We review CHAPPIE – Third time's not the charm for Neill Blomkamp
Here’s the problem with reaching the top: The only place left to go is down. Thus appears to be the lot in life for Neill Blomkamp, the visionary South African born filmmaker who made the most high-flying of debuts with the “fooking prawns” of District 9 a few years ago. His followup, Elysium, with its subtle-as-cancer soapboxing and paper-thin characters, …