Clive Nicoli – (Adrien Brody) and Elsa Kast – (Sarah Polley) are two genetic scientists who are told to stop their groundbreaking work in gene splicing after combining multiple DNA’s into one brand new organism, part plant, part animal, all gross. But the new life form has the huge potential for medical benefits, and profits. So, feeling like they are close to creating something special, one decides to add some human DNA to the mix. What they create is a hybrid life form like nothing anyone has ever seen. As the new…thing starts to grow at an accelerated rate, Clive and Elsa must not only keep the new creature secret, but find somewhere it can live while they study it. While it keeps evolving and changing, the makeshift parents have to deal with its/her new attitudes and issues while also dealing with their own.

So whats the final word on this one… It does boast some really good creature effects and in the beginning, the movie is kind of interesting, it just never picks up the pace or grows the balls to becomes the scary movie it was marketed as. It’s just a waste in the end and kind of gross. You can totally pass on this one. There are plenty of better movies in this genre. Just about all of the them.

Jake Sully – Sam Worthington is called upon to take the place of his deceased brother in a mostly military, part scientific program called Avatar. The scientists take human DNA and combine it with alien DNA to make a hybrid life form that can be remotely controlled by it’s human consciousness, so, when they link the brain patterns, you now control the body of a Na’vi, a twelve to fifteen foot tall blue life form from the planet Pandora. The humans have been there for five years now. Teaching the Na’vi English and trying to build some sort of friendship so they can take advantage of the Na’vi and plunder the natural resources of the beautiful lush forest/jungle world. To get their hands on the rare mineral that may save the Earth, Jake is enlisted to be sort of a double agent. Gain the Na’vi trust by becoming one of them, then hopefully finding a weakness that will give the humans the edge they need to clear them out of their home tree, which sits right on the richest mineral deposit on the planet. Jake meets Neytiri – Zoe Saldana, while almost being killed on his first night in the jungle, and his loyalties come in to question. Jake soon understands that he is playing for the wrong team and decides to help the Na’vi defend their land against the greedy human invaders. The journey and the discovery of this new life form and their wonderful planet are nothing short of spectacular.

You can draw similarities to almost any major problems facing our planet and human condition you like. Consumption, technology, war, greed, or anything from our past. The American Indians, Vietnam, racism, and thats just a few. The story has been told many times before, in almost every type of setting you can think of. Many movies have had this same plot before, but the difference is, this isn’t just another movie. This is a mans vision and conviction to tell a story that means something to him and is relevant to the times we live in. Nothing short of an absolute masterpiece that will be copied (unsuccessfully) and revered for years to come. If you are a human (and you haven’t seen it yet) don’t miss this movie.

28 years ago an alien space craft stalled high above Johannesburg South Africa. When the humans finally get inside they discovery an entire race of extra terrestrials (about a million) starving and sick. The government quickly sets up a refuge camp below the broken ship in an attempt to nurse the aliens (called Prawns) back to health, and keep them in one place. As the aliens begin to venture out into the city and cause trouble and the camp soon gets walls and becomes part ghetto, part concentration camp. The “aliens rights” bill is past, and it looks like the Prawn’s are here to stay. The human population reaches its end with the alien problem as their numbers have increased to almost two million, and wants them moved out of the city. A government group called MNU decides to relocate the alien population 200 miles away to a new tent city called District 10. This movie is about what happens when you try and evict two million alien life forms from a slum they have been oppressed in for 25 years.

District 9 is as original and entertaining as any alien movie in the last decade. The special effects only help with the realism, they don’t take over the movie. The best part of this movie is the story and, the interaction of the characters. Harsh, gross, and in the end, sad and heart felt. There are no excuses why you haven’t seen this movie yet.