First review: “District 9”

Kirk Honeycutt from the Hollywood Reporter digs the movie:

Combining the very best of the postwar sci-fi movies with their trenchant political undertones and pulse-pounding dynamism and contemporary movie technology that can blend aliens seamlessly into a realistic human world of urban and moral decay, “District 9” flirts with greatness. This science fiction film from South African-born Canadian Neill Blomkamp, a protege of Peter Jackson, who produced the film, stumbles in a few crucial areas but even so it’s a helluva movie. No true fan of science fiction — or, for that matter, cinema — can help but thrill to the action, high stakes and suspense built around a very original chase movie.

Woo-hoo! We’ve been pimping District 9 for awhile here and here. Can’t wait to see it. How about you?

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