District 9 is a great movie. It kick started Neill Blomkamp's career as a movie director. His second effort, Elysium wasn't good. Chappie could be the movie that will ruin Blomkamp's career. I really wouldn't like that to happen since he's a young and creative filmmaker. Chappie was a movie with potential and I was really excited for it. Sadly, it was bad.
The film is about a near future there much off the crimes in Johannesburg are taken care off by police droids. The story focuses mainly on Deon Wilson (Dev Patel), the creator off police droids who's currently working on a robot with the ability to think and feel. This is a very interesting concept that's quickly ruined when the robot (Chappie) is stolen by a gang that teaches him how to organize crimes instead of stopping them. This is where the movie should have taken another path, I really don't understand what Blomkamp was thinking.
A movie that with a similar plot to films like Bicentennial Man and I Robot (two great films by the way) turns into a mess. The main character's week gets worse when his competitor Vincent Moore (Hugh Jackman) tries to take away everything that's important to him. What a poorly executed film this is. The idea is interesting although it isn't original, but the whole part with Chappie being raised by gangsters is just terrible. The movie did have some jokes that sadly didn't save it.
Action fans should still have a great time though. This movie is full off guns. Sadly Chappie isn't clever in any way like District 9 and almost becomes Transformers in the last act.
I really hope Neill Blomkamp can get his stuff together and make a great movie. Without Michael Bay explosions and poor character introductions.
The film is about a near future there much off the crimes in Johannesburg are taken care off by police droids. The story focuses mainly on Deon Wilson (Dev Patel), the creator off police droids who's currently working on a robot with the ability to think and feel. This is a very interesting concept that's quickly ruined when the robot (Chappie) is stolen by a gang that teaches him how to organize crimes instead of stopping them. This is where the movie should have taken another path, I really don't understand what Blomkamp was thinking.
A movie that with a similar plot to films like Bicentennial Man and I Robot (two great films by the way) turns into a mess. The main character's week gets worse when his competitor Vincent Moore (Hugh Jackman) tries to take away everything that's important to him. What a poorly executed film this is. The idea is interesting although it isn't original, but the whole part with Chappie being raised by gangsters is just terrible. The movie did have some jokes that sadly didn't save it.
Action fans should still have a great time though. This movie is full off guns. Sadly Chappie isn't clever in any way like District 9 and almost becomes Transformers in the last act.
I really hope Neill Blomkamp can get his stuff together and make a great movie. Without Michael Bay explosions and poor character introductions.