Chappie is one of those kinds of movies that just looks so fantastic and has such an interesting concept, that it would take an almost overwhelming force to ruin its initial goodwill. Which, ...

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“Chappie” is a movie about the evolution of artificial intelligence that’s as dumb as a post. It also marks the continuing devolution of the work of director and co-writer Neill Blomkamp. Blomkamp’s ...

“Short Circuit” meets “RoboCop” — with asides to “WALL-E,” “E.T.,” “The Road Warrior” and many other better movies — in “Chappie,” an interminable, violent, incoherent and wearying R-rated sci-fi ...

Chappie is another South African robot movie from Neil Blomkamp, the director who arrived on the scene in 2009 with the heart-pounding South African robot movie District 9. Chappie’s nowhere near as ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When the first footage for the upcoming new film from Neill Blomkamp, Chappie, was unveiled, it ...

Neill Blomkamp made a big noise with his first narrative feature, and one of the things that made “District 9” so electrifying was that it seemed to come out of nowhere. It was a surprise, and it was ...

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Chappie, however, didn’t do that. While it didn’t open up the question of where humans came from, it ventured into questions surrounding human consciousness and if it can be created or transferred. I ...