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Chappie
Sign in to save2015 film directed by Neill Blomkamp
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6.8Every 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.
Cast
- Sharlto Copley as Chappie
- Dev Patel as Deon Wilson
- Hugh Jackman as Vincent Moore
- Ninja as Ninja
- Yo-Landi Visser as Yo-Landi
- Sigourney Weaver as Michelle Bradley
Themes
- future
- android
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- dystopia
- johannesburg, south africa
- robot
- robot cop
- cyber thriller
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
282,686 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
32%
Metacritic
41/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Neill Blomkamp
- Written by
- Neill Blomkamp Terri Tatchell
- Produced by
- Neill Blomkamp Simon Kinberg
- Starring
- Sharlto Copley Dev Patel Hugh Jackman Ninja Yolandi Visser Jose Pablo Cantillo Sigourney Weaver
- Cinematography
- Trent Opaloch
- Edited by
- Julian Clarke Mark Goldblatt
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures MRC LStar Capital Kinberg Genre
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- March 4, 2015 ( 2015-03-04 ) ( New York City ) March 6, 2015 ( 2015-03-06 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 120 minutes
- Countries
- United States South Africa
- Languages
- English Afrikaans
- Budget
- $49 million
- Box office
- $102.1 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 417456
- Official website
- www.chappie-movie.com
- Image
- Chappie Logo.svg
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- publication date
- 2015-03-06
- title
- Chappie
- capital cost
- 49000000
- box office
- 102069268
- social media followers
- 6960
- review score
- 41/100
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Article
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.
Chappie premiered in New York City on March 4, 2015, and was released in U.S. cinemas on March 6, 2015. The film grossed $102 million worldwide against a $49 million budget, and received mixed reviews from critics.