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Chappie
In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. A self conscious robot named Chappie is made for better protection but later Chappie is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. As powerful, destructive forces start to see Chappie as a danger to mankind and order, they will stop at nothing to maintain the status quo and ensure that Chappie is the last of his kind.
26 December 1976, Zomba, Malawi
3 June 1967, New York City, New York, USA
30 March 1979, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA
13 May 1975, York, England, UK
6 April 1981, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
February 24, 2017
Although mildly entertaining at times, especially in the beginning scenes when we first see Chappie come to life, the film suffers from an uneven storyline.
June 28, 2016
Chappie makes no more sense than the ludicrous alien takeover of District 9 and is just as visually ugly, but, without a Roger Ebert to shill for it, the formula now seems especially out of date and particularly depressing.
March 07, 2015
There's material in Chappie for a worthwhile motion picture but too little is explored by Blomkamp to make this worth a trip to a theater.
May 16, 2016
Chappie's problem: the hardware is solid -- it's the software that's mostly at fault.
April 25, 2017
The film isn't bad and can be very funny (although this is, at times, involuntarily), the central character is endearing and the plot promises enthusiasm. [Full review in Spanish]
June 21, 2016
Blomkamp and Tatchell aim for the wicked subversions that elevated Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop, but Chappie shoots in too many directions.
December 14, 2015
Its oddly jumbled machinery never clicks. The logic of Chappie gradually disintegrates, becoming increasingly farcical.
July 14, 2016
When I say Chappie reminds me of Short Circuit 2 by way of Robocop and District 9, you have to understand that I mean it in the nicest sense possible.
March 06, 2015
It may be too sloppy and indulgent to actually call good, but that still leaves room for words like heartfelt, trippy, personal, and even admirable.
March 15, 2015
The principal charm of the film arises from Chappie's ears, which prick up and droop like those of a titanium rabbit.
July 19, 2016
It's this time-old message of humanity, adapted to fit with today's technologies, that transcends the overpowering, at times clunky, cinematic vessel.
March 10, 2015
While the visual effects are spectacularly seamless, they're in the service of a movie which devolves from vaguely funny to just-plain silly to numbingly gory.