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Distric 9 - Go and see it!

For a multitude of reasons!!!  The top reason on my list being that it proves that South African films doesn't have to be the dreg that we've come to accept as standard fare SA films these days.  Bakgat, Poena is Koning, Mama Jack, etc., all comes to mind.

Don't get me wrong, those movies are good and well in their own right and when I'm in the right mood, I find them entertaining myself...  But ja, they're just not on the same level.

So, again, go and see it!  A South African movie (that's not a drama, a la Tsotsi) that we can truly be proud of.  If I hadn't know it was South African and/or didn't recognize more than a smattering of South African actors, I could have easily believed that it came straight from Hollywood without so much as a South African's pinkie finger touching it.  For a sci-fi action movie, it's just that good.  And it's just that entertaining.  If you don't do sci-fi and/or action, then go get Tsotsi from the DVD shop :-)

Official site:  http://www.district9movie.com/
Write-up on Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_9
IMDB entry:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/