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District 9

Name: District 9
Released: 2009

2009

Decades after a stranded alien ship left its refugees confined to a squalid Johannesburg slum, a bureaucrat overseeing their forced relocation is exposed to an alien substance that begins to transform him into the most wanted being on earth. Neill Blomkamp's inventive sci-fi allegory.

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Part of 8 Movies Set in or About South Africa

This film is stop 2 of 8 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about South Africa. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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