Chappie is a science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp and starring Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Sigourney Weaver, Hugh Jackman and Watkin Tudor Jones and Yolandi Visser of zef rap-rave group Die Antwoord as metafictional versions of themselves.
The film, set and shot in Johannesburg, is about an artificially intelligent law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters, who nickname it Chappie.
In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. But now, the people are fighting back. 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.
As powerful, destructive forces start to see Chappie as a danger to mankind and order, they will stop at nothing to maintain the status quo and ensure that Chappie is the last of his kind.
Read TVSA movie critic Tha-Bang's review here (comes with handy trailer):
Review: Chappie
| CHANNEL |
e.tv |
| PREMIERE |
11 March 2018 |
| TIMESLOT |
Sunday, 20h00 |
| REPEATS |
Saturday 17 March at 00h55 |