Chappie
Cast: Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman , Sharlto Copley, Ninja, Yo-Landi Visser, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Sigourney Weaver Director: Neill Blomkamp THE most surprising part of Chappie , by Academy Award-nominee Blomkamp, is that Hugh Jackman plays second fiddle to Dev Patel. The second surprising part is that Patel holds his own. As Deon Wilson — no, no Indian-lineage hints — Patel is the lead programmer of the Scouts programme, which has provided Johannesburg with an all-robotic police force and brought order to the lawless town. Patel is working on making his machines better through giving them artificial intelligence. Jackman is a war veteran, Vincent Moore, who doesn’t care for nerds such as colleague Wilson, wears shorts to office unlike Wilson’s tie and shirt, and who is pushing for his own Moore programme in which humans will control a crime-busting robot via a neuro-transmitter helmet. Things take a turn when Wilson is denied permission to try his breakthrough A.I. technology o...