Chappie

"I am consciousness. I am alive. I am Chappie."

2015 2h 0m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 8,716

CrimeActionScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

“I am consciousness. I am alive. I am Chappie.”

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Cast

Sharlto Copley
Chappie
Dev Patel
Deon Wilson
Hugh Jackman
Vincent Moore
Ninja
Ninja
Yo-Landi Visser
Yo-Landi
Sigourney Weaver
Michelle Bradley
Chris Shields
Journalist
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Neill Blomkamp
Writers: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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2 / 8

CAST

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256+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Neill Blomkamp, shot by Trent Opaloch. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Julian Clarke shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Sharlto Copley and Dev Patel and Hugh Jackman carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "I am consciousness. I am alive. I am Chappie.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1823672 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Neill Blomkamp directs. Trent Opaloch behind the camera. Hans Zimmer scores. Julian Clarke cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 11 years ago.
2256+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Neill Blomkamp, shot by Trent Opaloch. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Julian Clarke shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Sharlto Copley and Dev Patel and Hugh Jackman carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "I am consciousness. I am alive. I am Chappie.".
8IMDB entry: tt1823672 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9The top-rated still from this film on TMDB has multiple community votes — a signal the frame composition stuck with viewers.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "future", "android", "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "dystopia".

The technical file

Cinematography: Trent Opaloch
Original score: Hans Zimmer
Editing: Julian Clarke
Production design: Jules Cook
Costume design: Diana Cilliers
Makeup / hair: Sarah Rubano
VFX supervisor: Chris Harvey
Sound: Dave Whitehead
Stunt coordinator: Grant Hulley
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $49,000,000
Box office: $104,399,548
Return: 213% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Chappie (2015)

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Reno2015-08-13
★ 8/10
Its a sci-fi age and robot rules. It came as a little surprise. Obviously I was looking for this film, but not expected to reach at this level. The film was really brilliant despite the influence of plenty of other films. Yes, the ideas were borrowed from the movies like 'Short Circuit', 'I, Robot', 'RoboCop', Real Steel', "Bicentennial Man', 'Transcendence', et cetera. But that did not bother me at all. I would call it an inspiration to make a new product out that already existed. It was not completely depended on Dev Patel's role, otherwise woulda been a disaster. Its the Hugh Jackman, eventhough his character was not on the frontline, because of his presence, the movie was filled with some exciting and thrilling moment. His role was pretty much same to 'Real Steal', but showed in a different shade. Silly concept, even dialogues were so stupid. I don't know, maybe because of the South African accent. But the screenplay was very good. Fast and gets the point quickly than wasting time for buildups. One of the best robot movie and it will be remembered. Looks like the sequel will be more furious and going to be an action packed item, if there will be one. Worth to watch it at least once. 7.5/10

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