Best Science Fiction Movies of 2009
Best Science fiction movies of 2009. List of 20 sci fi movies – best sci fi candidates and a real hits released in 2009.
My reviews are subjective so i decided to add a best 2009 sci fi movie poll to obtain a numbers. Vote for best sci fi movie of 2009 bellow article. You can vote once a day.
2012
End of world by Roland Emmerich. Highly promoted before premiere…
Cast: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton
Review: 5/10 I expected much more after huge advertising campaign. Average catastrophic movie without new ideas.
Avatar
Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn…Â Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people.
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang.
Review: 8/10 Great effects, amazing story, funny movie, 3d version available. Really good sci-fi end of 2009.
District 9
Wikus van de Merwe, a South African bureaucrat assigned to relocate a race of extraterrestrial creatures, derogatorily referred to as “prawns”, from a refugee camp in Johannesburg to a new one outside the city.
Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and Robert Hobbs.
Review: 9/10 Nice effects, different point of view.
Drag Me To Hell
Christine Brown – a loan officer – tries to impress her boss by refusing to extend a loan to a gypsy woman by the name of Mrs. Ganush. In retaliation, Ganush places a curse on Christine which, after three days of ever escalating torment, will plunge her into the depths of Hell to burn for eternity.
Cast: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver
Review: 7/10 a good horror movie.
Gamer
Humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called “Slayers” looks to regain his independence while taking down the game’s mastermind.
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta
Review: 7/10 good idea but it missed something.
Knowing
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son’s elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions.
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury
Review: 7/10 a good family movie…a little different in the disaster load.
Moon
Sam Rockwell is stationed for three years at the largely automated “Sarang” lunar base with only a robotic assistant named GERTY.
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey (voice)
Review: 8/10 Very good sci-fi movie even with only one actor. Low budget movies can be really great.
Pandorum
USA/Germany science fiction movie about space madness with a good end.
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Antje Traue
Review: 7/10 Good sci fi movie with an amazing last moments. I expected nothing but i really enjoyed the movie.
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity is an independent horror film written and directed by Oren Peli. Katie and Micah are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home.
Cast: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs
Review: 6/10 Average mystery movie. Illogical and overrated. Intersting fact is this movie generated $100+ million with $15mil budget.
Push
A group of mutants with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities are hiding from a clandestine US government agency.
Cast: Colin Ford, Joel Gretsch, Djimon Hounsou, Dakota Fanning
Review: 6/10 Average superhero movie, nothing new, watch and forget.
Star Trek
Star Trek is the 11th movie based on the Star Trek franchise and features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series, who are portrayed by a new cast. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) before they unite aboard the USS Enterprise to combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story establishes an alternate reality through time-travel by both Nero and the original Spock (Leonard Nimoy), freeing the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints.
Cast: Chris Pine as James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Eric Bana as Nero.
Review: 9/10, perfect CGI effects, new stories from Star Trek universe, essential movie for all Trekkies:)
Surrogates
Near future: people live in near-total isolation, rarely leaving the safety and comfort of their homes, thanks to remotely-controlled robotic bodies that serve as “surrogates,” designed as better-looking versions of their human operators. Because people are safe all the time, and damage done to a surrogate is not felt by its owner, it is a peaceful world free from fear, pain, and crime.
Cast: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, James Cromwell
Review: 6/10 (5 without Bruce). This movie would me much much better! I expected a new Blade Runner. I got average flick.
Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation is the last Terminator movie directed by McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol). War between humanity and Skynet.
Cast: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin.
Review: 8/10 I love Terminator movies and even series. I always hoped i will get more info on resistance vs Skynet. I got it in 2009.
The Fourth Kind
The Fourth Kind is a sci fi movie abaout alien abductions based on “a real story”.
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton
Review: 6/10. Milla is best in Resident Evil.
The Road
Movie is based on a Cormac McCarthy novel. A father and son are surviving a number of years after a devastating cataclysm that has destroyed civilization, wiped out plant life, obscured the sun, and nearly wiped out all of mankind. Out of desperation, they try to make their way toward the coast for possible food and shelter, or to find other “good” survivors. Knowing the state to which humanity has fallen, the man carries a pistol with two bullets in case they need to hasten the end. Along the way, they find scarce shelter and resources available to them, and have to avoid bands of cannibals while trying to maintain their own sense of morality and humanity.
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron
Review: 9/10 Great sci fi movie about human morale. I really loved it. Highly recommended!
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The sequel to Transformers (2007) and the second film in the live action Transformers series. The plot revolves around Sam Witwicky, the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons, having visions of Cybertronian symbols, and getting hunted by the Decepticons under the orders of their long-trapped leader, The Fallen, who seeks to get revenge on Earth by finding and activating a machine that would provide the Decepticons with an energon source, destroying all life on the planet in the process.
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
Review: 7/10 7 for special effects. The movie has no next positives.
Twilight: New Moon
Second Twilight saga movie with gross revenue more than $673 million. For God sake!!!
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Review: 3/10 Boring love saga for teens. The worst movies are the most popular and the best moneymakers.
Watchmen
Watchmen is a story set in an alternative 1985, where the world is ticking closer to the brink of nuclear war, and a plot to eliminate a band of ex-crime fighters is instigated, but why?
Cast: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, ackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino
Review: 7/10 Good comics movie.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will.i.am, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch
Review: 7/10 Not bad X-Men movie.
Zombieland
Zombieland is a funny zombie comedy directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Review: 8/10 95% of zombie movies are absolutely same. Zombieland is a little different – funny, action zombie movie with massive kills, smashes and a great comments.
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Star Trec is best of all time
1. Star Trek 2. Terminator 3. District 9 4. Avatar 5. Zombieland
Disney in general is rasict, I’ll give you that.But if Pocahontas is rasict, then maybe that’s where the allegations that Avatar is as well are coming from: The fact that it’s a rewrite.Just so you know, I’m not saying the movie was terrible- there were several things about it I liked, such as the time spent developing Jake’s character, and how he eventually began to question which life was right, which was the dream. I also liked how it was confounded by his continuing to work for the military to gain ground against the Na’vi.Really, I just find the whole Pocahontas rewrite thing more funny than disappointing. My only other regret is that the Na’vi movement animation was stiffer than it should have been.
Who can vote for Twilight???
I vote for Avatar.
It seems Avatar will win this poll.
Hello Sci-Fi Freak73, i think New Moon is overrated. One star is enough:) I like this site! Great work!
Avatar is the best.
3 stars for new Moon: I Don’t like New Moon because authors abused popular fantasy genre to create meanless telenovela like crap.
Why only 3 stars for New Moon?
The Road is a wonderful movie.
I have seen Avatar in 3d and i must tell i love it. Definitely AVATAR is number one movie.
District 9 was the most innovative scifi movie of 2009.
1. District 9
2. Avatar
3. Star Trek
4. Terminator 4
5. 2012
All other movies are average.
Inception is a good runner up righ about now. Favorite book, I have a clpuoe Hexwood is pretty good by diana wynne jones. Almost all of Agatha Christie’s mysteries. Clazziquai, Gackt, LM.C, those are the artist that I am loving as of late. These are in no particular order in my life right now, but most are recent favs. I don’t have an all time though, LOL.
Avatar is the best.
Good pick. You are right, the worst movies were most advertised:) – 2012, New Moon, Surrogates.
Avatar and D9 were the best movies.