KcMsterpce posted a MOVIE REVIEW item:
6 months ago

| Directed by: |
Neill Blomkamp |
| Written by: |
Neill Blomkamp |
| Cast: |
Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William Allen Young, Vanessa Haywood, Kenneth Nkosi, Devlin Brown
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| Studio: |
Sony Pictures |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Official Site: |
www.d-9.com |
Plot: 20 years earlier, an alien ship parks over Johannesburg. Instead of coming to really understand or integrate the creatures and their technology with ours, they are segregated into a slum - just like what really happens in Africa with different races of Africans. Get it?
Blatant disregard for the lack of humanity of the creatures is reinforced throughout the movie, only to show us - the audience - that they, too, have feelings! And heart! We should learn to not be racially discriminant!
Oh yeah, and a dude sprays his face with a black smudge that turns his DNA into a melded version of human and alien, making weapons formerly unusable by humans a possibility for the guy. Here's the irony; he becomes the lab rat! Get it?
Review:
Oh boy... ANOTHER one of those damned movies that everyone loves but me. I'm going to get sideblinded by naysayers all over the movie forums now. I'm going to keep this brief, and loose... [more]
Kimiko... she's telling me a joke!