District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009) is "-- a lower-budget science-fiction film with amazing effects, thrilling action, and, most importantly, emotional and intellectual depth." (James Rocchi, Common Sense Media). It has a heavily stylized, linear structure which addresses clear sociopolitical issues of, not only South Africa's problematic history, but also the more modern world. Right from the onset, the segregated- ('Apartheid' literally being an Afrikaans word for 'separateness')-, chaotic, neglected, nature of the Aliens' environment is unmistakable, as well as the safe, government-protected suburbia that the (mostly white) citizens of Johannesburg are living in. Wikus Van De Merwe (an- obviously under-educated, tactless- Afrikaner bureaucrat) leads a mass forced-eviction, in which the entire Alien community is forced out of their slums upon the order of the SA government, and into their designated area- District 9. The sense of equilibrium somewhat overlaps with disruption, as the different communities and individual situations of both Wikus and Christopher (an alien who tries to help him when his human DNA becomes combined with alien DNA) are rather quickly established. In the end, there is not much of a restoration of equilibrium, but rather a newfound equilibrium, where Wikus has fully transformed into an alien, and has come to accept his new form. The film has had much success, earning a profit of $180.9 million at the Box Office, a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a rating of 8/10 on IMDb and four Academy Award nominations.
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