9 is the post-apocalyptic story of eight sock puppets that roam earth hoping to survive one day at a time because of a super-robot that took over the world. And then 9 shows up and everything goes bad for 1’s set plan for survival. That’s it. In an hour and nineteen minutes, that’s the plot. So about a half hour of plot basically. The rest is all action and style. Which is the high point because the effects and CGI are so good, but the story is so bad! In fact, every time the story halts, another sock puppet shows up to help move it along. Acting is decent considering the fact that they got all-stars signed in on the cast including Christopher Plummer, Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Riley, Martian Landau amongst others but you can’t really connect with the characters enough to care that your favorite actor is voicing them One other thing that was really cool was that since they were small creatures, you could see that the items they used to attack the robots were small as well including fish hooks and pins and needles. It’s like they had a microscopic man on set!
The Verdict:
I had high expectations for 9, but in the end all I got was an underwhelming experience. If all you want is cool action, wait to rent it, it isn’t worth wasting thirty dollars on. Instead, go watch the original on YouTube and buy a ticket for District 9. At least then you won’t be disappointed. I give it three destroyed sock puppets out of five. 3/5.
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