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Synopsis
Set in an alternate present, DISTRICT 9 takes place in South Africa, where, 20 years ago, an alien ship came to rest in the skies above Johannesburg -- with more than a million workers and near-slaves aboard. Now, after two decades of uneasy co-existence, the local government is moving the alien "Prawns" from their ramshackle slums in District 9 to a new camp 200 kilometers away. But as part of the forced relocation, a government bureaucrat discovers that District 9 has secrets of its own.
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that this gritty, buzzworthy sci-fi epic filmed in South Africa (and produced by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson) is full of extremely realistic, bloody violence, including severed limbs, lots of bodies, piles of high-tech weapons, and even torture. The movie's aliens aren't cute or appealing in any way -- they're scary-looking, insectoid creations with complex biologies and lives. Expect constant strong language (especially "f--k"), as well as some drinking, smoking, and discussion of sex.
Set in an alternate present, DISTRICT 9 takes place in South Africa, where, 20 years ago, an alien ship came to rest in the skies above Johannesburg -- with more than a million workers and near-slaves aboard. Now, after two decades of uneasy co-existence, the local government is moving the alien "Prawns" from their ramshackle slums in District 9 to a new camp 200 kilometers away. But as part of the forced relocation, a government bureaucrat discovers that District 9 has secrets of its own.
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that this gritty, buzzworthy sci-fi epic filmed in South Africa (and produced by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson) is full of extremely realistic, bloody violence, including severed limbs, lots of bodies, piles of high-tech weapons, and even torture. The movie's aliens aren't cute or appealing in any way -- they're scary-looking, insectoid creations with complex biologies and lives. Expect constant strong language (especially "f--k"), as well as some drinking, smoking, and discussion of sex.
The ClearPlay Experience
Overall, I enjoyed the movie. Not as much as some of the critics, that have touted it as mind-blowing. As described above, it's a violent, profanity-filled movie. Yes, there is lots of violence, but the language is everywhere in this movie. And ClearPlay did an excellent job on making sure I didn't have the profane language shoved down my throat.
Unfortunately ClearPlay only works as good as the movie allows it to. As far as the violence is concerned, the first half is full of so much skipped content that it's almost distracting and made some things hard to follow. The skipping of violent content, and the like, didn't remove the overall message of the movie, in that we - as (short-sited) humans - tend to oppress things we don't understand or do not make an effort to understand.
The violent content alluded to in the above description is almost entirely absent with ClearPlay's "shields at maximum." I didn't at any time witness any thing gory, bloody or otherwise nauseatingly violent. Violence was eluded to, you could tell what type of content was being lead up to, but then the disturbing, violent, or gross content was skipped.
District 9 (Rated R) - set on the highest filter settings - has a common sense rating of PG-13, but parents should still be very cautious in letting the kids watch this one, due to the mature themes of oppression, segregation and torture-like experimentation. Before taking time to watch District 9 with your teenager, it would be a good opportunity to set up the movie by discussing and educating your teen(s) on racial inequality and oppression, so that District 9 can illustrate the reality of oppression, torture and experimentation content that exists outside the common family life, most of us enjoy.
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