# District 9: Rave Reviews So Far...

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 12, 2009, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/district-9-rave-reviews-so-far/506152 "2009-08-12T07:49:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/district-9-rave-reviews-so-far/506152/81 "2009-08-16T19:22:01Z")

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It wasn’t a Deus Ex Machina. A Deus Ex Machina is something that comes from out of nowhere, with no logical connection to any previous part of the plot.

It’s a weak element to fixate on anyway, since the movie is so much more than the sum of its action sequences.

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