Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 08/07/09 Home Video 12/22/09 MPAA Rating Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language Running Time 1 hour 53 minutes Genre Drama, Sci-Fi, Action Director Neill Blomkamp Writer Neill Blomkamp,Terri Tatchell Cast Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William Allen Young, Vanessa Haywood, Kenneth Nkosi, Devlin Brown Studio Screen Gems |
DISTRICT 9 (2009)
SYNOPSIS
Over twenty years ago, aliens made first contact with
Earth. 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 aliens and 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 is the key to unlocking the secrets of
alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is
only one place left for him to hide: District 9.
--© Sony Pictures
Over twenty years ago, aliens made first contact with
Earth. 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 aliens and 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 is the key to unlocking the secrets of
alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is
only one place left for him to hide: District 9.
--© Sony Pictures
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