7.9IMDb758k votes
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
With Sharlto Copley · Jason Cope · Nathalie Boltt
the vibe
- 🧠 intelligent
- ✨ visual spectacle
- ending register:ambivalent
the story
A company agent contracts a virus that alters his DNA, forcing him to seek refuge in a segregated alien district.
the plot
contains spoilers
- an alien spaceship appears over johannesburg, south africa in 1982
- the south african government confines the aliens to an internment camp called district 9
- a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his dna
- the field agent hides in district 9 after contracting the virus
awards & recognition
- Oscar Nominee
- Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- 32 wins & 117 nominations total.
where to watch
not on any of our streamers yet.
