District 9 [Blu-ray] | ![District 9 [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zUTvylIUL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Neill Blomkamp
Actors: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Format: Anamorphic, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 29226
UPC: 043396292260
EAN: 0043396292260
ASIN: B002SJIO5E
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: December 22, 2009
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Product Description
Tristar District 9 (Blu-ray)Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare - they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA. The tension between the aliensand the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable - he isthe key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: "District 9".
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A provocative science fiction drama, District 9 boasts an original story that gets a little lost in blow-'em-up mayhem. Set in Johannesburg, South Africa, District 9 begins as a mock documentary about the imminent eviction of extraterrestrials from a pathetic shantytown (called District 9). The creatures, it turns out, have been on Earth for years, having arrived sickly and starving. Initially received by humans with compassion and care, the aliens are now mired in blighted conditions typical of long-term refugee camps unwanted by a hostile, host society. With the creatures' care contracted out to a for-profit corporation, the shantytown has become a violent slum. The aliens sift through massive piles of junk while their minders secretly research weapons technology that arrived on the visitors' spacecraft. Against this backdrop is a more personal story about a bureaucrat named Wikus (Sharlto Copley) who is accidentally exposed to a DNA-altering substance. As he begins metamorphosing into one of the creatures, Wikus goes on the run from scientists who want to harvest his evolving, new parts and aliens who see him as a threat. When he pairs up with an extraterrestrial secretly planning an escape from Earth, however, what should be a fascinating relationship story becomes a series of firefights and explosions. Nuance is lost to numbing violence, and the more interesting potential of the film is obscured. Yet, for a while District 9 is a powerful movie with a unique tale to tell. Seamless special effects alone are worth seeing: the (often brutal) exchanges between alien and human are breathtaking. --Tom Keogh
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 Imaginitive & Original - Well Worth Checking Out March 12, 2010
Graboidz (Westminster, Maryland)
I have heard a wide variety of opinions concerning "District 9", and it seems as though folks either love or hate this film. Not sure why I put off watching it for so long, but I finally popped it in last night.
At first I had a lot of reservations about the flick. The "hand held shaky" cam thing has been done to death with "Cloverfield", "Quarantine" & "Diary of the Dead". But there is a good reason a majority of the film is presented in this format which is laid out right at the beginning of the film. And while there are many scenes shot with the hand held camera, quite a bit of the film is shot in conventional style as well.
The basic storyline is that aliens have come to Earth, most likely by accident, but we are never really told for sure. They've been living among us now for almost 3 decades and now must reside in a slum known as district 9. Crime is out of control, human citizens of Johannesburg want the aliens (prawns) taken out of the city. And as the film begins, we meet a low level bureaucrat who has been put in charge of relocating the aliens to a spot 200 miles outside of the city. Neither the aliens or the Nigerian gang who control the black market in district 9 want to relocate...and both are willing to kill to keep it from happening.
I see some folks drawing similarities between "District 9" and a host of other Sci-Fi films, but I still think this is one of the most original films to come out in theaters the past couple years.
The special effects are amazing. I normally hate CGI effects in a movie. More often than not they look like cartoons, but the CGI animation in "District 9" is phenomenal. The "prawns" look amazing, and for big buggy aliens, they somehow are still able to display a wide variety of emotion. The action is top notch, but this isn't a straight action flick, the action takes a backseat to the storyline and the characters. If you like a little more depth to your sci-fi I highly recommend you pick this up.
 District 9 Delivers March 11, 2010
Andrew McCutchen (Pittsburgh)
When District 9 hit the theaters, I was a little skeptical about the film. I wasn't sure it was worth my cash at the big screen. So I waited, heard some pretty good things about it, and decided to purchase it on Blu Ray. Boy am I glad I did. For about the first 20 minutes-half hour, the film is mostly shot to represent a documentary. Gradually as the film goes on, it strays away from this, and becomes a regular motion picture we are used to seeing. However, Distict 9 certainly does not fall short in bringing new ideas to the table. Sure, the whole "aliens on earth," and "human cruelty," themes have been played out plenty of times before, but never like this. District 9 has a very different view of aliens, or "prawns." I'm not going to get into the plot here, for one, it is somewhat complex and difficult to explain, and two, it needs to be seen and taken in by the viewer to truly get the full effect. Definitely check this one out. The Blu Ray disc looks phenomenal, no scenes of excessive grain or any transfer flaws. Its unfortunate District 9 didn't win any Academy Awards, it really should have, and hopefully you will agree with me when you pick up your copy.
Very good until the third act collapse March 8, 2010
One-Line Film Reviews (Easton, MD)
The Bottom Line:
District 9 does a lot of things right and offers some compelling science-fiction entertainment, so I'm able to forgive the fact that in the last half hour all ideas are thrown out the window in favor of nonstop action and poor characterizations (e.g. the Nigerians who show up so we can have another villain in the film); it's an intriguing film and at times a powerful one, but it could have been so much more.
3/4
ETs in a world with social problems ... in a great Blu-ray! March 7, 2010
Gilberto Dotti Cesa (Flores da Cunha, RS Brasil)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a new and sometimes comic way to show how the governments play with people that are no important to them. Great quality video and sound. This is for what Blu-ray was made!
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