With the release of the first trailer of Neill Blomkamp’s follow-up to his District 9 I thought it was time to look back at one of my favorite scenes from that film. In fact, I rather think this scene was and, still is, one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history.

District 9 was such a great film with so many scenes and sequences that I consider favorites. Yet, it’s one particular scene that happened very quickly that it left many audiences staring at the big-screen (or small screen) wondering if they just saw what they just saw. I’m talking about a brief sequence during the climactic fight inside District 9 as Wikus tries to provide fire and cover for Chris Johnson and his young son to make it back to the alien shuttle and get back to the mothership.

Even now just watching the clip one really has to watch it more than once to truly appreciate the insanity that went into this action-packed final reel of the film. To put it simply, District 9 and Neill Blomkamp introduced the world not just to live-action mecha action but to the Spider Jerusalem-esque weapon I have simply dubbed: “The Pig Cannon”.

Watch and be amazed.