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Sharlto Copley | ... | ||
Dev Patel | ... | ||
Ninja | ... | ||
Yo-Landi Visser | ... |
Yo-Landi
(as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er)
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Jose Pablo Cantillo | ... |
Yankie (Amerika)
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Hugh Jackman | ... | ||
Sigourney Weaver | ... | ||
Brandon Auret | ... |
Hippo
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Johnny Selema | ... |
Pitbull
(as Johnny K. Selema)
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Anderson Cooper | ... | ||
Maurice Carpede | ... |
Police Chief
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Jason Cope | ... |
Tetravaal Lead Mechanic
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Kevin Otto | ... |
Interviewer
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Chris Shields | ... |
Journalist
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Bill Marchant | ... |
Professor
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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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.