Film Review-District 9

It is a tale eternally retold, be it religion or of evolutionary science. The voracious species known as humans fear, that they do not understand. Humanity... biologically stands at the evolutionary summit as well as the food chain. Yet true wise men have realized, that deep within the very genetic strand of DNA, there is a never ending underlying thirst for hunger, that is primal in aspect.

As all wisemen know, unlike an animal they satiate their fill, but humans... once they have something before them with an object beyond their comprehension, they will consume and cease to follow the path in which humanity will reach their evolutionary zenith. What was once human, will revert back to a primal savage of greed, ignorance, and insanity.

This movie heavily relies on the theme of racism, and it questions to all audiences to what is the definition of humanity when one starts to discriminate amongst themselves. It tells a tale, that one does not have to be human to 'be' human. In fact what are humans anyways? what is their purpose?

One mainstream feature about the movie, is that there are no A list actors used in the making of this film, so the cast is entirely original and the audience can be immersed without the zeal of familiar actors being used.

In all the extra terrestial involved movies such as Judgement Day, where the aliens always appear in the classically innumerouly victimized city of New York, the symbolic capital of the US in Washington, or the mysterious pyramids of Africa. Instead it took on an entirely new approach. Instead surprisingly, it the movies settings takes me into a city in Africa, to a no-mans land called Johannesburg where an alien craft, for a lack of better word got stuck after something in their ship settled above Johannesburg.

Located in the District number 9 of the city, humans labeled the alien beings as 'Prawns' due to a facial resemblance of the crustacian delicacy. At first there was communication, but it soon began to turn into a military occupation when human greed began to take advantage of the outnumbered prawns and their technology. Local gangs who believed in mytiscism and voodoo illegaly trade with the prawn, yet are also hunting and cannibalising them. Though the Prawn's physique and tech are vastly superior to humans, they are normally passive and civilized sentient beings who only wishes to return home to their world.

The movie shows the ugliness of humanity to a degree that is fathomable by using the fictional aliens as a means to express them, using it as a medium without the difficulty of using other humans to root out these ugliness.

CGI is unquestionably top-notched, as the Prawns let out a strong sense of realism both emotionally, and physically, and human interaction can greatly convince the audience that the Prawns have life.

District 9... bottom line, is a movie well worth my money, though the only flaw will be the enigmatic science to the alien technology, it does not distract the audience from enjoying this heart-wrenching movie of father who wishes to create a future for his son, and a man who was thrusted into their world, and feeling their pain, reaching enlightment, become a heroic protagonist.

So as Tech Jammer decrees, I rate this movie

Verdict- A-

Final notes

• The making was this film, was inspired by Halo when it was scrapped
• The feel and atmoshpere of the movie, will make gamers feel akin a similarity with the game Red Faction: Guerrilla. The feel will also be increased, as viewers will see weapons and vehicles that show a strong resemblance with the Walkers.

Courtesy of ClevverTV. The Trailer to District 9...A movie worth your bucks.