Promising fluff

District 9 is a very good film for fourty minutes. During that time it creates a very clever and inventive parallel to the apartheid that took place in Capetown in the 70s. During this time director Neill Blomkamp is clearly making a film about things important to him and to me atleast they transmitted from the screen as such. If District 9 had continued being such a personal picture for the remained of it's running time, it would have been stonking great. Alas, we get the last half of the film. It's just mindless action fun where aliens and humans get shot into bloody pulps via guns that shoot lightning. Had there been shurikens involved, it would've been more fun. However it still would've been complete and utter nonsense of a climax compared to the set-up of the entire flick. The nonsenical action and gory shooting that takes place for about 50 minutes of D9 makes the viewer feel uneasy over what had been previously shown. What the hell happened to all the great, personal nyances portrayed earlier? When did this turn into Iron Man on steroids? It's a shame that the film turns into action fluff, as it had a great deal of potential that it did eventually lose due to this sudden change in tone and content. It's still entertaining in the endgame, but it hardly lives up to the depth of the first half.

6/10