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Chappie

2015 · Movie · R · 120 min

6.8(8,567)unSUB Rating

CrimeActionScience Fiction

In a near-future city, a promising AI project leads to the creation of a robot who experiences life like a child. Influenced by good and bad surroundings, it searches for its own identity while a tense conflict over robots and control escalates around it.

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Details
Years
2015
Release date
2015-03-04
Language
English
Rated
R
Runtime
120 min
Max quality
HD
TMDB rating (input)
6.8/10 (8,567 votes)
Box office
$102,069,268
Budget
$49,000,000
About

If you want an emotional robot coming-of-age story with sci-fi morality themes and plenty of momentum, you’ll likely enjoy Chappie; Not for you if you dislike mixed tones or trope-heavy AI plots like Elysium or District 9.

Pros: standout robot emotions; big sci-fi ideas; often entertaining | Cons: derivative tropes; messy pacing; uneven story

Themes

  • future
  • android
  • artificial intelligence (a.i.)
  • dystopia
  • johannesburg, south africa
  • robot
  • robot cop
  • cyber thriller

Cast & crew

Directed by Neill Blomkamp