MOVIE REVIEW - District 9

Many times you see that a new "big" movie is from a certain producer, or director. You hear the TV ads claiming from so-and-so, it's such-and-such! And we think that the movie is a can't miss. After all, it's a such-and-so movie.

District 9 is from Producer Peter Jackson, who gave us all of the Lord Of The Rings flicks, and the 45 hour remake of King Kong a few years back. It's Sci-Fi aliens come to earth for some reason. And aren't we the humans for the most part just a bunch of barbaric horrible people. That's District 9. And by the way, don't believe the hype!

It's the story that starts in 1982, when an alien space ship starts to hover over South Africa. After a few years of inactivity, we decide to board the ship and take out all the refugee aliens marooned on the stranded vessel. They quarantine the million or so aliens on earth at a place called District 9. As you might suspect, there is trouble of every imaginable aspect.

Now flash forward 20 years. A private company MNU, has been hired to move the aliens to a new District 10, 240 kilometers away from town. And guess what? It all goes wrong. Toss in one man getting infected with alien DNA, organized crime, talking aliens that somehow humans can understand, and lots of testosterone gun play, and you have one big...WHY?

Why on earth would anyone make this movie, besides the money train? And as you might have guessed the door is left wide open for District, 10, 11.....blah blah.....blah. To it's credit, some snappy special effects, and a game attempt at character development, and plot line District 9 isn't a total wash-out. But I will caution you. You have seen this movie before in one way or another many times in your life. Just different years, different actors, different title...same movie.

District 9. Another special effects fest that relies strictly on the people in the computer room, and not those in front of the camera. Ho-hum!