These posters were pasted around North America as part of the marketing campaign for the lastest sci-fi movie, District 9. Public toilets, buses, everywhere lah.
This is the one line synopsis according to imdb.com:
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.
Mum and I watched the first screening of District 9 on the opening day (today lah). The cinema was rather empty. Perhaps trailers weren't shown, and publicity very little around here?
The actors aren't well known. D9 is director Neill Blomkamp's debut. With the help of producer Peter Jackson (LOTR guy), it is a very commendable debut. This sci fi movie is filmed like a documentary.
This movie has very good fighting scenes. Those alien guns make machine guns look like water guns. Don't even talk about Transformers.
My gripe is that there isn't much about the separation between aliens and humans-the movie concentrated more on the relocation work. I mean, after all that marketing blitz, you expect to see more of why the separation, right?
The cat and mouse game between MNU and the Nigerians made up for that lack though.
Be warned, D9 might be grosser than you think. As gross as last year's gruesome Sweeny Todd.
Here's a sneak preview (not the trailer)
Rating: 7.8/10
1 comment:
The trailer looks cool. Wanna go watch this one!
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