Any movie with Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, and a robot that’s come to life has to be good…right?
You’d certainly think so, but not all the critics are sold on Chappie! The Neil Blomkamp-directed sci-fi flick takes place in the not-so-distant future, where pre-programmed robots act as the police force. When one of these droids is stolen and his data is reprogrammed, he takes on the ability to think for himself and experience typically human emotions for the first time.
Some critics were not so chipper for “Chappie”, one from Metro writing that while the film is sloppy, even for the “District Nine” Director.
There were others, still, who thought the good outweighed the bad. Time Out’s Tom Huddleston noted that while “Chappie the film isn’t so perfect,” it turns out to be a “hugely entertaining oddity” that “could never be mistaken for the work of any other filmmaker” than Blomkamp.
“Chappie” hits theaters Friday, March 6th.
