District 9

District 9 some of you will hate it but I loved it. It was a movie that has so many layers and so much going on but in a very smart sort of way. First thing I like it does not take place in America. It takes place in Johannesburg South Africa. An alien ship just stops and hover over the city. It is there for three months before the Africans decide to try to make contact and when they do they meet the Aliens. The Aliens are all undernourished and they look like giant bugs or shrimps. They are gathered from the ship and are relocated to a tent or shanty town that is called District 9. The Aliens have been here for about 17 or so years and the people come to despise them. There is much anger and resentment towards the prawns. Politically they have no power and are treated as unwelcome unhelpful and wanted beings all would wish they would just leave. They are, to be relocated to District 10 200 kilometers away. MNU multinational industries are in charge of policing them and relocating them. Wikus Vandermeer is in charge of relocation and the prawns while scavenging are also fiends for Cat food and Rubber. While Wkius is serving eviction notices he finds many strange things including some stolen and scrounged computer parts and what look to be a distillery. Wikus comes into contact with some liquid and begins to metamorphous into an alien. His company rather than treat him wants to use him to see if he can use the aliens weapons system which humans cannot use. It is here where the movie really begins to get even deeper and more complex it shows the inhumanity of business and that it is all about profit even when personal relationships are involved. Wikus is hunted by MNU and by humans as well as unable to trust or be trusted by the Aliens. There is much more that goes on in the movie it has an open and different ending and as the movie builds so does the action. I thought it was an original take on an old idea on a 1-10 scale I give it a solid 7.5