District 9
Directed by Neill Blomkamp

District 9 is no ordinary sci-fi movie.Shot in mockumentary style, the film tells a moving story about a slum in Johannesburg where one million aliens have been contained for the past 20 years. Multinational United (MNU), a UN-styled organisation, is tasked with moving the aliens to another district because tensions between humans and aliens are mounting. The project is headed by an awkward but likeable Wikis van der Merwe. He becomes infected with a DNA-altering liquid that gives him access to alien weaponry, and he immediately becomes the most valuable specimen on earth. District 9 is sensationally shot, with direction, cinematography and special effects of the highest pedigree. Crucially, it is a gritty sci-fi flick, soaked with searching questions about nationality, citizenship and the idea of ‘home’. It will make you squirm, make you cringe and when you least expect, make you lunge forward with cathartic laughter.