Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand, South Africa, United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- street gang
- government
- genetics
- slum
- mutation
- dystopia
- transformation
- south africa
- johannesburg
- south africa
- satire
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sharlto Copley
Wikus van de Merwe
Jason Cope
Christopher Johnson / Grey Bradnam / Trent
Nathalie Boltt
Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist
Sylvaine Strike
Dr Katrina McKenzie
- Elizabeth Mkandawie — Interviewee
- John Sumner — Les Feldman - MIL Engineer
- William Allen Young — Dirk Michaels
- Nick Blake — Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team
- Greg Melvill-Smith — Interviewer
- Robert Hobbs — Ross Pienaar
- Vanessa Haywood — Tania van de Merwe
- Morena Busa Sesatsa — Interviewee
- Themba Nkosi — Interviewee
- Mzwandile Nqoba — Interviewee
- Barry Strydom — Interviewee
- Directed
- Neill Blomkamp
- Written
- Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 10,540 ratings
- Studio
- TriStar Pictures, Block / Hanson, WingNut Films, District 9
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
