I didn’t think I’d sympathize with ALIENS so much… *District 9* Reaction

[@blinkachu5275]

"They would have cleared his credentials by now" you severely overestimate how damn slow HR/IT is in big corporations lmao

[@rudewalrus5636]

And government. My government ID worked to log into the gov intranet system for at least a month after I was officially separated.

[@darthroden]

Also I don't think they believed he was going to actually come back and infiltrate the place.

[@cacho100uva]

Specially ones that figure themselves impregnable

[@skribblestyle]

I got made redundant during a merger at an international telecom company 7 years ago. My work email for them still works, and I can still access the company KZbin channel lol.

[@RunicMike]

Glad this is the top comment. I walked into an old work place to help with interviews after being gone two years, the gate staff waved me through and my biometrics still worked.

[@Liam_Mellon]

Sharlto Copley should've gotten an Oscar nomination for his performance here

[@stephenlackey5852]

He’s amazing in every role he takes- even that dumpster-fire of an A-Team movie

[@ThemeOfSecrets]

I completely agree. I was floored by his performance.

[@WolfHreda]

Sharlto Copley is one of those character actors who never quite get the credit they deserve. But he absolutely crushes it every time.

[@sharpeslass5452]

He's so underutilized.

[@MOSMASTERING]

If I remember rightly. He wasn't an actor he was the friend of the director and agreed to be in it. Which makes it even more incredible because he smashed this performance

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

This movie is so good. Great storytelling, great worldbuilding. Spectacular effects on a surprisingly low budget. The allegory is strong and impossible to miss. And Sharlto Copley is a really damn good actor that brings something extra to the movie. It really is a perfect storm movie and it's sad that Blomkamp never reached this height again as far as critical appraise. But I will take a bullet for Elysium I think that movie is pretty great despite its weaknesses.

[@Skyhighatrist]

What a lot of people don't know is that Sharlto Copley improved this entire movie. He was given direction about the scenes, but all of the dialog was improved by him.

[@STOCKHOLM07]

This movie, yes. Elysium sucked.

[@Womberto]

Chappie is underrated too.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

@@Womberto I just wish I lived in a world where they didn't cast Die Antwoord in that film. Don't dislike their music. I don't even necessarily think they're bad actors. But I got so tired of them so fast in it lol. The fact these 'gangster robbers' live this harsh life on the run and still have time to keep up with cutting edge punk fashion and decorate their lair like a Banksy exhibit is so over the top from an art direction standpoint that it makes me mad at the movie lol. Also I'm old, remember the Short Circuit movies, and I don't think Chappie added anything that movie didn't already say. It already did all of those emotional beats. As far as 'robots you should feel sympathy for' movies, Chappie is pretty far down the list. It ain't no Wall-E and it ain't no Batteries Not Included lol. It's just 'okay'.

[@joshbates9015]

Wilkis seriously has one of the best character arcs I've ever seen. Yes, he was a pencil pusher in the beginning, but I wouldn't go so far as to say he was harmless. He was apathetic towards the aliens, laughing and cracking jokes while watching a shed full of their babies being burned. He was the perfect exemplification of the phrase "the banality of evil". In the real world, evil things are done all the time by people who have become so detached, that for them it's just routine and boring. Many people who worked in the administration of the Nazi government were exactly like Wilkis: pleasant and happy-go-lucky, but completely indifferent to the evil that was inextricably linked to their jobs. I don’t remember where I first heard this characterization of this film, but as Wilkis becomes less human, he becomes more humane.

[@KempPlays]

"He was the only human who had ever successfully been combined with alien genetics and remained alive" How did I miss the implications of this line when I watched it? 😮

[@mrdavman13]

Yuuup scary stuff was going down behind the scene at MNU. And the first indicators was just how inhumane and how nonchalant Wikus was when he was violating what should’ve been their rights and mistreatment of the aliens. If there is so much abuse at the shiny PR cleansed tip of the spear, imagine how sick and twisted it got behind the scenes.

[@snails6997]

"Three years, I promise" Its 2024 now, Christopher. Anytime now. We are waiting.

[@UpcycleShoesKai]

Christopher just gathering a fleet of Dreadnaughts to come back to Earth.

[@ЧубакК]

Hes become Alex Mercer

[@DavetheGrue]

The lead actor, Sharlto Copley, was a friend of the writer/director, Neill Blomkamp, and this was the first feature film for both of them.

[@arafatal-amin3240]

This is one of the finest alien related movies

[@MrEnvisioner]

FYI, the reason the film was so good/revolutionary was because it introduced the concept of embedding CGI within live/mundane environments. Previously, CGI was relegated to fully generated parts of the screen; this film placed them into the screen with other elements in the background and even foreground. It makes the fictional content feel much more "real", as if it is actually in the scene & interacting with people/objects. Incredibly hard to do back then because it was groundbreaking and none of the tools existed to make it easier.

[@MoneyGist]

"alien (noun), a person who is not a citizen of the country in which they live or work" - The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a person...

[@pavanbiliyar]

Unless they change the definition, we ought to call them extraterrestrials or ET and nothing else.

[@TheZapan99]

The whole thematic of a slave caste of aliens being stranded on Earth in District 9 was heavily inspired by the 1989 series Alien Nation, that used this concept in a more casual police procedural. The recent Norwegian series Beforeigners also uses the idea of a mismatched cop duo, but with time-traveling refugees in Oslo instead of aliens. Both are a must-watch.

[@jooshozzono7249]

Be foreigners has a low second season pal v,:

[@Madbandit77]

Alien Nation was a movie first, premiering in 1988.

[@CERULEANSPIRAL]

I swear it felt like I was the only person who ever watched Alien Nation, lol. That and V.

[@Scarabswarm]

Alien Nation was awesome.

[@colinrobertson7580]

the fuel was for the drop ship which they didn't end up using all of the fuel for because the child was able to remotely access and activate the mother ship. the problem with the mother ship was mechanical, but the child found a work around that worked without the missing parts. there isn't really any reason that the ship wouldn't make it home. they were basically doing the equivalent of scrounging through the garbage dump for enough old batteries to charge an electric car up enough so that it could drive them to the airport.

[@The-Real-aPOC]

The fact that the aliens for once didn't end up in the US like every other movie was great.

[@gopet400]

I remember tricking my little cousin that this really happened, he actually believed me for a while lmao

[@SunnyThief]

you devil hahah

[@pickthestickup]

This is a powerful film. Underneath all the spectacle and visual effects is a story about the social divisions of apartheid, and about how people treat fellow people who happen to be refugees/immigrants, or socially considered to be "second-class citizens".

[@scivirus3563]

true but now the Aliens treat their own the same ..that the Story does not tell

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

The thing these stories' commentaries always ignore is the consequences after, like yeah we could allow aliens to integrate, but what then? Utter chaos and violence. Or in Elysium how it ends, so they turn the satellite into a shit hole too? Great!

[@brandontrammel4581]

Facts

[@Daniel-Strain]

@@scivirus3563 That sounds like when people try to make slavery sound less bad by saying that Africans also had slaves. That boat don't float.

[@HonestOpinions4u]

​@@Daniel-Strain and yet Africa still engages in slavery 😂😂

[@joeblankenship377]

Love this movie. It feels so real. The idea that an alien ship breaks down and a whole race of aliens are suddenly stranded on Earth--that feels like something that could actually happen. And the special effects are off the chain.

[@devika2545]

All with a budget of 30 million dollars. The pink panther, a comedy movie about a detective and the pink diamond had a budget of 80 million dollars for comparison.

[@WolfHreda]

1:25 That is sorta the meta joke here. In our movies, aliens always stop somewhere near the most famous landmarks, biggest cities, etc. And while Johannesburg is a refreshing change of pace, it was also a very deliberate choice of location. 21:10 Yup. And the point is that this is how we treat other humans already, let alone another species not from this planet. This movie is maybe the best representation of Apartheid-era South Africa you're going to find. If you want a movie starring the same guy that is a bit more fun and less brutally depressing, you should try Hardcore Henry.

[@gregmiller9431]

is hardcore henry also a South african flim or just stars the guy ?

[@WolfHreda]

@@gregmiller9431 it's Russian, but it stars Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth, and Haley Bennett.

[@MadcapMatt]

Sharlto Copley was also in a movie called Hardcore Henry directed by the guy who did Nobody. It's filmed in first person so you feel like an action hero.

[@areskristoffer]

It's really good, hope she reacts to it. More likes on this comment people.

[@hermanrobak1285]

17:15 For all I know, the lax security and weird priorities portrayed in this movie may be somewhat common place in South Africa. Then again, the plot of this movie is obviously allegorical satire, mashing realism and absurdity together.

[@gregmiller9431]

yeah it's common "from a South African"

[@soplam9555]

Since Wikus got transform into a prawn I think the substance is to turn any living creatures to that form to be able to travel in space so we don't really know what they really look like they migh have similar humanoid features as human.

[@gregmiller9431]

the aliens are based after a bug that squirts black ink but i like your theory

[@glennwelsh9784]

This movie came about after a planned movie adaptation of the video game Halo fell through. Peter Jackson was going to produce and Neill Blomkamp was set to direct despite Blomkamp being virtually unknown as a filmmaker. But I think video game developer Bungie - which owned Halo at the time - withdrew their approval of the project. Since Jackson and Blomkamp could no longer make a Halo movie without Bungie on board, the project was reworked into District 9, which is a feature length version of Blomkamp's short film "Alive in Joburg."

[@nicksanfilippo9513]

last year Blomkamp said development on a District 10 script had begun, so we may yet see Christopher come back. will be interesting to see how long of a gap they will use in the movie, if made

[@A-TOP-11]

There are some reactors that watch this movie and dislike main protagonist because he’s very selfish and cares about himself. Which I really like. Anyone in his shoe would act the same way but he does change his ways and start helping in the end. He’s a flawed character but that what makes me love about him. I’m so happy you reacted to this. This movie is very underrated and glad more people are watching this. ❤❤

[@arafatal-amin3240]

People should understand that sometimes the protagonist can be selfish, just like us, regular humans and that's completely normal.... And maybe that's why I like this movie so much

[@gastronomist]

The remake will have a female protagonist. She won't have flaws.

[@arafatal-amin3240]

@@gastronomist already hate the reboot

[@sproductionsinc]

Just depends how selfish you are or not.

[@heffatheanimal2200]

I wonder if there might be some societal/cultural elements to it? A mate of mine grew up in 80's/90's/00's Joburg, and he remembers a lot of older Afrikaners, especially in government and politics, who were very entitled and arrogant and struggled to conceal it. With the racial/Apartheid influence on the story, perhaps this is deliberate?

[@papahamdrew9962]

My favorite body horror film, truly quite disgusting but so well done. The effects and cgi are so good for such a low budget. There are talks of District 10 being worked on rn, but the director is currently busy with other projects. But Sharlto Copley says he would return in a heartbeat and is very excited

[@JarradIsSus1810]

It's still amazing this film was made in my country.Quite close to my city actually

[@xenoalways1474]

Sharlto Coplay is such a great actor. I didn't think that I wanted him to play Mad Dog Murdock on the A-Team. But, he killed that role and made me like him as Murdock, that the original guy from the TV show Please people, help me recommend to Vicky that she should watch that vastly underrated remake of a movie 🤣😁

[@vincenzobonadonna4556]

The A-Team is fantastic.

[@Madbandit77]

Howling Mad Murdock.

[@xenoalways1474]

@@Madbandit77 that's what it is dude. Thanks 😁 i was thinking about the drink 🤣

[@snakesocks]

The interviewed journalist with the beige jacket & blue shirt was the MoCap actor for Christopher.

[@Norp-i7m]

Cool.

[@Mangolite]

"District 9" was based on Neill Blomkamp's short film "Alive In Joburg." I love the short and often prank my friends by telling them it's real leaked footage from South Africa. However, the short has a documentary style similar to the movie, and the aliens look more like octopuses, like Davey Jones from "Pirates of the Caribbean," without the CGI. It's an understatement to say that I was surprised when I saw the trailer for "District 9", knowing what I was getting into, but after seeing it, I loved it. Sharlto Copley also played a different role in the short.

[@szeddezs]

22:45 He was not _harmless,_ he oversaw the forced resettlement of the Prawns.

[@davelewis8270]

yeah he literally murdered babies which is pretty harmful IMO

[@BryGoose]

She just meant the archetype

[@charlie7mason]

Banality of evil personified.

[@szeddezs]

@@BryGoose The archetype of a meek order follower? Read 'The banality of evil', or at least a synopsis.

[@rockymontanagarciamane]

@@szeddezsby himself he's harmless as shit that was her point 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Eisenhorne77]

Yeah we all have been waiting for District 10 !

[@larrybremer4930]

Finally a reviewer doing District 9. I lived in South Africa during apartheid and instantly recognized the intent of portraying that place and periods racist laws and treatment of minorities. The shanty town I recognized and is a real place named Soweto where people really lived (and maybe still live).

[@Carlos559Caps]

One movie I’ve been dying for a sequel. I remember watching this one in theaters! Soooo good!!

[@wafflebrothel7712]

I wouldn’t say this film is underrated. Just under appreciated. All of Neil’s movies and OATs studios projects. I see their stuff to be basically an example of a perfect depiction of science fiction. One of my top films of all time. And Neil Blomkamp is at least one of my top few directors.

[@MOSMASTERING]

This is the only reaction channel I watch. I just find it really comforting for some reason. All my other channels are science, music practice and production...

[@streamspoart2671]

Neill Blompkamp is underrated director, District 9, Elysium, Chappie and he always invited his high-school friend to his movie, Sharlto Copley

[@FilmmakerReactions]

Sector 10 is in the works now. We´ll finally know what happens ti Vikus and his alien friend.

[@beakersgarage383]

Is it really? I heard rumors it was squashed again. I've wanted a sequel since I saw this in theaters.

[@FilmmakerReactions]

@@beakersgarage383 I read in various sources that it will happen soon. I hope so. it was a really cool movie.

[@djpenders6393]

I watched this with my dad when i was about 8 and for years i thought it was a real documentary

[@bobthedestroyer6205]

Yeah lol if I saw this as a kid I would too, it really looks realistic

[@velzaresp8623]

I think district 9 is perfect setup for a video game. Factions, alien weapons, experimental weapons, mercenaries, corrupt corporations, meca suit...

[@lorddanielthesecond73]

As a South African, the corruption is underplayed. The crime and poverty is pretty accurate tho

[@YodatheHobbit]

I've had what happened to his fingernail happen to my tow before. Prior to it disintegrating from the bottom up, I dropped my grandfather's old WW II ammo box(use it to store batteries) on my big toe. Hurt big time. All better now, it took a while to grow back right though.

[@fonzylopez5806]

My fav moment in this movie is when wikkus kinda comes to the end of his complete turn around at the end. And he says 'take your boy and go home. you have to make it. dont make me go through all of this and not make it'.

[@stephenlackey5852]

There was a District 10 movie planned, but it never got off the ground. IMDb says “In Development” 15 years later…

[@zipzeolocke2]

Im surprised you never got to Aliens after you did Alien. it's one of the BEST sequels ever made

[@MrChava54]

I don't know why the line, "three years, I promise!" breaks my heart every time. He's genuinely swearing to him he'll come back and help him, but that's still so long. It destroys me me every time, man.

[@Regionzen]

Great reaction! This is a good movie, but IMO Neill Blomkamp's best movie is Chappie. Sharlto Copley really gets to shine in it. You would really enjoy it I believe, and no one has reacted to it yet. :)

[@TheBlond49]

Love the documentary style of this movie.

[@brianperkins2527]

Big throwback for me. Love watching you react to stuff like this. I was so lucky, I wandered into a $3 Matinee for this movie and it was empty. Got no notice and going in so blind blew my mind hard. Great movie!

[@howardandrews9593]

I thought this movie was crazy when I first saw it, took me a 2nd viewing to really get it and understand just how good it actually is. Definitely unique, and thought provoking, and also not your typical alien invasion movie. So many different ways to look at it, and to feel about the characters in it, especially the main human character and what he went thru. Great choice picking this one here, your the best V, ❤ your channel and your work.

[@tafaragadze6432]

Criminally underrated movie

[@cacho100uva]

I love this movie. Saw in theaters when it came out and probably have watched it half a dozen times since. And I'd say it's probably one of the most realistic sci-fis out there. I get you weren't specifically talking about this aspect but this movie's take on the alien - human relationship and the sociopolitical environment is just what you'd expect to transpire if something like this ever happened. We do this on a daily basis to our own kind, I can't imagine how terrible we would be to these poor guys. Of course it's also no coincidence it is set in South Africa too.

[@kantaria1138]

Omg yes, I love this movie, I always wished we could’ve had a semi sequel. But I also think an open ending like this is good.

[@Grizzlox]

If there's one movie I would pay hundreds of dollars to see a sequel to...

[@caramba10]

"Pretty unrealistic" in two words you have just shown you have no idea what the movie was about or even understood the deeper message it was conveying 🤣

[@sreyangovender3404]

Agree

[@JLH111176]

not only did they not cancel his codes for the lab, but when the mercenaries come in they have a clean unobstructed line of sight on to Wikus and they shoot all the bullets and all miss

[@TrentRushton]

You are absolutely right about villain monologue

[@BenjWarrant]

"No Mr Bond, I expect you to die."

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

the prawn CGI from 15 years ago, still more realistic than today's DC/MCU

[@gregmiller9431]

and i'ts not even form a blockbuster film company just from pretty much my back yard 🤣

[@Cuorion]

District 9 took place in South Africa for a reason. It's an allegory for the Apartheid.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Most military vehicles dont need a unique key to start and drive, just like tractors.

[@beageler]

Sharlto Copley is an amazing actor. Check him out in Hardcore Henry (and if the gimmick, being entirely in first person, of Hardcore Henry makes you apprehensive, don't be. It is not the easiest movie to watch, but it is very watchable).

[@chavian0]

If you like the flavor of this film, I highly recommend Chappie & Elysiuym. Both are also sci-fi and by the same director. He brings very thoughtful and humanist takes to this genre and warns us of the dangers of technology when misused.

[@ThemeOfSecrets]

One of the most gritty and most realistic movies in my eyes. The sci-fi element was unrealistic, yes. But the humanity, or inhumanity, was spot on. And I'm not talking about the aliens, of course.

[@MoneyGist]

Depends on your definition of aliens.

[@LordVolkov]

For basically the same premise in the 80s, but the aliens are treated slightly better (because they look more human 😅) - Alien Nation, with James Caan (RIP) and Mandy Patinkin (Inigo from Princess Bride)

[@BigGil103]

We’ve been waiting for the sequel for years lol it kept getting delayed as the director, Neil Blomkamp’s follow up movies didn’t do too well. He was supposed to do an Alien movie with Sigourney Weaver too but it was scrapped. He actually recently did the Gran Turismo movie and I thought it was pretty damn good, so there’s still hope for the District 9 sequel, Sharlto Copley is still so down to do it too lol

[@EslamNawito]

Great point you mentioned that no one does... for humans the ship fuel turns them to brawn like creatures, now were the aliens always in that shape? or did they mutate after using the fuel for intergalactic travel & exploration? Here I would recommend the movie "Pandorum"

[@areskristoffer]

With their tech being keyed to their DNA, I like to imagine that fluid allows them to turn various species they encounter into "prawns". So they can replenish their workforce as they go.

[@actualamateur149]

Ohh, Pandorum is so good.

[@GilbertoRodriguez-f6c]

The fuel was for the small ship to get to the mothership it took the prawn 20 years cause it did it with scrap of human technology but in the mothership it will take like a second to make the fuel

[@mikearmstrong8483]

Between District 9 and The Gods Must Be Crazy, I'm surprised there isn't more recognition of the South African film industry and more product coming from it.

[@dggydddy59]

No one ever watches The Gods Must Be Crazy for whatever reason. They're missing out though.

[@lordarchon2572]

We're a talented country, but our governing bodies are generally politically fueled and stifle success. The vision and capability are there, but we have too many gatekeepers. This is the case for us in many things. Sports... the arts... commerce etc.

[@NZBigfoot]

Just to note, MNU was not government... but a huge multinational company that took the role of working on the Prawn problem. Also id say no, District 9s VFX are nothing like Transformers... their far far better, especially when you consider the vast budget differences between the two movies. D9s mech and latter Chappie are some of the best integrated into live footage CGI to date (in my opinion), although its getting a smidge dated now.

[@do0ranfrump260]

Him. Aside from the Alien franchise there is Cowboys vs Aliens, Enemy Mine, Men in Black, StarMan, K-Pax, ET, Close Encounters, Arrivial, The Arrival, Signs, Contact, Buckaroo Banzai, 2001, 2010, Transformers, Startrek, The Last Star Fighter, The Fifth Element, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Flight Of The Navagator, Predator (although some say this is from the Aliens franchise), Species, Cloverfield, War of the Worlds, The Quiet Place. Wow there's still others I'm sure but I'd better stop. Lol

[@kefkaFollower]

17:26 this "highly protected +GOVERNMENT lab"

[@SuperDarkano]

unreal, seriously, the film is not about aliens, pay more attention to the world you live in, good reaction.

[@tfpp1]

Personally, yeah, I think they come back for him. Meanwhile, he has to literally live as a Prawn and he continuously sends those little origami flowers to his girl to let her know that he's still "out there", but he has to wait 3 years before they can be together again.

[@DankBlitzwing]

As a sci-fi nut, you have no idea how long I've been waiting for you to watch this masterpiece! Now i will patiently wait for a possible Transformers reaction (if you didn't already see it). "Elysium" and "CHAPPiE" are the ofher two movies in director Neil Blomkamp's spiritual trilogy "Blomkamp³".

[@vinceledezma8520]

I had hoped to see your reaction on the bad guys head explosion in the KZbin cut. Thanks😊

[@mesebak]

Maan this is one of my personal favourite Sci-fi movie period ….Spectral is also Good

[@Ali-bu6lo]

A sequel called District 10 has been in development but it's unclear when it will properly start.

[@MasterDirox]

lowkey one of my fave films

[@zamdrist]

Glad to see you reacted to this, its an underappreciated movie!

[@TheFabulousRBK]

People can say what they want, this has been in my top 5 since the first time I watched it.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

I hope that in a couple of years, when this movie turns 20 year, that they release a sequel which Christopher returns with a full blown alien armada against humanity.

[@Quixotic1018]

Peter Jackson and this director, Neill Blomkamp, were tapped to do Halo movie but that fell through. They took a lot of their production designs and notes for Halo and expanded on one of Blomkamp's first short films and made this movie, a loose allegory for apartheid and the treatment of refugees. Probably one of the more underappreciated sci fi films.

[@paneledmeteor33]

I like how the prawns talk

[@theawesomeman9821]

The poor living conditions of District 9 looks a lot like those of Soweto, South Africa.

[@bitterzombie]

I personally always thought that the prawns' love of catfood is indicating that they crave mercury, something that is toxic to us is like an essential vitamin for them. Their technology is shown to have a biological interface, hence why it only functions for them. I think this is such an interesting point, like it says initially that they arrived malnourished, but humans would have no way of knowing what sort of nutritional needs an alien species would even have. I am guessing that the biological needs of the species is the same as the chemical needs of the technology- which is a clever metaphor, that meeting the needs of a society means meeting the needs of the individuals within it.

[@dailyrider2975]

17:20 Well I'm sure they are going to HR and IT with, "we are secretly planning to chop and examine a former employee, please remove all security clearances. " Especially with him escaping. I'm sure it would fall through the cracks.

[@TrentRushton]

I wonder how many movies and shows show humans as the enemy, the only two I can remember is "Enemy Mine" and "Alien Nation", there are probably more but those two are the only two I can recall.

[@dnish6673]

Avatar I guess. In a way, Starship Troopers.

[@19nzinga]

Great reaction! I’m glad you reacted to this.

[@hazyrob]

I REALLY hope this is the start of a Neill Blomkamp movie marathon! 🙏🙏🙏

[@EdmontonRealEstate01]

Two more great movie wth Charlto Copley in it (the actor who plays Wikus) are Elysium and Chappie.

[@kv2315]

If you liked this movie i can recomend you "Chappie" its from the same regisseur and aso takes place in South Africa. A very underrated movie in my opinion.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

Just imagine what Blomkamp's Alien movie would have been like.

[@s1p0]

This would explain, where huge amount of cat food goes. I keep buying new ones, but my cat is small. 🤣

[@eowyns4181]

I love how this movie really put into perspective how inhuman people can be. The parallels with the holocaust and obviously de appartheid are astonishing and a good example of how people can be manipulated into thinking anything because it fits their narrative. 'prawns are aggressive and disgusting and a threat to our way of life.' Sounds familiar doesn't it.

[@sinelo3965]

I understand that their transformation was completed after some time

[@dannywimbish7729]

i believe this was based off of or in referance to a video GAME. Also Wikas reappears in the ATEAM

[@lassesipila6418]

For more Neill Blomkamp goodness and scifi in Johannesburg, I highly recommend Chappie (2015), this time with robots instead of aliens.

[@MadcapMatt]

Apparently they are actually working on a sequel to this movie.

[@hitmixhyepock9405]

I wouldn't say its unrealistic......its a real possibility as far as tech/aliens and the encounter.

[@Dugrath]

I wish district 10 would come out! This movie needs a follow up!

[@shanepye7078]

Between this and “Elysium”, Sharlto is a great actor. Two opposite roles.

[@LexoG33]

This came out the same year as Avatar! I love Avatar, but this is by far the more realistic and original film. I got so much anxiety from the body horror the first time I watched this, and I couldn't resist when I saw the blu-ray at Best Buy. To this day people ask the creator if there will be a sequel. I think he wants to do it, but he doesn't want it to disappoint the cult following this movie has gained.