District 9

District 9 tries to do a few interesting things, and it largely succeeds. However, I think it also demonstrates the director’s, Neill Blomkamp’s, flaws that would come out more fully in his next two films, Elysium and Chappie.

In an alternate reality where a huge alien ship floats derelict over Johannesburg, South Africa, the country has been trying to deal with the over one million, essentially, refugees that have suddenly arrived. Initial hope led to conflict led to strife led to separation, ...