District 9

Year: 2009

Grade: B

Country: South Africa

Director: Blomkamp

Review

district 10 in 2010? the obvious parallel is blair witch project (which owes a lot to cannibal holocaust) in that it presents itself as a documentary and rebuilds the events after they have occurred. the acting was good overall, with only a couple issues. the premise is a good one, though a lot of questions were left unanswered. the title, for example, didn’t make sense. district 9 is where the aliens stayed and the new one was district 10, what happened to districts 1-8? is the sequel going to be a prequel? whatever.

the effects were good on the whole, with only a couple obvious process shots. they mask a lot of that stuff with shaky cameras anyway; an obvious and effective trick.

besides the documentary style the film is also like cannibal holocaust in that it asks the question: which group is more human – the aliens or the humans?

Watched in theater