District 9 OR Damn, humans are dicks!

District 9 is a movie that I was unsure about. I didn't watch all the teaser trailers or read any spoilers, to be honest I didn't really care enough about the movie to look into it. I'm very glad I let myself be surprised.

**Spoilers to follow, this is your alert**

The movie starts documentary style, we are introduced to Wickus, a low level paper pusher for MNU, a company that does....stuff. Stuff ranging from serving eviction notices to extra-terrestrials to military weapons manufacturing to mercenary employment.

20 years ago an alien mothership settled over Johannesburg, South Africa. After cutting through the hull of the ship over 1 million aliens were discovered living inside in a state of near death. Since the world was watching live they decided to move then into a special "resettlement camp" known as District 9. Because people are dicks, the aliens (derogatorily called prawns) aren't trusted and it becomes a prison camp, complete with weapon deals, food gouging and inter species prostitution...yeah that's right, gettin' freakay with ET!

Anyways, the aliens dont really like it here and they want to go home. One alien, named Christopher for some reason, is scrounging a special fluid that is used in their technology in hopes of powering a shuttle that is hidden below his shack. Just as he gathers enough Wickus arrives to serve the eviction notice, legally needed so they can move the prawns to a new camp 200 miles away.

Wickus examines the canister the fluid was gathered in and it sprays him in the face, causing him to start changing into a prawn. The military wants him because only prawns can use their weaponry as its DNA coded. The Nigerians want him because they think eating prawns will give them more power. The prawns want him because he knows where canister is. Wickus just wants to go the fuck home and get his arm back to normal.

So somehow Wickus and Christopher storm into MNU headquarters, blast the fuck out of heavily armed guards, get into the high-sec lab, steal the canister and make it out without being killed but the large mercenary force MNU hired to make sure the eviction process went smoothly. Wickus starts feeling sorry for the aliens he had been such a dick to, double crosses Christopher, then feels bad about it since he crashed the damn shuttle, takes control of an alien mech and kicks some major ass.

**End Spoilers**

This move was pretty damn good, and I don't say that often. Sure there were some parts where you scratch your head and think "Why the fuck didn't they just die?!"

This was not an action movie, it was not a mockumentary, it was not even a sci-fi movie really. This was a thinking movie, a movie that makes you look into its deeper meaning and take the idea of the movie and overlay it with real life.

There was a reason this movie was set in South Africa, it basically showed apartheid but in reverse. This time it was the native Africans abusing and controlling those they saw as a lesser species. It showed how humans are so quick to turn on other species if they see a benefit. And it showed how its easy to flaunt your power, until you are on the other side.

Its a touching movie with a deep meaning. I would recommend you see this while it is still in theaters. Since it isn't Disney and they use the word Fuck...a lot, it won't have a Titanic length run.