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)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt
Genres: Sci-fi
Wikus and Christopher steal the alien fuel from MNU and escape. As Christopher and his son prepare to fly to the mothership and leave Earth, Chris lets it slip to Wikus that curing his alien mutation will take 3 years. Wikus gets pissed and knocks out Chris. Wikus tries to fly away in the alien dropship, but is shot down by MNU. Chris and Wikus are captured by MNU, but the convoy is attacked by Nigerien gangsters. Wikus is captured and the Nigerien gang boss tries to kill him. Just then, Christopher's son activates all alien technology, including the mothership. An alien robot comes to life and kills all the gangsters. Wikus gets in the robot and frees Chris. Wikus stays behind to hold off the MNU soldiers while Chris and his son get to the mothership. Chris leaves, but not before promising Wikus that he will return in 3 years to cure him. Chris and his son get to the mothership and leave the planet. Wikus is injured and is forced to get out of the alien robot. Koobus comes to kill Wikus, but is ripped apart by other aliens. Final interviews with MNU employees reveal that there is no way of knowing whether or not Christopher will return and if he does, whether or not he will declare war on humans. One of Wikus' co-workers stumbles upon files of MNU's illegal alien experimentation, exposes it, and is arrested for his troubles. District 9 is demolished and all the aliens are moved to District 10, which holds 2.5 million aliens and counting. Nobody knows what happened to Wikus. Many theories say that he was captured by MNU or another government and is being held hostage. A final interview with Wikus' wife reveals that a rose made from scrap metal was found on her doorstep. Wikus' wife says that she knows Wikus left it for her. The last shot of the movie is an alien making the exact same rose.
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More mistakes in District 9
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.
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Question: I remember seeing a trailer for the movie, in which a human man is questioning an alien. The alien tells him that they just want to go home. I just watched the movie for the first time and that scene wasn't in there. Was it deleted for some reason?
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Answer: This isn't actually remotely uncommon. Trailers are almost invariably released before the final edit for a movie is locked in place, so it's not at all unusual for shots in the trailer to be from scenes that ultimately don't make it into the finished product, or to be from alternate takes of scenes that do appear. As to why this particular scene was rejected, who knows, most likely was just for pacing, or they might simply have not liked some aspect of the acting or whatever.
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