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District 9 (DVD) Loot Price: R54
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District 9 (DVD)

Sharlto Copley

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Loot Price R54 Discovery Miles 540

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Produced on a miniscule budget compared to typical "blockbusters", this locally-shot sci fi thriller is hands-down one of the most original and exciting movies of the year. Released without much fanfare, this Peter Jackson production proved to be a huge hit in international theatres, and it's easy to see why.

Dazzling special effects, characters you actually care about, and a gripping edge-of-your-seat storyline, all combine in perfect unison.

And spotting well-known local celebs in cameo roles also adds to the fun. One of the year's best movies. (4 out of 5, by Carlisle Johnson)

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. The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when a human field operative, Wikus van der Merwe, 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.

General

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date: December 2009
Movie released: 2009
Actors: Sharlto Copley
Dimensions: 192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: DVD
Running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes
Region encoding: Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format: Dolby Digital 5.1  Dolby Digital 5.1
Video format:  Widescreen 16:9 (1.78:1)
Languages: English
Subtitles: English • Hindi
Age restriction: 15 LV
Categories: DVD > Science Fiction
DVD > Thriller
DVD > Feature Film
LSN: X3E-UEV-YLE-2
Barcode: 5035822576032

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  • Interactive Menus
  • Enhanced WS tv
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Commentary: Neill Blomkamp
  • Other Documentary: The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log

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Thu, 2 Sep 2010 | Review by: Micky B

Such was its worldwide popularity after overseas release that even early on, it had already became the most widely pirated movie of 2009! So it is maybe strange that this South African made science-fiction landmark is being rejected by certain of its indigenous people as being "too violent". The reasons are obvious. While the movie as a whole is a great and action-packed s/f yarn: the subtleties of the whole thing are often far too close to the truth for many "locals" to admit to - or even accept! For example: every South African has met at least one character who is identical in just about every respect to the hero Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley). Why, the very surname of the character says it all! And the satire implied by the title alone; well...? Watching the special effects too: one almost tends to forget that one is watching a <i>South African</i> movie! So just seeit, and enjoy it! For all the violence, director Neil Blomkamp has given us something that is simply great, and a film that has been highly acclaimed overseas!

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