District 9

Review Type: Movie
Plot: 3/5
Special Effects: 5/5
Overall: 3/5

Okay, here it is straight up, this movie is not bad. You like aliens? You like aliens as minorities? You like these minorities stuck in the ghetto type of setting? Then damn this movie is your type of movie. It is highly emphasized in the movie that the aliens are hated. Supposedly the aliens are stuck on earth and they landed in South Africa. Throughout the movie you'll see people hating on these aliens like how the Civil Rights Movement was. Catch my drift?

What I don't get is that these so called "aliens" have super rape weapons. They destroy buildings with one blow. The coolest part of their weapons is that it can only be fired when an alien DNA touches the trigger, making the weapons obsolete to humans. Why don't they use it to kill the humans who are giving them shit?

Another weird thing about this movie though is that these aliens love cat food. Yes, I said cat food. They go all out on these things. They sell their priceless (maybe on earth) weapons to gangs in exchange for cat food. In one point in the movie they sell a transformer looking weapon for a measly 100 cans of cat food. These gangs know that they can't use these weapons, so they use voodoo and crap to give their leader alien body parts. Sick!

Overall, this movie is realistic in it's own way. The plot is a little too predictable, but pretty original. The CGI is great. The aliens seem to look real and it looks as if they were interacting with real humans. I would recommend this movie to anyone who loves seeing a great up and down plot.

P.S: This is rated R for a reason. If you are grossed out easily, I suggest you don't eat before watching.