"District 9": In this movie about twenty years ago, an alien ship from outer space appears over Johannesburg, South Africa. Before long, millions of the giant, shrimp-like aliens, derogatorily referred to as "Prawns" are herded into a tent city slum and are forbidden to roam among humans. People of all kinds hate them, feel comtempt for them, and sometimes even kill them for little or no reason. Superstitious people even eat their body parts in hopes of gaining their "power". Ironically, the Prawns have advanced weaponry, but they opt not to use it on their human oppressors. Also, these weapons can only be wielded by the aliens.
Wikus Van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is in charge of evicting the Prawns from their tent city, and corral them into a guarded refugee camp. Somehow, while attempting to evict the Prawns a mishap occurs and one character undergoes a transformation, kind of like Gregor Samsa in Franz Kafka's novella "Metamorphosis". Once the powers that be discover the transformation, the military and government plot to dissect and kill him for biotech and military weapon purposes. The mutated character manages to escape and reluctantly helps some of the Prawns in order to survive. This movie is an allegory of apartheid, racism, militarism, and man's inhumanity to others. The first half of the movie was slow-paced, but after the transformation the movie has action aplenty. I rather liked this movie. Also, Peter Jackson, director of "The Lord of the Rings" series directed this film.
"G-Force" in 3-D A kid's movie about anthropomorphic, talking guinea pigs, a mole, and a housefly who are secretly spies, who just may save humanity from an evil plot. There were some funny moments, but the movie would appeal more to very young kids;not so much adults. Save your money and wait until it's on video or television.
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