District 9

District 9

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Released: 05 August 2009
Country of origin: New Zealand, South Africa, US
Genre: Sci-Fi
Production companies: TriStar Pictures, Block / Hanson, WingNut Films, District 9
Watched by: 6 003 of 934 565
Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
IMDB rating: 7.9 of 10 737 030
kinopoisk.ru rating: 7.77 of 10 319 720

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Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

Trailers

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District 9 - Featurette - 1080p
District 9 - Clip "Arrival" - 1080p

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ilayy
ilayy
20 Nov 2022, 16:11 #
Very good fiction.
A heartbreaking end. A moment with his wife and the way he calls her an angel, to tears😢
HoldenWisdom
HoldenWisdom
23 Jun 2023, 00:35 #
До сих пор считаю этот фильм одни из лучших, которые мне удалось посмотреть.
"Три года, я обещаю" - а мы ждем уже 14 лет...
_ValmonT_
_ValmonT_
11 Apr 14:44 #
@HoldenWisdom: 16(((
Angelgirl93
Angelgirl93
25 Sep 2023, 12:30 #
It's probably the best movie I've ever seen. It's so well shot that you start to believe it's happening. Eternal themes are revealed exactly as they exist in this world: racism, corruption, discrimination - everything that needs to be fought. I recommend watching it for sure, it makes you reconsider your attitude and think about a lot.
Afrobatuco
Afrobatuco
14 Oct 2023, 10:42 #
District number 9 is an excellent social fiction made in the first 30 minutes in a mockumentary style, with all sorts of archival footage, surveys of people, interviews with experts, shaking the camera, with inserts from the News, as if it were a BBC or Weiss documentary, but immediately after the hero realizes that he will soon become a person from Kafka's nightmares, shooting the classic begins already, it creates an amazing effect – the illusion of the viewer's direct presence in the thick of events.Neil competently dissects human Society, the original humanism towards strangers was selfish, like that of the white civilizers.in the same way, they drove the men into the ghetto, only instead of gold they are interested in weapons.instead of integration into societies, the authorities create a ghetto, and with it the accompanying problems (gangsters, prostitution, drug addiction) as a result, Antisocial aliens who have sunk to the bottom got out, and in this regard racism towards them from local residents, and the media of the authorities manipulate society, distorting reality to achieve their goals.
and contrary to the so-called humanity, we see cynical hypocritical heroes, for example, the main character, who is a typical bureaucrat, who hypocritically tries to save face when he quite consciously sends aliens to a concentration camp, or without feeling any remorse, performs an abortion of these aliens, only in the end they transform, other people are also quite immoral ready for all for profit.The aliens here are also not a gift, they eat from the trash, shit right on the street, they may well kill a person, and they also suffer from drug addiction, which the Nigerian mafia put them on, and now shears lava from naive alien creatures.Only a small child and his father, who came up with fuel to dump, caused me great empathy and a sense of compassion, because they lost their Homeland, pride and were left all alone in this cruel world.
The action here is also normal.in short, I liked the movie, sorry
for the rather haphazardly written review. I hope I'm an example
Геворг
Геворг
PRO
05 May 2024, 23:02 #
Peter Jackson? From The Lord of the Rings, or a namesake? 😮
But it 's true – the main actions of films with aliens take place in large megacities 😅
Are aliens an allegory for real slums and crimes committed by criminal elements living there? And can we assume that aliens were poorly received from the very beginning, but in the absence of segregation there would have been peaceful integration? Did the actions of a couple of aliens cause literally everyone to be considered a threat? And what kind of virus warning was on the policeman's wall?
Will the whole film be in the form of a documentary, or is it just a prologue so far? 🤔
Have you been collecting some secret liquid drop by drop for 20 years?
So what happened to Vikus? And why doesn't he want to be evacuated? So as not to seem weak, or to prevent the soldiers from doing whatever they want?
Did the spray make him sick?
Has the hand become alien? Is he becoming an alien? Was the liquid supposed to transform people, or was it needed to heal them?
The film turned from a half-joking documentary into a serious and even similar horror movie...
Damn! Did all his acquaintances turn away from him? I wonder what they were told. Like he's sick and stay away? Or did they discover the infection and they decided to renounce it themselves? And who is making these videos?
Oh, that's it! He was introduced as a sexual pervert, so no one wanted to mess with him... smart. In general, why did his father–in-law appoint him as the head of the operation in the area? There was some other operation going on there from the very beginning, and he was supposed to be the scapegoat in case of what?
Did you decide to look in the Area, or did you track the call?
Interestingly, humans and aliens easily understand each other, although each speaks their own language.
So the liquid was just fuel, but in contact with foreign DNA, it changes it to an alien one?
Will the alien weapon not reach the helicopter?
Can we fly together and heal on the way?
You've already eaten several aliens. Isn't it obvious that this does not give the desired result?
In general, it is strange that the main ship has not been dismantled in these 20 years. Or were they left in order to give the aliens a chance to leave?
I thought he was bluffing and just wanted to get in position to shoot, but was he really leaving?
Why does he hardly shoot back and allows himself to be shot at, even though the bullets of the mercenaries harm the suit? Or here – he throws a rocket at a neighboring house, blowing himself up, and not forward at the mercenary 😅
Where are the other aliens? They didn't take all of them! Or, as they said at the beginning, have they all lost their initiative, they don't do anything without a leader? (after a minute) Well, finally! 😅
Is he awaiting trial for revealing illegal experiments? WTF? Although if you consider that the experiments were on aliens, and not on humans, they probably easily covered everything up
Геворг
Геворг
PRO
05 May 2024, 23:04 #
But the question still remains - who was filming the documentary and why?
g1529117
g1529117
03 Jan 21:29 #
@Gevorg: About why the main character was there. As far as I understand, the local boss is his wife's father. And it was he who promoted him there. The emphasis was more on drama.
Octo
Octo
02 Nov 2024, 08:13 #
One of the best films in its genre. I'm still waiting for the sequel.
myauser
myauser
PRO
10 Feb 14:51 #
So much has already been said about this film that it's hard to add anything.
An exemplary social fiction that interestingly played with most of the cliches and features of the genre, instantly entering the lists of its classics. What else can I say, the worthy fate of a worthy film. But I want to add to this one sketch that relates to Neil Blomkamp and his brainchild. When the future director was 14 years old, South African businessman Sharlto Copley met him, who helped Neil start his career almost from scratch, going through all the hardships with him. What am I talking about:

Sharlto Copley is Vikus Van De Merwe (he played him, of course), who helped Christopher-Neal and his creative son get out of Johannesburg and fly into a bright cinematic future, and waited for the sequel. Both literally and not so much. So we're waiting. Maybe we'll wait someday.

P.S. Of course, Sharlto didn't have to wait long, he's still playing in the movies, so I dramatized a bit.
Mirikkq
Mirikkq
PRO
03 May 23:40 #
What kind of movie is garbage after all
id601529389
id601529389
08 May 16:37 #
It's a stupid Kafka transformation.
_Obscene_show
_Obscene_show
PRO
14 Jun 23:14 #
How I cried and felt sorry for all these cute aliens in my childhood and hated people.…
_Obscene_show
_Obscene_show
PRO
14 Jun 23:32 #
Oh my God, what fucking awesome movies used to be! As a grandmother, I'm already starting to drown for everything old and get mad at everything new) because this film is a direct confirmation that in 2009 it could have been cooler and better at times than in 2025!
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