You know, after last year's corporate, my wife was always encouraging me.
You know, she said: you did fine, you did fine in the corporate.
I was a bit nervous. This little guy... hello. Sorry.
That's nice, eh? Nice background with the people there...
We are here at the... must I look..? -Just look straight at the lens.
We are here at the... MNU head office,
Department of Alien Affairs. My name is Wikus Van De Merwe.
And behind me you can see the Alien Affairs' workers.
And what we do here at this department is...
we try to engage with the Prawn
on behalf of MNU and on behalf of humans.
To everyone's surprise, the ship didn't come to a stop
over Manhattan or Washington or Chicago,
but instead it costed to a halt directly over the city of Johannesburg.
The doors didn't open for 3 months. It just hovered there. Nobody could get in.
And they eventually decided, after much deliberation,
that the best thing to do would be to physically cut their way in.
We were on the verge of first contact.
The whole world was watching.
Expecting, I don't know...
...music from heaven and bright shining lights.
Oh my God!
The creatures were extremely malnourished,
they were very unhealthy, they seemed to be aimless.
There was a lot of international pressure on us at the time.
The entire world was looking at Johannesburg,
so we had to do the right thing.
The government then established an aid group that started to
ferry the aliens to a temporary camp set up just beneath the ship.
We didn't have a plan. There was a million of them.
So, what was a temporary holding zone soon became fenced,
became militarized. And before we knew it, it was a slum.
But the truth is, nobody really knew what this place was.
There's a lot of secrets in District 9.
At first, a lot of attention was given to...
giving the aliens a proper status and protection.
They're spending so much money to keep them here.
When they could be spending it on other things, but...
...at least they're keeping them separate from us.
l want to be realistic with everyone. The aliens will not be able to go home.
The aliens are here to stay.
There were literally thousands of different theories
as to why the ship seemed inoperable, and what was speculated was that
the command module had detached itself from the main ship,
and then somehow mysteriously became lost.
Did it fall by itself or was it programmed? I don't know.
Examination of the old video footage
shows very clearly that a piece falls from the ship.
We look for it. We look everywhere.
This piece that's falling caused us bloody problems.
More energy weapon caches found.
The Special task force conducted raids in District 9.
Where there's a weapon, there's crime. Tensions rose, and rose.
People became more and more fed up, and eventually the rioting started.
Residents in Tembisa rioted for the third consecutive night
in an attempt to remove all the aliens from their township.
I think they must fix that ship and they must go.
A virus, a selective virus. Release it near the aliens.
They must just go. I don't know where, just go.
If they was from another country we might understand.
But they are not even from this planet.
The government have enforced a nationwide curfew.
The aliens, prawns, they take my wife away.
The derogatory term Prawn is used for the alien, and obviously it implies
something that is a bottom feeder, that scavenges the leftovers.
I mean, you can't say they don't look like that.
That's what they look like, right? They look like prawns.
The aliens made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. One bystander was hurt.
What for an alien might be seen as something recreational,
setting fire to a truck, derailing a train,
is for us obviously an extremely destructive act.
They can take the sneakers you are wearing off you.
They take whatever you have on you. Your cell phone or anything.
After that they kill you.
And now, after 20 years, public pressure had forced the government
to shift the aliens out of Johannesburg.
They had had enough and they wanted District 9 to be moved,
and more intensively policed and controlled.
So, to enforce this mass eviction, the government turned to MNU.
Welcome all and thank you for coming.
Please listen very closely to this briefing.
Today we start a very complex and delicate operation.
This is the largest operation that MNU has ever undertaken,
and we believe that it is going to be undertaken successfully.
It is to move 1.8 million prawns
from their present home in District 9 to a safer and better location
200 kilometers outside of Johannesburg City.
We built a nice new facility where the prawn can go,
he can be comfortable, he can stay there...
The people of Johannesburg and of South Africa are going to live
happily and safely, knowing that that prawn is very far away.
UIO protocol dictates that we give the aliens
24 hours notice of our right to evict.
Today, you will serve these notices getting the aliens to sign I-27 form.
The legality that MNU is using to evict the aliens is simply a whitewash.
I'm going to appoint a field officer to take direct command.
Wikus Van De Merwe.
Everybody always said that Wikus was not a very smart boy,
but he was a wonderful son. That was my Wikus, just...
Feels like life on the big stage. Thank you Piet... Mr Smith.
l had to put aside the fact that my daughter was married to Wikus.
That didn't affect my decision to promote him.
It's almost as big as my wedding day. You know... not as big.
Wikus was always making me things.
He said that way they just mean so much more.
He left this paper-mache bowl on the sofa one day
and I didn't see it and I sat down, and I... kinda squashed it.
They took all his stuff away for the investigation, and...
I made them bring it all back.
Hey, congratulations, man! -Thanks, man.
Okay, you're gonna go to P7. -Wikus! -How is it going, man?
Here's the shake. P9 for you. -Thanks.
I'm not saying what he did was right, but...
he took the choices that were given to him.
This is Trent. Fundiswa, Trent. -Hi.
Fundiswa is the guy that I've selected to replace me.
If he can make it today, eh? -I'll make it.
I just want everyone watching this right now
to learn from what has happened. -You would think...
things like this would happen to somebody else, not to me.
How is it going, man? Long time, mate. Have you got my stuff?
Hey, boss! -How is it going? -I'm all right, boss.
Good, good, this is Fundiswa. He is training with us today.
I think I was disgusted with the way he worked.
There was always just a hint of something not quite kosher
with mr Van De Merwe. -Nobody saw it coming at all.
None of us had any idea of what he was doing.
l think it is a great thing to see that...
it's not the military guys in charge this time.
Not to say that Koobus and his cowboys are not wanted.
You guys are always wanted.
You see now, these are the cowboys.
They shoot first, and then they answer the questions.
Sorry, is this above the allocated amount of ammunition?
Because I see your pouches are full but...
I think maybe you should speak to the colonel.
F.A.G. over here says that we got too much ammunition.
No, all I'm saying, Koobus, is that, you know...
you should find ways of making you guys more efficient...
Listen to me, you fuck!
Get him outta my face.
There are rules, we're all living by rules in this world.
Well, l don't think he can be forgiven for what he did,
cause it's like a betrayal. -I've gotta get going, Les.
I think we're gonna have to cut this interview, cause we're gonna go...
12 KILOMETERS FROM DISTRICT 9
Take your magazines, people. Come on, lets go.
The Prawn doesn't really understand the concept of ownership of property.
So, we have to come there and say: listen, this is our land.
Please, will you go?
It's difficult to put the vest on by yourself.
Thomas, can you help me? -All right, boss.
They told me I was gonna get the vest inside the Casper.
Thomas, just look on the side if there's a vest there?
I'm just concerned about my family. -Don't worry about the vest, it'll be fine.
Rights groups have demanded that mercenaries should comply
with all UYO regulations in District 9.
We're coming to you from the entrance of District 9
as today, Multi National United sets out to relocate
approximately 1.8 million alien residents from their homes.
Human rights groups are keeping a watchful eye,
as many suspect abuses might occur.
We're seeing heavily armed private security forces
being deployed into District 9.
Backed up by significant air support.
We'll go shack to shack and get them to sign the form.
First one EX 247.
We're seeing the convoy stop. The operation is about to begin.
Just stay focused.
Are you ready, Thomas? -Yeah. -Okay.
Is that a signal? Okay, fellows.
You stay behind us. Good luck, boy.
Stay low! Where is he going? What is it?
It's clear that security is very high.
This is only the beginning of a total clamp down.
This is MNU agents. Open the door please! -Open up!
Hello! Hello, hello...
This is Wikus Van De Merwe from MNU.
We are here to serve you an eviction notice.
You just put your scrawl there. -Fuck off!
All right! Thomas, hold it! We've got his scrawl there.
Because as he hit it, it counts as a scrawl.
First time we come in, there will always be a little bit
of tension happening between us and them.
Hey, you can't eat that, man!
The prawn likes to eat the rubber. To him it's like a marshmallow.
No, no! Guard! Don't confront him like that!
Did you see that? Right in the roost. Stay calm!
This is gonna be a problem cause now all prawns are coming out,
they wanna see what's going on. Stop it! Stop it!
Bring my kit. See, everybody is gathering now.
Don't shoot or you're gonna turn it into a warzone!
What is that? Is that a tear gas? -No, it's cat food.
It is cat food. I just distract them.
One of them attacked the prawn and he's lost his arm.
No it's not my house. I don't live here.
Well, that's a pity because, you know, this...
This is a nice cat food, you know. But of course, it's not your house.
So, we'll just have to go and give it to someone else. -Yes! It's my house!
We need you to sign here. Now you can take that...
All right. Stop it!
The creatures became incredibly obsessed with cat food.
Something about it, like catnip for cats. Only a lot more intense.
Hello? MNU. We are here to serve eviction notices.
What is eviction?
What we have stranded on Earth in this colony,
is basically the workers that are unable to think for themselves.
They will take commands, they have no initiative.
They've lost all the apt of leadership
through whatever cause. We presume illness.
I'm holding steady over Nigerian compound area.
Where there's a slum, there's crime. And District 9 was no exception.
The nigerians had various scams going. One of them was the cat food scam.
Where they sold cat food to the aliens for exorbitant prices.
You put the money here first. You don't get anything until you pay.
What are you trying to do? I'll chop your balls off.
Not to mention interspecies prostitution,
and they also dealt in alien weaponry.
You have a car hijacking, there's a chop shop there,
you can see that, that's somebody's car in there.
The nigerians in District 9 are headed by a man called Obesandjo.
He's a very powerful underground figure in Johannesburg.
You don't want to play with these boys.
They will cut you into pieces.
That's the boss there. OK, no problem.
Don't look at him! This is gonna cause problems.
All right, next. 766, all right.
MNU agents. Open the door please!
Whoa! Jesus! What is it?
Check the other side!
Control, this is Wikus Van De Merwe.
I need a population control team at JV 766 immediately, please.
Check the other side, Thomas! There is 40 to 50 eggs in here.
Is this normal? -This is an amazing find.
l can just show you a little bit how it works.
Basically, a cow is hung from the ceiling, you can see here.
Very little of it left, of course, because all these pipes
supply the nutrition to the little prawn eggs.
You can do one, I can show you, want to see? -No, I'm fine.
There we go. Okay, no more nutrition to the guy.
Then finally we take air back.
The little guy is gone to a nice little sleep now.
You pop him out, there we go. Pop him out here.
You can take that. You wanna keep it as a souvenir of your first abortion.
You can feel like you did one of these here. -Thanks, boss.
Okay, here it comes, guys. This is the snake.
If we were going to abort each egg one at the time,
it'd take a very long time. So, this makes a lot of sense.
You hear that? That's a popping sound that you're hearing.
It's almost like a popcorn.
What the egg does, it pops up.
The little guy, what's left of him, pops out there.
So that's the sound that you're hearing with the popping.
You don't need that, man. Only sissies wear that.
Been drinking a little bit here, eh?
What are you doing with this television set, sir? What's this?
Hey, smile for the cameras here.
That's a first day find. -That's a big find.
You see this? Trent, look at this! There's weapons all over here.
CK 5, 7572...
Some of the guns are small
but if it shoot you, it make a big mess.
MNU is trying to move the aliens for humanitarian reasons.
But the real focus, just as it has been
right from the beginning, is weapons.
MNU is the second largest weapons manufacturer in the world.
We assumed that we'd be able to pick up the alien laser gun
and just be able to shoot, but it didn't work like that.
Because, as we discovered, their technology is actually
engineered in a biological manner to interact exclusively with their DNA.
It just doesn't work with humans. And it's as simple as that.
This is basically a guy, and there's 3 humans here.
Basically trying to make a warning, you know.
He's saying "I kill 3 humans, watch out for me."
Hey, don't urinate on your own bloody... get back, get back.
This is Wikus, requesting First Battalion escort, please.
You want to talk to them or you want to talk to me?
No, not them!
Okay, guys, thanks very much. Yeah I know, he had a spade.
Look-I find some!
I tell you before... this is human technology, it is useless.
Only our technology contains the fluid.
This is not our technology? -No, it's junk.
Keep looking.
I find something.
Yes. This is what we need.
Good, little one.
Get down!
Careful... wait...
...there.
Why must it take so long?
Because it is very difficult...
...so much can go wrong.
Twenty years of work.
Our plan is ready now? -Quiet... listen...
...they are coming.
You must hide this. They must not find it.
Answer the door and be polite.
No! You take it.
You see, this is the problem. This is the gang sign.
You see this? So again, looks like we have
more and more gang members.
Fundiswa, you just stay back. You stay behind Thomas.
This place is swarming with MNU. I will be searched.
I must get back to my son. Don't make them angry - be polite!
MNU agents, open the door please.
Hello? We would like you to... -Nobody is here.
Okay, that's unexceptable. That is totally unexceptable!
Get out! Get out! You stupid prawn!
-Get outside! -C'mon! Move! Move!
On your knees! -I'm gonna have a look.
Just stay there! Right there!
Sir, we have to serve you an eviction notice.
Do you understand it? -No.
This is a classic kind of gangsta shack, I can tell you.
We're gonna find weapons here. Watch your head, don't hit the cows.
Just checking for panels. Ah, you hear that?
Yeah, it's hollow there.
See? Look at that!
I haven't see this type of setup. It's almost like a...
chemistry type of a set.
It's gotta be something.
l don't know, this has got the markings there of...
...so it is definitely alien.
But it's not a weapon. But I don't trust it.
Are you all right? Wikus, are you all right?
Switch it off, please. Just turn it off.
Are you gonna cut that part out, Trent, where it sprays me?
-Yeah, don't worry. -You cut that.
We just found a dangerous object here.
It has a fuel in and I suspect it might leak onto people or cause damage.
So we just check that in and we take that down nicely to the lab.
It's not a weapon but it's dangerous.
He's got weapons somewhere here, my sense is telling me that.
Lets check the other side here. Thomas! -Yes sir?
Thomas, keep the gun on him. -OK, I got it sir!
Keep the gun on him, Thomas, there's weapons here!
Oh, this is Christmas! This is Christmas, my friends.
This is the biggest find that I've ever seen.
Control, come in. Wikus Van De Merwe,
requesting First Reaction Battalion.
Stand by, guys!
This gun I've never seen. Have you seen this?
This is amazing! Look at this gun. What gun is this?
This is absolutely amazing!
-What are you doing? -I wanna show this to Thomas.
But I thought you said you can't handle it.
No, I am not handling it, I'm just gonna show it.
I'm not gonna use it, man. It doesn't even work with humans.
Thomas, look at this gun!
-That's not mine. -You're a dealer, eh? -No.
You hear this, sir? You see what's happening?
First Battalion, my friend. You know what that means?
That means that your days of flaunting the law are over.
Have a look, you see that? What's that?
That's a firing team.
Come here!
Wikus! Are you all right?
Where do you think you're going, eh?
You don't run away from the chopper. -No, no...
Where do you think you're going? You wanna piss me off?
Koobus to base, come in!
I've got two people down. MNU guard, MNU agent.
It's the Foxtrot Yankee 5-3-0... copy?
And we need a Med Evac ASAP.
No, that's fine, Koobus. I don't need a Med Evac.
Wikus, you burned your arm, you need to...
I'll just treat it here, Koobus.
Sir, I really think you must go to a doctor, a hospital or something.
-No, no. -You should just get it checked out.
I'll just have it treated by the medics. Help me up.
Did you see how fast that prawn was, Trent?
-Yeah, he was fast. -He was fast, I promise you.
Look, I fix it. I make it work.
I told you not to touch that.
What is wrong?
Nothing. Go outside and watch for humans.
Where is your friend?
He's gone.
Are you okay? -Yeah, I'm just a bit hot.
Are you guys hot? Are you hot, Trent? -No.
Yeah, if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Now you see. There's kids everywhere.
This is what I mean. That's why we get rid of them.
-The little ones. -Yeah, that's why we abort.
Lets just shoot the little bastard. -No, no, don't shoot it now.
MNU agents! Come out!
Hello, little guy. MNU has sweets for you.
There you go, eat your sweety.
You know, eaty sweety. Works like a charm every time.
Oh fuck, man!
You almost poked my eye out with the fokkin' lollypop.
I tried to be fokkin' nice to you, man!
Is this your fokkin' little brat here?
Inside, go! I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Teach him some manners. Thomas, get him out.
Come! Get down! I've had enough of your stupid games.
What do you want?
We're from MNU. -I know.
We require your scrawl on this eviction notification.
-Why am I being evicted? -Yes, it's an eviction notice.
Put your scrawl on the bottom. See? There's your name at the top.
-Yes! -Christopher Johnson? So, put your name in the bottom.
It says you must give me 24 hours notice.
You're going to another place. A nice new city built especially for prawns.
-A special place! -And we are not even going to charge you, okay?
This isn't legal. -Sign the fokkin' paper! -No!
This guy is obviously... he's a little sharper.
So we are gonna have to try something else.
All right. Hello... okay.
Seems like we didn't understand each other there properly, eh?
So, you've got a little one there.
Do you have a licence for that little one? -Yes.
There's a litter out here. This is dangerous conditions for your child.
Article 75 says that because your child is living in dangerous
conditions, I'm gonna take him down to Child Services.
I'm gonna go and have a little chat with your son.
You keep away from my child!
Don't point your fokkin' tentacles at me!
You said you want to stay?
Your boy is coming down with me to Child Services.
He's gonna spend the rest of his life in 1 by 1 meter box.
Hello, little guy! It's the sweety man coming!
Fuck, look at this, Trent! Fuck it!
Thomas, keep the gun on him. He is definitely a criminal!
He's got a whole computer shop here, man!
You know, this is amazing. I mean, this is obviously...
you can see stolen computers now that he's decorating his place with.
Definitely he doesn't have the permit for this.
Where is that fokkin' little brat?
Hello! It's the sweety man...
It's the sweety... Hey, I've got this...
-Wikus! -Trent, turn it off!
Are you okay, boss? -Fuck off, man! Fuck off!
Shall I leave him? -Just fuckin' leave him, yeah.
I'll see you tomorrow, Christopher Johnson.
When dealing with aliens, try to be polite, but firm.
And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet.
Are you feeling better? -What? -How are you feeling?
I'm fine, I'm alright. I'm just a little bit dizzy.
Can you just pull up there on the side?
I just want to get something to eat here.
Are you sure you should be having that?
After your whole puking episode?
I feel a lot better... I think I just needed the fillings, you know.
Boss! Boss!
There's black stuff coming out of your nose.
Jesus!
It's a silver cylinder. I can't find it.
We must find it. It contains the fluid.
It's not here.
It has to be. Keep looking.
We trade for ten thousand cans.
Certain factions of nigerian gangs
want to try and extract weaponry from District 9.
And have been trying to for many many years.
Give them one hundred cans. -Hundred. -One hundred!
Yes, yes, but we take them all now.
Alright, boys! Get them the catfood - hurry up.
And they amassed thousands of these weapons.
Without the ability to use them.
Fuck off! Go! Hey friend, not you. You stay here.
-What do you want from me? -I just want to talk.
Talk about what?
Stupid prawn. They'll believe anything.
Muti is a South African word.
Today it's synonymous with witchdoctory and magic.
You cut it here. This is their heart.
Cures high blood when you boil it,
cures sugar, diabetes, all diseases.
The nigerians were consuming alien body parts.
They believed that by doing so, they were ingesting their power
to use alien weaponry.
You must eat them.
And their power will live in you.
Just give me a fucking chance to go in front of you, man!
Oh, baby! -Hi baby, come in! -I need to get to the toilet, quickly!
Why? What's the matter?
Baby, listen. I might have crapped in my pants. -Surprise!
What's this for? -Your promotion. -All right, my promotion!
Hello, dad. How is it going? Hi mom. -Good to see you.
What a surprise, man! -Congratulations. -Thanks.
Congratulations, boss. -Thank you.
-Wikus, what happened? -I had a small incident, baby.
I'm just gonna go to the toilet, and then I'll talk to people, okay?
I need to talk to you. Come with me. -Okay, but I just gotta...
Guys, can you give us a moment, please?
What happened out there?
This prawn wouldn't listen to me, one really unruly prawn...
and I just had to... get him in my grasp.
Listen to me, too many aliens died out there today.
UYO is all over my backside.
Focus! you're not going to fuck this up for me!
If you can't do the job, I'll find someone who can!
Hi there! -Nice to see you again.
Does this mean he's in charge of this new operation?
-Yes. -That's nice.
Wikus! Baby are you okay?
Okay, let's cut some cake.
Doctor Smith, please come to room 405, doctor Smith.
Is it badly infected? -There's a lot of suppuration.
Also you should know on my right hand some fingernails were coming loose.
And I had a black fluid coming out of my nose, and sort of a black vomit.
What is happening to my arm, doctor?
What is this thing?
Just breathe deeply. Calm down. Stay calm.
Sir, please tell my wife.
Attention all medical containment evacuate ward 11.
Stop right there, madam.
What's going on? What are you doing to him?
Let me through!
Wikus! Wikus! Where are you taking him?
Okay, got him? Are you ready? -Got him.
We decided not to use the anesthetic,
the reason being we can't know how the subject will react.
Doctor Fester! -Yes? -I think you should see this.
I found it in his jacket. You think this is alien?
Stop, it's freezing! Fuck!
16 HOURS AFTER EXPOSURE
Where is this?
What?
What are they doing to these prawns?
Pain threshold, test one, DBX 7.
That's a strong pain reaction. That means the nerves have fused.
I mean, it's almost completely integrated.
Okay, do it.
B5. Testing AMR-B5.
Clear the range. Now, quickly!
Swing it around.
What are you doing? -The door is locked.
Can you grip that? -What is this?
-Put it through. -Why are you doing this?
-Standby for fire. Standby. -You want me to shoot that?
Stand back... and fire!
That's good!
It worked!
All right, thanks very much.
Do you know where my wife is?
Do you know if my wife knows where I am, sir?
Pull! Pull!
No sir, I will not pull.
What did you say about your wife? Fuck your wife!
Pull! -I will not pull.
Fire!
B7. -I can pull it. -He says he can pull it.
I said I could pull it! You fuckin'...!
B21.
Move, hurry up. Move!
Right, we want him in the center by the chain. -Get this off me.
Come on! Time, time!
Leave that fucking prawn, man, I will shoot at pig. I'll shoot, sir!
Listen, I'll shoot at pig again for you. I'll pull the trigger.
But I'm not shooting at prawn, you hear me? Untie the fucking gun.
B21 in human hand. That's good. It worked.
Just untie the gun, sir. -Stand by.
Listen, you can't use the real guy, he didn't do anything to you.
I want to try this. Everybody standing by.
Ready to go? Three, two, one, go!
Amazing!
All right! I think that's all we need.
Gentlemen, we are running out of time.
This is the key stage in the metamorphosis.
His DNA is in perfect balance between alien and human.
And a problem is, as the infection spreads,
the transition becomes permanent and less active.
He's going to turn into one of them. A prawn!
What happens to him isn't important.
What's important is that we harvest from him what we can right now.
This body represents hundreds of millions,
maybe billions of dollars worth of biotechnology.
There are people out there, governments, corporations,
who'd kill for this chance.
Will he survive the procedure? -No, of course not.
We need everything. Tissue, bone marrow, blood.
The procedure is gonna basically strip him down to nothing. -Please...
What about next of kin?
Please help me. Don't let them do it.
I'll handle that.
Okay, I say let's go. -Good, thank you.
I don't understand.
None of this makes any sense. He just hurt his arm, dad.
The doctors are trying, sweetheart.
Doing their best to save him.
We're starting to harvest material from the specimen.
We'll start with the soft tissue first. Cut through the chest cavern.
We need to get the heart out as quickly as possible.
Once it set the sinuosity, it just spread.
You know Wikus. He never was very strong.
I'll go through the chest, go straight into the heart.
Be quiet, please. -Fuck you!
Can I see him?
Not a good idea.
Fuck off! Fuck you!
Fuck you!
Drop the knife!
Move or I'll fuckin' cut his throat!
Okay. All right!
I'll fuckin' kill him!
You need to let go of him now.
It's okay, Tania. Everything will be okay.
Smith.
When?
Get Koobus.
...Wikus Van De Merwe.
White male, mid thirties. Is considered highly dangerous.
-Hey baby. -Wikus, is that you?
-Mrs. Smith? -How dare you phone us!
What are all these people doing in my house? -It's none of your business.
I need to speak to Tania straight away, please. It's my house.
This is my phone that you're using, mam. I'm fokkin'... what?
He tried calling me.
Anton, it's me! It's me! Accept the call!
I've been friends with you for fokkin' 13 years, man!
Fuck off! What are you watching? Fuck off!
We all thought it was for the best because he needed help.
A special medical help.
And he wasn't gonna get that as a fugitive.
He became the most valuable business artifact on Earth.
He was the only human who had ever...
successfully been combined with alien genetics and remained alive.
But his real value was that he could operate alien weaponry.
Hello.
Can I get some cheese burgers and one large sauerkraut, please.
We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news.
A patient has escaped from the isolation ward and is loose in the city.
Wikus Van De Merwe was recently apprehended
after prolonged sexual activity with aliens in District 9.
This is nonsense. -I have to call my manager.
That is totally untrue. You are legally obliged to serve me!
...is causing bodily disfigurement.
If I could just buy my burger, please. Don't listen to them!
It's highly contagious and the police warns people
to stay at least 20 meters away from this man.
Don't look at this hand! This hand is fine!
If you have any information regarding the whereabouts
of Mr Van De Merwe, contact us immediately on 0800-stop-wikus.
Stop!
31 HOURS AFTER EXPOSURE
Hi, this is Tania. -And Wikus.
We can't come to the phone right now.
Please leave a message. Bye. -Bye bye.
Control, there's no sign of mr Van De Merwe.
The entire world was watching him.
He was on every radio station, every image on television,
anything you could find had his face on it.
So he had nowhere else to go. He ended up hiding in the one place
he knew no one would ever come looking for him.