The film was directed by Neil Blomkomp, who shows talent and imagination as he delivers one of the more intelligent, engaging and original films to hit theaters in quite a while, and it really impressed me. It begins with an alien spacecraft coming to Johannesburg. The extraterrestrial creatures on board are evacuated from their ship to a special detainment area referred to as District 9.
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