The mayor of downtown Johannesburg portrays the city as a dangerous one, introducing the ‘First Robotic Police Force’ after being unable to control violence there. 

A bulletproof guard key system is used to make them. 

The huge bad boy robot software ‘Moos’ is being developed by Vincent Moor (Hugh Jackman), the lead developer who is constantly carrying his ego in his pocket. Then there is Deon Wilson (Dev Patel), the program’s primary creator, who has a grand vision of real intelligence—a machine that is capable of thinking and feeling. 

And then, parallelly, there is that ‘Thug Gang’ consisting of Yolandi, Ninja and Yankie, doing the gangster things.

The movie picks up steam when the Ninja and his crew go to meet a Hippo and gang because of a miscommunication; but, as you know, in the thug world if you don’t do what you’re told to, you’ll be brutally tortured. At this point, the robotic police force takes over the city in an effort to lessen crime, and they start firing around the remote location of the thugs’ negotiation spot.  

The Hippo and co, the Ninja, and the gang, all manage to flee during the attack, but our main protagonist ‘robot’ is shot down nearby, suffering fatal wounds, and is then sent to the group in charge of repairs and abandonment.

The Ninja and gang have plans to attack Deon on the day that his program breakthroughs occur because they have learned from the internet that he creates powerful, intelligent robots that could assist them in achieving their objectives and make Hippo and the gang’s death threats less bothersome. They seize control of Deon’s automobile, start questioning him, and eventually convince him to aid them if only a few conditions are met.

Deon deconstructs and reconstructs that one seriously injured robot and installs it.

When the robot is finally activated, they find that the newly developed program causes the robot to behave like a newborn.  When faced with people, it runs away and hides behind a piece of block wood. Yolandi gives him the name ‘Chappie’ and takes on the role of his mommy as he starts to interact with people and learn the language of humans. 

They all become best buddies they could ever be as Ninja turns into his daddy –
before becoming orientated; they attempt to make the bad boy.

 He is initially befriended by Ninja and Yankie for their evil goals, but with time, Chappie comes to be an important part of their family and he grows fond of his mommy Yolandi.  

In the fight’s climax, where the police force under Vincent Moore takes control and the authorities start to view Chappie as a threat to humankind despite the fact that Chappie is the epitome of love and cuteness, they end up killing someone, leaving everyone who loves that character in despair. However, Chappie then makes that figure come to life, which is worth watching. 

With the exception of Hugh Jackman and Dev Patel, majority of the cast are South Africans – that is Anri du Toit, Watkin Tudor Jones, Jose Pablo Cantillo and Brandon Auret, who have done an excellent job. They have the essential garb of a gangster out on the street. To put it mildly, some performances are wide-ranging.

The movie also has this lovely way of demonstrating how a child’s development and attitude are greatly influenced by what their environment and their parents teach them when they are young. In this movie, a robot with a baby-like mentality and thug-like acts will make you squeal with delight at how adorable they are. We may say that the robot or Chappie is more than just activated; it is coming to life. 

This movie is definitely worth a watch, as you can also see how a pure mother’s love and care has deep influences on anything – literally anything.

It’s a good watch for all ages, packed with loads of laughs, love, imagination, technological information and definitely, action.

Chappie (stylized as CHAPPiE) is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp and written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell; it is a motion picture by Sony.

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