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Synopsis: In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director(s): Neill Blomkamp
Production: Sony Pictures/Screen Gems
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 110 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
2009
112 min
$115,646,235
Website
5,543 Views


Basically trying to make

a warning, you know.

He's saying "I kill 3 humans,

watch out for me."

Hey, don't urinate on your

own bloody... get back, get back.

This is Wikus, requesting

First Battalion escort, please.

You want to talk to them

or you want to talk to me?

No, not them!

Okay, guys, thanks very much.

Yeah I know, he had a spade.

Look-I find some!

I tell you before... this is

human technology, it is useless.

Only our technology

contains the fluid.

This is not our technology?

-No, it's junk.

Keep looking.

I find something.

Yes. This is what we need.

Good, little one.

Get down!

Careful... wait...

...there.

Why must it take so long?

Because it is very difficult...

...so much can go wrong.

Twenty years of work.

Our plan is ready now?

-Quiet... listen...

...they are coming.

You must hide this.

They must not find it.

Answer the door and be polite.

No! You take it.

You see, this is the problem.

This is the gang sign.

You see this? So again,

looks like we have

more and more gang members.

Fundiswa, you just stay back.

You stay behind Thomas.

This place is swarming with MNU.

I will be searched.

I must get back to my son.

Don't make them angry - be polite!

MNU agents, open the door please.

Hello? We would like you to...

-Nobody is here.

Okay, that's unexceptable.

That is totally unexceptable!

Get out! Get out!

You stupid prawn!

-Get outside!

-C'mon! Move! Move!

On your knees!

-I'm gonna have a look.

Just stay there!

Right there!

Sir, we have to serve you

an eviction notice.

Do you understand it?

-No.

This is a classic kind of

gangsta shack, I can tell you.

We're gonna find weapons here.

Watch your head, don't hit the cows.

Just checking for panels.

Ah, you hear that?

Yeah, it's hollow there.

See? Look at that!

I haven't see this type of setup.

It's almost like a...

chemistry type of a set.

It's gotta be something.

l don't know, this has got

the markings there of...

...so it is definitely alien.

But it's not a weapon.

But I don't trust it.

Are you all right?

Wikus, are you all right?

Switch it off, please.

Just turn it off.

Are you gonna cut that part out,

Trent, where it sprays me?

-Yeah, don't worry.

-You cut that.

We just found

a dangerous object here.

It has a fuel in and I suspect it might

leak onto people or cause damage.

So we just check that in and we

take that down nicely to the lab.

It's not a weapon

but it's dangerous.

He's got weapons somewhere here,

my sense is telling me that.

Lets check the other side here.

Thomas! -Yes sir?

Thomas, keep the gun on him.

-OK, I got it sir!

Keep the gun on him, Thomas,

there's weapons here!

Oh, this is Christmas!

This is Christmas, my friends.

This is the biggest find

that I've ever seen.

Control, come in.

Wikus Van De Merwe,

requesting

First Reaction Battalion.

Stand by, guys!

This gun I've never seen.

Have you seen this?

This is amazing! Look at this gun.

What gun is this?

This is absolutely amazing!

-What are you doing?

-I wanna show this to Thomas.

But I thought you said

you can't handle it.

No, I am not handling it,

I'm just gonna show it.

I'm not gonna use it, man.

It doesn't even work with humans.

Thomas, look at this gun!

-That's not mine.

-You're a dealer, eh? -No.

You hear this, sir?

You see what's happening?

First Battalion, my friend.

You know what that means?

That means that your days

of flaunting the law are over.

Have a look, you see that?

What's that?

That's a firing team.

Come here!

Wikus! Are you all right?

Where do you think

you're going, eh?

You don't run away

from the chopper. -No, no...

Where do you think you're going?

You wanna piss me off?

Koobus to base, come in!

I've got two people down.

MNU guard, MNU agent.

It's the Foxtrot Yankee

And we need a Med Evac ASAP.

No, that's fine, Koobus.

I don't need a Med Evac.

Wikus, you burned your arm,

you need to...

I'll just treat it here, Koobus.

Sir, I really think you must go to

a doctor, a hospital or something.

-No, no. -You should

just get it checked out.

I'll just have it treated

by the medics. Help me up.

Did you see how fast

that prawn was, Trent?

-Yeah, he was fast.

-He was fast, I promise you.

Look, I fix it.

I make it work.

I told you not to touch that.

What is wrong?

Nothing. Go outside

and watch for humans.

Where is your friend?

He's gone.

Are you okay?

-Yeah, I'm just a bit hot.

Are you guys hot?

Are you hot, Trent? -No.

Yeah, if you can't stand the heat

get out of the kitchen.

Now you see how

their kids are living.

This is what I mean.

This is why they get grilled.

-The little ones.

-Yeah, that's why we abort.

Lets just shoot the little bastard.

-No, no, don't shoot it now.

MNU agents! Come out!

Hello, little guy.

MNU has sweets for you.

There you go, eat your sweety.

You know, eaty sweety.

Works like a charm every time.

Oh f***, man!

You almost poked my eye out

with the fokkin' lollypop.

I tried to be fokkin'

nice to you, man!

Is this your fokkin'

little brat here?

Inside, go!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Teach him some manners.

Thomas, get him out.

Come! Get down! I've had

enough of your stupid games.

What do you want?

We're from MNU.

-I know.

We require your scrawl

on this eviction notification.

-Why am I being evicted?

-Yes, it's an eviction notice.

Put your scrawl on the bottom.

See? There's your name at the top.

-Yes! -Christopher Johnson?

So, put your name in the bottom.

It says you must

give me 24 hours notice.

You're going to another place. A nice

new city built especially for prawns.

-A special place! -And we are not

even going to charge you, okay?

This isn't legal.

-Sign the fokkin' paper! -No!

This guy is obviously...

he's a little sharper.

So we are gonna

have to try something else.

All right. Hello... okay.

Seems like we didn't understand

each other there properly, eh?

So, you've got a little one there.

Do you have a licence

for that little one? -Yes.

There's a litter out here. This is

dangerous conditions for your child.

Article 75 says that because

your child is living in dangerous

conditions, I'm gonna take him

down to Child Services.

I'm gonna go and have

a little chat with your son.

You keep away from my child!

Don't point your

fokkin' tentacles at me!

You said you want to stay?

Your boy is coming down with me

to Child Services.

He's gonna spend the rest

of his life in 1 by 1 meter box.

Hello, little guy!

It's the sweety man coming!

F***, look at this, Trent!

F*** it!

Thomas, keep the gun on him.

He is definitely a criminal!

He's got a whole

computer shop here, man!

You know, this is amazing.

I mean, this is obviously...

you can see stolen computers now

that he's decorating his place with.

Definitely he doesn't have

the permit for this.

Where is that fokkin' little brat?

Hello! It's the sweety man...

It's the sweety...

Hey, I've got this...

-Wikus!

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Neill Blomkamp

Neill Blomkamp (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈnil ˈblumkamp]; born 17 September 1979) is a South African-born Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated effects. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the critically acclaimed and financially successful science fiction film District 9, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He directed the dystopian science fiction film Elysium, which garnered moderately positive reviews and a good box office return. He is known for his collaborations with South African actor Sharlto Copley. He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. Forbes named him as the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa. more…

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