District 9 documents life after an alien ship appears on Earth, hovering above Johannesburg, South Africa in 1985. Not sure if this is a first contact scenario or an invasion, an investigation later discovers the inhabitants of the ship are in need of assistance.  The rescue mission is a success and temporary housing is set up in an area later dubbed called, “District 9.” Twenty years past and nothing has changed, the massive alien ship still sits above the city, South African citizens grow weary of their new neighbors nicknamed the Prawns, and want them gone. The Government alien task force, MNU who liase between humans and Prawn are charged with facilitating the move. The film chronicles what happens when a newly promoted MNU field officer, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), sets out to begin the eviction process, moving the aliens to a new refugee camp outside the city, “District 10.”

I smell a sequel.

You can read more about the movie and what makes it so good in this week’s Entertainment Weekly.

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