Last night I saw District 9 at the Union Square movie theater with a friend.It was excellent! It was sort of a sci-fi verite. It takes place in Johannesburg twenty years after aliens have arrived and have been ghettoized in "District 9" which is like a horrible slum/concentration camp. It is heavily policed by a government/military agency which decides to remove the aliens out of the city. The story concerns an asshole agent in charge of the removal who becomes contaminated by a secret substance and starts to turn into an alien. His allegiances change as he is seen as an enemy, and he befriends one of the smartest "prawns" -- the derogatory name for them.
There's a ton of action and violence which I found tedious, but it is really a very smart and interesting movie. Can't wait for the sequel!
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