Released Date:
2009-08-14
Languages:
English, Nyanja, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Southern Sotho
Countries:
USA, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa
Runtime:
112 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(494849 Reviews)
Director:
Neill BlomkampIn 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends.
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