28 years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. They were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 as the world’s nations argue over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United, a private company not interested in the aliens’ welfare – but in the tremendous profits if they can make the aliens’ weaponry work.