`` District 9 '' offers sci-fi thrills with food for thought . The film is based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, who died in 1997. Blomkamp ran with the concept , developing it alongside fellow screenwriter Terri Tatchell into `` District 9 . '' Film made by relative unknowns who bring documentary-style realism to subject .
`` District 9 '' offers sci-fi thrills with food for thought . The film is based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, who died in 1997. Film made by relative unknowns who bring documentary-style realism to subject .