When I saw that Peter Jacksons name was used to promote this movie, I taught that it is going to be another milking movie, but I was wrong. This movie is something new, well not that much new, but it successfully combines several styles into an epic SF movie. You will see [Rec](Cloverfield, Quarantine), Black Hawk Down, Alien and some unique styles in directing and storytelling. A strange alien ship appears hovering above Johannesburg(finally it is not over L.A. or New York) and when opened reveals a large number of, at first sight, primitive aliens.

They are treated like scum and second grade citizens, and crammed into a refuge camp. But then… This movie works on several levels, and at the glance it an SF-action flick, but it contains a deeper social study and message. There are no big names, but this left a lot of money for great special effects, and the lack of famous actors just emphasized the story. Not to say that these actors are bad, I mean Sharlto Copleyis just awesome and he is so realistic that it is unbelievable. Check it out, you will not be disappointed.

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, John Sumner, William Allen Young

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Fun Facts: The mutilated animal carcasses in the background of many scenes were real and with only a few exceptions, were already in the real slums and shacks used for the filming.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/