Nottingham Post published Film review: Chappie (15)

Expanded by South African writer-director Neill Blomkamp from his 2004 short film Tetra Vaal, Chappie is a futuristic thriller, which hardwires the heavy-armoured brutality of RoboCop with the childlike wonder of Short Circuit.It's an unlikely mechanised hybrid and the script, co-written by Terri Tatchell, suffers abrupt shifts in tone within an episodic narrative.The delicious irony of Blomkamp's endeavour is obvious: the eponymous police droid wouldn't exist on the big screen without digital..