Chappie (2015)

In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.

Director:

Neill Blomkamp

Writers:

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

Stars:

Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sharlto Copley	...	Chappie
Dev Patel	...	Deon Wilson
Ninja	...	Ninja
Yo-Landi Visser	...	Yo-Landi (as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er)
Jose Pablo Cantillo	...	Yankie (Amerika)
Hugh Jackman	...	Vincent Moore
Sigourney Weaver	...	Michelle Bradley
Brandon Auret	...	Hippo
Johnny Selema	...	Pitbull (as Johnny K. Selema)
Anderson Cooper	...	Anderson Cooper
Maurice Carpede	...	Police Chief
Jason Cope	...	Tetravaal Lead Mechanic
Kevin Otto	...	Interviewer
Chris Shields	...	Journalist
Bill Marchant	...	Professor

Storyline

In Johannesburg, the police department reduced the high rating of criminality using robots from the Tetravaal Company, designed by the engineer Deon Wilson. The former military Vincent Moore is envious of Deon, since he has developed another project called Moose, but neither Tetravaal nor the police department is interested. Deon has just developed an Artificial Intelligence but the Tetravaal's CEO Michelle Bradley asks him to abort the project. Deon decides to bring the damaged Robot 22 that was sent to be crushed to test his A.I. However he is kidnapped by the criminals Ninja, Yo-Landi and Amerika that want him to stop the robot cops. When they see the damaged robot in the van, they force Deon to program it to heist banks with them and they call it Chappie. However, Chappie acts like a child and need to be trained to learn and grow. Meanwhile Vincent follows Deon and plots an evil scheme to activate his robot.

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Plot Keywords:

artificial intelligence | robot | future | mind uploading | consciousness | 

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Taglines:

Humanity's last hope isn't human.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Mexico

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 March 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Capis

Filming Locations:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$49,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$13,346,782 (USA) (6 March 2015)

Gross:

$31,569,268 (USA) (1 May 2015)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Media Rights Capital, LStar Capital

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color (ACES)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While Deon is figuring out the problem on his new AI code, the codes shown on the screen was actually from Fedora OS Node.c. The same codes were shown while Chappie is figuring out the problem on his Consciousness codes.

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Goofs

When Yolandi hugs Chappie before the Moose attack, she places her hand directly over a blade stuck to Chappie's magnetic chest and it flexes like it's made of rubber.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Journalist: Historically when we look at evolution, it's not surprising that Chappie's left turn happened.
Professor: It's too early to tell how this is all going to play out. I didn't believe this would happen in my lifetime, but it is happening.

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Connections

Featured in Chappie: Crime Spree - Scene Deconstructions (2015)

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Soundtracks

Chocolate & Vanilla
Written by Mzondeleli Boltina, Sakhekile Buyana, and Samuel Plaatjies
Performed by Ifani (as iFani) feat. Blaksuga
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Africa (Pty) Ltd
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Way better than the critics want you to believe

I thoroughly enjoyed Chappie. I usually don't write reviews, but after seeing the brutal rating this movie is getting I felt compelled to write this review.

Chappie is a funny, entertaining, and surprisingly sentimental movie about a sentient robot being raised by gangsters in Johannesburg. Most of the criticisms I've seen about one- dimensional characters and illogical character choices are valid, but Chappie's character, the CGI, the humor, and the overall aesthetic of the movie more than make up for these shortcomings.

Please go see this movie and make up your own mind. I almost didn't go last night because of the negative reviews, but I'm so happy I did. I'm very excited to see this movie again. You leave this movie feeling like you've become friends with Chappie, and I hope the bad reviews don't prevent the sequels from being made.

If you like Neill Blomkamp's directing and style you will love this movie.