Chappie Review

Chappie is a weird take on the classic Short Circuit movie. It has some cool moments during its run-time but eventually the fun goes out the window. You’re better off just catching this one on TV to be honest.

The Good

• The visuals of this movie were on par with the rest of Neil Blomkamp’s history. He makes great worlds to escape to when you’re watching his movies. No one could say his movies are visually boring.
• The robot named Chappie was quite entertaining throughout the movie. Chappie went through a lot of emotions and showed promise. Sharlto Copley did a respectable job in portraying the character.

The Bad

The ending for Chappie was horrid. You basically have Chappie bringing back folks to life with the mind tool. You first have Chappie bring back Deon from the dead and it starts to become stupid. Not too long after that you have Chappie doing the same thing with Yolandi’s memory. It was disappointing to see this moment happen on screen.

Deon just annoyed me during the entire movie. He made a lot of mistakes and came off as too much of a punk. I got real upset when they brought him back to life.

The movie Chappie felt too much like a rated-r version of Short Circuit with a twist. If you think about the plot points of Short Circuit and you put them on top of Chappie then you basically have the same movie. The only thing different from both movies are the cursing and somewhat boredom from Chappie’s universe.

Vincent Moore was nothing but a bully who wanted his one machine to go out. His Moose was stupid and clunky. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Robocop and that is bigger isn’t always better. You need something that could make short turns and scratch it’s back if it had to do it.

Chappie (2015) Cast and Details

Chappie (2015) is directed by Neill Blomkamp and stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver and Ninja. It runs 120 minutes and is rated R. You can look up the full cast and crew on IMDb. You might also like my Focus review.