Chappie is an AI robot built to learn and grow. Like a child but more metallic. According to the faux-news reports that open the film, the police force in near-future Johannesburg, South Africa has been replaced with human-sized and heavily-armed robots that, while not indestructible, are powerful enough to have inspired a steep drop in the crime rate.These are not thinking robots, and they are easily outwitted. So as a pet project, Chappie is created under the radar, and is a dangerous combination of easily manipulated and a deadly warrior.
The script is a bit heavy handeded, and the actors cannot save it. Sigourney Weaver is a cardboard cut out of a corporate executive, Hugh Jackman lacks his usual charm, and Dev Patel is good. The film is diversionary but not quite deep enough.
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