#577 — Gal Gadot & Alia Bhatt, Justin Simien
The Empire Film Podcast
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Neil Blonkamp's Performance in District 9
"I thought really good performances. I did appreciate there's a level of filmmaking craft craft that Neil Blonkamp brings to this," he says. "But it just felt plodding, and the race scenes were tense but so much of the rest is boring." The film reverses chronology of two things that actually did happen in Jan Martinborough's life to fit its sort of redemption, you know, coming of age, kind of narrative. If you read up on the real stories after this, I think that feels manipulative", Archie adds.
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