Chappie

2015 "I am consciousness. I am alive. I am Chappie."
6.8| 2h0m| R| en
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Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

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SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped
SunnyHello Nice effects though.
Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
chi_town_fed I never knew a movie could have such potential yet be so thoroughly and ignorantly disappointing. Moreover, they simply plagiarized Robocop and changed a few nuances.Crappie falls flat in every way. The so-called comedy is overshadowed by the carnage and the all over the place story line. You have so called thugs who are on-again and off-again about killing the "maker". You have a "maker" who comes and goes into a den of wannbe thugs as though he is just going out for coffee. I was even disappointed at how the thugs were portrayed to be beyond dumb and ignorant. Even thugs are more competent than the way they are portrayed in this idiotic film.I don't see how anyone could rate this film as a 9 or 10. I completely understand everyone having their own tastes. However, some things simply stink no matter who smells it. Crappie is by far one of the worst, inconsistent films in modern history. It takes ignorance to new heights.
aYoomanBean I couldn't get past the first half hour because nothing made sense. It looked good, though.
derinstick I agree with every single person that has commented positively on this movie. It is simple fantastic. Makes me wanna trail the rest of the director's movies.
Gavin Purtell 'Chappie' is Blomkamp's third film, after 'District 9' and 'Elysium' and easily sits between them in terms of quality. It's a near-future tale of artificial intelligence and how this could play out on a small and large scale. It's nothing new ('Terminator', 'Short Circuit'), but it is done in an interesting way. Deon (Patel) develops "scouts" (basically literal robocops), which Vincent (Jackman) wants to supersede with his mech-warriors. When Deon creates an AI "conscious", Chappie is "born".Unfortunately for Chappie, his "parents" are Ninja & Yo-Landi from 'Die Antwoord', a South African rap-rave "band" (thanks Wikipedia. If you haven't heard them before, don't bother!) I can only assume Blomkamp loves their music (god knows how) and asked them to be in this as a favour. Their faux-gangster act forces Chappie into doing things he doesn't want to and disaster ensues. Jackman is adequately douchey as the Aussie-redneck, Sigourney Weaver is massively underutilised, Patel is solid and Copley is great as the South African-accented voice of Chappie, providing most of the laughs due to his interpretation of sayings.The visual effects - particularly of Chappie and the other scouts - is superb. There's not too much philosophising on the impacts AI could have on humans/the world. The ending was a little drawn-out and obvious - not necessarily good or bad.