greatyook6
As majority of movies describing homosexual are not ?homosexuality? but ?love?, majority of SF movies are not describing ?alien? or ?something unknown? but describing ?humans and the reality?. I believe ?District 9? is also one of the ?humans and the reality? movies
August 26, 2010
Black2Deep
It had its moments, then they passed. Rambeling,and contrite with cheep old school "I've been infected by a monster and turnd into one" The critics appear to like it because it allowes them to revisit apartide even if it is in a poorly made science fiction movie. There was potential for a good movie here however writers and director decided not to explore it. A dust collector that
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