The alien race's true name is never learned; they are primarily referred to as "prawns", a derogatory term referring to the bottom-feeding sea creature they resemble or, more rarely, "non-humans". Overcrowding and militarization eventually turn the area into a slum known as District 9.
The prawns, aliens, outlanders, or non-humans of District 9 are a spacefaring race of sentient beings, with highly advanced technology and spaceship engineering. Their reasons for coming and/or colonizing on Earth are unknown so far.
The Nigerians were a street gang operating. Of persumed Nigerian origin. They dealt with the non-humans, selling them cat food and buying weapons from them. They were led by Obsanjo.
The Aliens in the movie, pejoratively called “Prawns”, are forcibly contained within an area known as District 9. The clear allegory here is to District 6, and the aliens are taking the metaphorical place of those “colored” South Africans who were displaced during the apartheid.
The aliens in District 9 were designed by Weta Workshop, and the design was executed by Image Engine. Blomkamp wanted the aliens to maintain both humane and barbaric features in the design of the creatures.
The Potentially DISEASED Alien Anatomy of The Prawns Species in District 9 Explored
Why was District 9 banned?
Akunyili explained, "We feel very bad about this because the film clearly denigrated Nigeria's image by portraying us as if we are cannibals, we are criminals." She was referring to the scene where Eugene Khumbanyiwa's main gangster character, Obesandjo, tries to cut off and eat the arm of Wikus in an attempt to gain ...
The film is banned in Nigeria because the government felt the film portrayed Nigerians as gangsters and cannibals. Star Sharlto Copley had not acted before and had no intention of pursuing an acting career. He stumbled into the leading role as director Neill Blomkamp placed him on camera during the short film.
After teasing his interest in the idea ever since the release of District 9, Blomkamp revealed that development in the District 10 script had officially begun and that he would be co-writing the sequel with Sharlto Copley and Terri Tatchell.
At the end of the movie, Wikus is seen, now a complete Prawn, making a flower for his beloved wife. A fully transformed Wikus, notice the heterochromia in his eyes, no other Prawn in District 9 shows this apart from Wikus.
The film is a thinly-disguised allegory for the Apartheid regime that ruled in South Africa from 1948 to 1994: it was a system of forced racial segregation, where non-whites were relegated to second class citizenry and whites dominated the country, running the government and getting the best jobs and land.
He realizes that the alien lives are worth just as much as his, so he essentially sacrifices himself so Christopher and CJ can escape. The final shot of the film shows that Wikus has fully transformed into an alien and leaves anonymous gifts at his wife's door to show he's still thinking of her.
14. The name District 9 is also a reference to an area called District 6 near Cape Town that was also the scene of a mass 'resettlement' in the 1960s. 15. One of the main languages of areas such as District 6 was Xhosa, which incorporates many vocal 'clicks', similar to the aliens in the film.
District 10, the long-awaited District 9 sequel, is possibly writer and director Neill Blomkamp's chance to right the wrongs of his cursed film career. The breakout movie that kicked off Blomkamp's career, District 9 is a science fiction-found footage drama set in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Their reasons for coming and/or colonizing on Earth seem to be extreme poverty and mistreatment, as shown by the fact that they were, "living in conditions that were, really not so good", before their arrival on Earth. Not much has changed.
The Fluid probably powers their everyday technology on their home planet. It also seems to contain prawn DNA, where the observed effects of coming into contact with Wikus seemed to initiate a genetic reaction, eventually resulting in his apparent transformation into a Prawn.
Christopher initally refuses to leave him, but Wikus convinces him to and Christopher promises to return in three years to cure Wikus and makes it to the drop ship where he reunites with his son.
It's pretty clear that Wikus becomes a full-on alien by the end of District 9, and you'd be forgiven for wondering if there's any scrap of humanity left in him at all. Throughout the film, Wikus slowly loses control of himself and acts in increasingly strange, alien ways.
Chappie, District 9, and Elysium were connected by the Tetravaal conglomerate: the morally dubious company at the center of Chappie. Chappie focused on Tetravaal's robotics division. The logos for Tetravaal's security divisions could be spotted in the found footage hit District 9.
To this day, District 9 is one of my favorite movies. It is a masterpiece, evoking emotion with artistic imagery and superb acting. I love the plot, the effects, and how the allegory for the apartheid is carefully worked in, but visible to all viewers. A must-see for all sci-fi fans!!
Parents need to know that this gritty, buzzworthy sci-fi epic filmed in South Africa (and produced by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson) is full of extremely realistic, bloody violence, including severed limbs, lots of bodies, piles of high-tech weapons, and even torture.
District 9 was a groundbreaking sci-fi hit with an original premise that explored themes of prejudice and apartheid in South Africa. Director Neill Blomkamp's success with District 9 led to other projects, but his follow-up films, Elysium and Chappie, didn't have the same impact.
When the movie's main character, MNU agent Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley), was sprayed with a liquid fuel that would help the prawns escape earth, he became quite ill, kicking off his own transformation into a prawn.
A man's arm is shot off (we see the severed limb and blood). A cylindrical grenade gets shot into a man's forehead. It sits imbedded for a brief moment and then explodes his head with blood and gore covering the whole screen.
