This movie was such a bizarre experience. It portrayed a relatively peaceful alien encounter with modern earth in what is arguably the most realistic way it possibly could. I have no doubt we would, after a few years of novelty, end up treating them and behaving exactly like this. Living out life with a mothership hovering overhead like it’s just another piece of the scenery, grouching about the “damn bugs,” and generally continuing to be just as petty and uncaring as we were before we encountered them.
It was never about aliens, it was about refugees. The fact it was aliens with technology we wanted to reverse engineer made it worse. This was filmed in a real slum, the government was clearing it out and finally demolished it after the filming was done. In the beginning of the movie, when the residents were complaining about the aliens, IRL, they weren't talking about aliens, but IRL human refugees .
Jews from Hollywood saw they would not be able to maintain the standard set by the director, so they instead made him to kneel before them and swear to never commit the sin of going off-grid ever again. Thats why the sequel was never made.
The alien Kid activating the ship and all the Alien devices is very cool and it provides a way for Wikus to escape not lazy writing but awesome writing
@@Godbullet98 Christopher lied though, its been ALOT more than three years and not only is wikus just been out here making metal flowers the whole time
I watched this movie 2 years after it came out and from what I understood it didn’t do as good until a quiet a few years after it’s release, and grew a fan base. I assume that’s why they weren’t in a hurry to release a sequel since the fan base didn’t come until almost a decade after. But coming back to this movie again and I never realized how much I actually liked the prawns in this movie lmao imagine having one as a friend almost 💀
My only complaint is I feel the gang leader's death was too humane, it would've been cool if there was some weapon that could melt his skin off while he's alive and shrieking or something like that, a more fitting punishment for that psychopath
@@xKevmachinex I’m planning on getting the 4K version soon so I give you what I truly believe this prawn dog/insect is doing, but yeah I agree that it might be taking tissue for food just like a spider when preparing flys
yes men, keep shooting the power armor that is catching and suspending all your bullets midflight. Ignore the other heavier weapons you possess that have a chance of actually doing damage to it.
There are over 50 African countries even before you include ethnicities, races and tribal allegiances. So yes people in some countries dislike those from specific other countries there. Having worked with people from many different African nations they have the same attitude as people from other continents do. I know that the South African and Nigerian immigrants that I have worked with do not get along which is slightly odd since the nations are far apart but then both are also competing for most powerful Sub-Saharan African country or maybe it's just a sports thing lol.
@@Ushio01 there's more ethnicities inside of Africa than the rest of the world combined, they can also can claim credit for the most recent genocides in history. What people in the west fail to realize is that same skin color doesn't mean same race, they measured the bridge of the nose to decide who died in Darfur.
Stupid because bullets don’t look like that o be they have been fired from a gun….it is only the small tip which is the projectile…. So I do t understand how this magnet is collecting all the casings? The casing of the bullet is not fired from the gun? This is stupid!!
@@aye_its_sparky7164 the movie is supposed to reflect on humanity, "what would you do if Damocles sword was hanging above your head". But to me it didn't click, too many lowlifers doing whatever.
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a robot suit that attacks that protects you even if you are not wearing it and when it sees you in danger ,.....thats so cool
I think the alien kid was controlling it remotely before Wikus gets in.
Titanfall
@@israelite2204 Yup that's an ion prototype for sure
@@israelite2204 this suit has no AI as BT7
Where my Titanfall fans at
The scene where the biosuit was literally catching bullets was badass.
And then shot them back 🤣👍
The bullet-ball rocks
The same mechanics also implemented by Vortex Shield in Titanfall
what an unnecessary use of the word "literally"
I feel like this is something that the game Titanfall did as well. Maybe the game devs got inspired by it? 😉
This movie was such a bizarre experience. It portrayed a relatively peaceful alien encounter with modern earth in what is arguably the most realistic way it possibly could. I have no doubt we would, after a few years of novelty, end up treating them and behaving exactly like this. Living out life with a mothership hovering overhead like it’s just another piece of the scenery, grouching about the “damn bugs,” and generally continuing to be just as petty and uncaring as we were before we encountered them.
It was never about aliens, it was about refugees. The fact it was aliens with technology we wanted to reverse engineer made it worse.
This was filmed in a real slum, the government was clearing it out and finally demolished it after the filming was done.
In the beginning of the movie, when the residents were complaining about the aliens, IRL, they weren't talking about aliens, but IRL human refugees .
Depends on where it landed.
@@marcdumont2275 OP assumes everyone is a liberal socialist.
That's because humans suck.
RSA is not modern Earth.. it is a World's anus.
The first aliens visit Earth film where the aliens immediately want to leave again lol.
You ever been on a road trip and stop for gas in the wrong (inbred) town?
I've been on the road and been thru big cities in America. You prejudiced ass.
They stopped at Africa what do you expect if it was china they would of try eating them
Haha! E.T though
@@texasfalcon3611 did you not watch the movie, the people in the movie did eat them 💀
That mech was doing better in auto mode
i mean he was controlling an alien machine, it's not as easy as pulling a trigger
Not auto mode the alien kid done it
Yeah that's definitely true I've noticed that when I first saw the movie when I was like 9 years old 😂
The bullet catcher would have been very useful later on, he could have tanked nearly all their hits.
I thought the same thing when i saw this. He should have gotten in the suit for protection and let the Prawn control it remotely
I wish we could get a sequel to this.
we are. soon
@@winzneverwinsx7638 how true is this? I haven't heard anything.
@@Matt-np3wk it should be in production now
I'd Go see it.
Jews from Hollywood saw they would not be able to maintain the standard set by the director, so they instead made him to kneel before them and swear to never commit the sin of going off-grid ever again. Thats why the sequel was never made.
2022 and the cgi still amaze me
This movie never get's old
Yeah somehow they did better on this than hundreds of bigger budget movies that came after.
@@Vikingwerk Yeah, like Jurrasic Park. The special effects in that 30 year old movie are better than the newer versions
Great work at 1:22. The head explosion sound is especially visceral
FUck...*head explosion*
This actually might be one of my fav vfx/action sequences ever. So expertly done! 👌🏼
The alien Kid activating the ship and all the Alien devices is very cool and it provides a way for Wikus to escape not lazy writing but awesome writing
Made with just US$30mi. This director is a miracle man
This cgi looks very impressive
The humans wanted the aliens gone, but when they activate their ship to leave the humans try and stop them.
They wanted the aliens off their territory, but they still wanted the aliens’ technology for themselves. Maximum greed with zero hospitality.
They were also concerned that after treating them so horribly for so long that they'd return with an invasion force
This is absolutely an awesome movie a must-see I wish they'd finished the series out
The 2nd one is in production.
@@Godbullet98 Christopher lied though, its been ALOT more than three years and not only is wikus just been out here making metal flowers the whole time
Name please?
@@bq1013 They’ve been saying that for like a decade tho…
@@maazypaaz Yeah? Avatar 2 was in production for 10 years. Quality over quantity.
The bullet magnet is my new alien must have
His head inflating was a funny death. The bullet gathering was so badass.
That suit was like titan fall with some of the guns but way cooler
def looks like the Ions energy shield and has the same effect on bullets lol
this movie came out 5 years before Titanfall.
Awesome news that District 10 has been confirmed by Blomkamp.
I just hope it’s true to the original and not twisted into modern day bullshit for a quick buck. Cause this movie was a mf masterpiece
No way
Ur shitn me? Go real! 👍
@@Diamondsintherubble don’t get your hopes up.
OMG YES
That dude’s death was so damm hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Obesandjo was absolutely mind blown by the impressive technology of the mech suit
Good job on the sound design!!
I think this is the only comment that mentions it, thank you! It's probably a good sign no-ones mentioned it anyway.
I love how that guy's brain just farts😂😂😂
Can’t wait for the sequel 👽
me too!!
This should be a video game! 🎮
Titanfall
I watched this movie 2 years after it came out and from what I understood it didn’t do as good until a quiet a few years after it’s release, and grew a fan base. I assume that’s why they weren’t in a hurry to release a sequel since the fan base didn’t come until almost a decade after. But coming back to this movie again and I never realized how much I actually liked the prawns in this movie lmao imagine having one as a friend almost 💀
Outstanding sound design
Thank you! Appreciate it
So aliens come to earth and basically make a homeless camp and become crack addicts.
From what I remember they was drifting for years and was running out of food
Cat-food addicts
gravity gun for the win
The weapon effects in this movie are awesome, worthy of some AAA shooter
This movie is beautiful!
Such a classic film.
1:22
I swear to satan, the cgi in this movie is timeless
The mech looks a bit meh but awesome for such low budget either way
It aged pretty damn well
When Christopher Johnson looks out of the truck and sees the ship moving overhead that scene is amazing not flashy just realistic
0:32 this sound Is so cool.
Thanks bro
I’m patiently waiting for part 2. Still
Watching the insane Voodoo gang die is far more satisfying than it should be
1:19 that was funny
This movie freaked me out but I watched it all
I should’ve watched this more than one when it was in theaters
We need a sequel!!!!!
This movie is amazing
Mercenaries vs Militia vs Exosuit MNU Fight Saving Wikus Scene in District 9 (2009)
Shit,....I'll go out to a theater for D10?
I laughed out loud when that criminal boss took a grenade to the head.
yes I'm going to jam myself
Head popper - my favorite part.
1:02 badass collecting all the bullets.
Great re sound.
Thanks man!!
This is probably the main inspiration for titanfall
Best movie EVER!
Biosuit: you have a gun? How cute.
this movie hit the gas HARD at the end
this movie haunted and traumatized me for years
we need part 2!!!
Lol in the beginning homeboy seriously cant hit the helicopter that close
1:20 to 1:25 LOL
If they so worried bout the ship why they ain't just blow it out the sky before Chris got on bored
1:23 lol HAHA
Someone wanted sequel about this movie when this man become a prawn warlord... here you go.. enjoy 1:23 😂😂🤣🤣
1:20 heads up you thirsty ?want a can of cola here you go mate
Still listening friends 🙏👍👍
This suit would the king in war. Opps I mean defending good
Great film
This is awesome!!
He should have let the mech do the job.
IT microwaved his head ...hahahahaha
Uf that system looks a Like Titan Fall 1.
The memorable audio of this scene, like the mothership waking up, seems to have been scrambled in this upload. Compare to other uploads. Pity.
Ah, you rescored it. Sorry for overlooking. Practice makes perfect, keep at it man.
😂
Satisfactory Death 1:22
Damn good movie
So satisfying 1:23 😌
It’s time for part 2
I don’t trust Blomkamp anymore, will probably be ass now
We need more gore like this in other movies.
Loves this part 🤭
Awesome!!!
This actually started pre-production as a Halo movie.
No, it didnt. But the creator DID make it to prove he could make a halo movie if he wanted to.
@@israelite2204 www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2009/07/district-9-rises-from-ashes-of-halo/amp
Im here because of Idle Office Tycoon
I like this movie
This is the type of shit why they won't come here
"cheeky fukin prawn".. .
The director of this movie wanted to make a Halo movie
My only complaint is I feel the gang leader's death was too humane, it would've been cool if there was some weapon that could melt his skin off while he's alive and shrieking or something like that, a more fitting punishment for that psychopath
HE PROMISED DISTRICT 10
THEN DID ELYSIUM
STOP PROCRASTINATING
Remind titanfall
01:03 - 01:20 Titanfall Vortex Shield in real life
@2:08 what the heck is that thing? thats not a prawn is it? is it eating that corpse?
I was thinking the same thing
@@GioElMero its either eating the corpse or perhaps removing tissue for someone else. perhaps its like a prawns "dog"
@@xKevmachinex I’m planning on getting the 4K version soon so I give you what I truly believe this prawn dog/insect is doing, but yeah I agree that it might be taking tissue for food just like a spider when preparing flys
@Thomas Vavrusco oh dam. looked like a different species. so thats a baby prawn nice
Its a shrimp
Hopefully first contact goes a little smoother. But 3 years? Was the alien guy using a different watch or something?
Most likely he was defining years from his home world
1:22👉 🤤🤯
yes men, keep shooting the power armor that is catching and suspending all your bullets midflight. Ignore the other heavier weapons you possess that have a chance of actually doing damage to it.
super duper tazer to the head...
2 part please!!!
This is a very balanced and reasonable account of Africans.
There are over 50 African countries even before you include ethnicities, races and tribal allegiances. So yes people in some countries dislike those from specific other countries there. Having worked with people from many different African nations they have the same attitude as people from other continents do.
I know that the South African and Nigerian immigrants that I have worked with do not get along which is slightly odd since the nations are far apart but then both are also competing for most powerful Sub-Saharan African country or maybe it's just a sports thing lol.
@@Ushio01 there's more ethnicities inside of Africa than the rest of the world combined, they can also can claim credit for the most recent genocides in history. What people in the west fail to realize is that same skin color doesn't mean same race, they measured the bridge of the nose to decide who died in Darfur.
@@whatsmolly5741 Damn straight
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Nexttttttttttttttttttttt
juuuuuuuuuuu
0:56 😃🔫😆💥💥💥💥💥😂
Titanfall.
Класс.
Stupid because bullets don’t look like that o be they have been fired from a gun….it is only the small tip which is the projectile…. So I do t understand how this magnet is collecting all the casings? The casing of the bullet is not fired from the gun? This is stupid!!
Are we watching the same movie? Typical ak47 bullets are this big, bullets are well 1:17
This movie looks stupid.....gees
The movie was boring af. Seemed like there is not point, humans don't want the aliens and the aliens want to leave yet here they are doing whatever
Close minded way of looking at the film.... but okay
clearly didn't watch the full movie, their ship is kaput somehow, so they can't leave even if they wanted too.
@@aye_its_sparky7164 they still wanted to leave. I don't know, I guess it's a matter of taste.
@@Billswiftgti doesn't matter if they wanted to leave or not they either lacked the knowledge or means to leave earth.
@@aye_its_sparky7164 the movie is supposed to reflect on humanity, "what would you do if Damocles sword was hanging above your head". But to me it didn't click, too many lowlifers doing whatever.
I heard the Atari 2600 pacman death noise lol