A space ship has been hovering over the city of Johannesburg for more than twenty years. It carried millions of extra terrestrial beings who have since been placed in a camp named District 9. Community pressure and the breakdown of order have forced the authorities to arrange for these beings to be forcibly re-located to a new camp well outside the city.
At the outset, District 9 is presented as a documentary or current affairs feature with experts and observers providing face to camera comment on what is being broadcast. The references to refugee/stranger issues are pretty obvious in the early stages.
Then the observer comment recedes and the film seems to transform to a tale of conspiracy before then transforming again into a long final noisy chase/battle scene.
Films like Star Wars and ET The Extra-terrestrial have featured interplanetary creatures and their success has rested in part on their use of humour and charm.
There is some humour in District 9 almost all of it provided by its nerd like lead character performed by Shartlto Copley but for mine the film is totally devoid of charm.
As you'd expect in a film with Peter Jackson connections, the special effects are well done.
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