District 9 is a clever sci-fi thriller that discusses xenophobia, cultural and racial alliances, and corporate ethics. Aliens touch down in Johannesburg, and the humans decide to provide them aid which eventually results in a slum district and sub-par treatment. The main character is a bumbling fool who heads the project to move all of the aliens to a district farther out, but he becomes ill during the "raid" and begins to transform horrifically. Reminiscent of The Quatermass Xperiment and having a bold display of Starship Troopers-esque CG effects, District 9 does not disappoint. The script is good, the acting is good, even the shaky-cam didn't bother me. Hell, on a budget of $30 million dollars, my jaw was dropping with almost every effects shot just because of the shaky-cam--imagine how much motion matching they had to do! And even then, the effects, while not necessarily looking the greatest, moved fantastically. They had weight and integrated well into the environment. I was impressed.
8/10
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