District 9 (2009)

Movie Details

Original Title District 9

Original Language EN

Budget $30,000,000

Revenue $210,888,950

Status Released

Popularity 5.9

Cast

Sharlto Copley

Wikus van de Merwe

Popularity: 1.1

Jason Cope

Christopher Johnson / Grey Bradnam / Trent

Popularity: 0.6

Nathalie Boltt

Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist

Popularity: 1.0

Sylvaine Strike

Dr Katrina McKenzie

Popularity: 0.6

Elizabeth Mkandawie

Interviewee

Popularity: 0.1

John Sumner

Les Feldman - MIL Engineer

Popularity: 1.4

William Allen Young

Dirk Michaels

Popularity: 0.7

Nick Blake

Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team

Popularity: 0.4

Greg Melvill-Smith

Interviewer

Popularity: 0.2

Robert Hobbs

Ross Pienaar

Popularity: 5.2

Vanessa Haywood

Tania van de Merwe

Popularity: 0.4

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Morena Busa Sesatsa

Interviewee

Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Neill Blomkamp

Producer Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham

Executive Producer Bill Block, Elliot Ferwerda, Ken Kamins

Editor Julian Clarke

Writer Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

Production

TriStar Pictures

Block / Hanson

WingNut Films

District 9

Videos & Trailers

District 9 - Featurette - 1080p

Featurette

District 9 - Clip "Eviction" - 1080p

Clip

District 9 - Clip "Arrival" - 1080p

Clip

Smash

Teaser

Go behind the scenes of District 9 with Peter Jackson

Behind the Scenes

They Rise

Teaser

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 9/10

Aug 16, 2016

This was an outstanding debut by the New Zealander Blomkamp. Consistently enthralling and keeping one at the edge of his seat. THIS is a recent film, like 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World', that should have spawned sequels. Much better than his follow-up, 'Elysium' (I haven't watched ... Read more

Kamurai 9/10

Jul 19, 2020

Great watch, will watch again, and highly recommended. This has a wonderfully exciting premise: alien refugees on Terra, how Terrans react and how the aliens react. The premise, as delivered, has some odd holes in though: it's specified that all of the crew have died, mysteriously, and no one kn ... Read more

AstroNoud 9/10

Jan 15, 2022

A gritty and original story that is as entertaining as thought-provoking, combining xenophobic satire and political allegory with raucous action. 8/10