Though it comes in at the tail end, District 9 is easily one of the best movies of the summer.
The story is this: Decades ago a space ship appeared above Earth, coming to a standstill above Johannesburg, South Africa. Growing anxious with the lack of contact, humans decided after months of waiting to take the first step, cutting into the ship to gain access. What they found were millions of malnourished aliens (or “prawns”). Unable to leave the planet, it was decided that in order to “help” the prawns, they would be placed in a sort of shantytown, watched closely over by the militant eye.
