Chappie
Chappie (stylized as CHAPPiE) is a 2015 dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp and written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell. A bilateral co-production between the United States and South Africa, the film stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Ninja, Yolandi Visser, Jose Pablo Cantillo, and Sigourney Weaver. The film, set and shot in Johannesburg, is about an artificial general intelligence law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters, who nickname it Chappie.
Plot
A skyrocketing crime rate leads the dystopian city of Johannesburg, South Africa to buy a squadron of scouts—state-of-the-art armor-plated attack robots—from weapons manufacturer Tetravaal. These autonomous androids were developed by British scientist Deon Wilson and largely supplant the overwhelmed human police force.
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| author | Neill Blomkamp Terri Tatchell |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Johannesburg |
| director | Neill Blomkamp |
| editor | Julian Clarke Mark Goldblatt |
| genre | action science fiction thriller |
| keywords | armored car artificial intelligence burn dangerous neighborhood digital immortality disabled dystopia factory flash drive follow gang member grieve hide johannesburg south africa kidnap kill manufacture police force rand remote control run south africa south african rand stealing car test train transfers the dying deon\'s consciousness into a spare robot traumatize weapons manufacturer wound |
| musicBy | Hans Zimmer |
| producer | Neill Blomkamp Simon Kinberg |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Kinberg Genre LStar Capital MRC |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | Johannesburg Ponte City Apartments |
| theme | dystopian martial arts science fiction action short |