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IMDb rating 7.9
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Carlsfar
rated 9

Love RSA 🇿🇦

1 year ago
Critic Chris Hewitt
rated 8

...an explosive and exciting sci-fi that heralds the arrival of a major new talent.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

...does a lot of things right, including giving us aliens to remind us not everyone who comes in a spaceship need be angelic, octopod or stainless steel.

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Critic Scott Tobias
rated 8

It’s the rare alien invasion story that has the aliens running scared.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Kenneth Mcneil
rated 8

Det er action-sci-fi med klangbund. En klang af usikkerhed, af had...

Read full review at Cinemazone
Carlos Sureda
rated 8

Muy buena trama acerca de un primer contacto con una civilización extratrerreste. Muy realista.

1 year ago
Critic Nils Karlén
rated 8

För en pyttebudget har Neill Blomkamp gjort en tät och actionspäckad science fiction-film som borde göra elefanter som Spielberg och Bay gröna av avund.

Read full review at Moviezine

Cast & Crew

Neill Blomkamp
As Man with Wikus' Coordinates (uncredited)
Neill Blomkamp
Director
Brandon Auret
As MNU Mercenary
Jed Brophy
As James Hope - Police Officer
William Allen Young
As Dirk Michaels
Robert Hobbs
As Ross Pienaar

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In a world where aliens have been forced to live in exile on Earth, a government agent named Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is tasked with evicting them from their makeshift home in Johannesburg. But when he's exposed to an alien substance, Wikus begins to undergo a strange transformation that threatens to upend his entire life. As he becomes more and more like the creatures he's supposed to despise, Wikus must choose between his loyalty to the government and his growing empathy for the aliens. With its blend of sci-fi action and social commentary, District 9 is a gripping thriller that explores the darker side of human nature.

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