‘Chappie’ Is A High Tech Pinocchio, But Neill Blomkamp’s Allegory On Artificial Intelligence Can’t Escape Bad Writing
Chappie seems vaguely familiar. It could be because writer-director Neill Blomkamp transports us back to Johannesburg, South Africa, the setting of his first feature, District 9. That film was a big surprise when it was released in late summer 2009. Four years later, Blomkamp’s Elysium, another science-fiction feature, carried a big star (Matt Damon) and […]
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