Over the past few years, the name Neill Blomkamp has been embedded in the world of science fiction. The director made his way into this genre with his 2009 hit:
District 9. Blomkamp would create another sci-fi film in the form of Elysium, which hit theaters in the summer of 2013. While this director's films have had a sense of style to them, I felt that both have lacked in areas; such as story and characters. It certainly did not help matters when
Elysium's plot reflected concepts seen in District 9. Even with these issue, Neill continues to create more movies for the sci-fi genre. His latest movie,
Chappie, takes moviegoers to a futuristic world and plays with the concept artificial intelligence. While the idea of robots having souls is always interesting, the trailers to this movie indicated that
Chappie's themes would be similar to Blomkamp's previous work. While that might be the case, perhaps these elements could in fact work in favor of this new film.
The story of
Chappie deals a futuristic Johannesburg;well 2016 to be precise. As the city see an insurgency of robotic police, inventor Deon Wilson (Dev Patel) seeks to take robots to the next level by giving one artificial intelligence. The result of Deon's work is the creation of a robotic scout named Chappie (Sharlto Copley). As Chappie starts his life as a true A.I, he soon finds himself in trouble as he is raised by gang members who seek to use him for their own benefits. If that was not bad enough, Deon and Chappie find themselves dealing with former military man Victor Moore (Hugh Jackman); who wants to use his own machine to patrol the streets of Johannesburg.
