Continuity mistake: A news announcer mentions that the suspect, Wikus, has been on the run for a week but moments later the screen shows "72 hours after exposure" meaning he's been on the run for 3 days at most.
District 9 (2009)
Plot summary
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt
Genres: Sci-fi
28 years ago, aliens landed in Johannesburg, South Africa. A powerful corporation known as Multi-National United moves all the aliens into a concentration camp called District 9. After years of protest from civilians, MNU finally decides to evict the aliens from District 9 and move them to a more controlled area, appropriately named District 10. While overseeing these evictions, MNU officer Wikus van de Merwe encounters an alien named Christopher Johnson and finds an illegal lab in his shack. While snooping around, Wikus is sprayed with a suspicious alien chemical that has nasty results....
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Wikus Van De Merwe: This whole's thing's under your shack? For 20 years, you've had this fookin' thing hidden out here? This is, this is very illegal, I mean, this is... This is a fine.
Trivia: There have been protests against the alleged stereotyping of Nigerians in the movie. Two of the more sensitive issues are the Nigerian prostitutes soliciting 'prawn' customers; and the character name Obesandjo (which is closely linked to the former Nigerian President's name Olusegun Obasanjo).
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Answer: Yes. They weren't intending to visit Earth at all, but their ship became crippled somehow and they were all slowly dying. They made their way to Earth looking for help.
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