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Chappie

With crime rates out of control in Johannesburg, South Africa, the government purchases state-of-the-art robots to enforce the peace and fight crime. Vincent (Jackman), a competing engineer who's developed his own robotic soldiers, feels slighted that his weapons weren't given equal attention, and steals a damaged police robot, into which he plans to upload the new artificial intelligence that he's developed. However, he and the robot are kidnapped by a group of thugs who threaten to kill him unless he programs the robot to fight for them. He installs his artificial intelligence into the police robot and it gains a childlike sentience. The thugs begin to teach it to speak and name it "Chappie" (Copley).

Director: Neill Blomkamp. Stars: Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel, Sigourney Weaver. 2015. 120 min. Sci-Fi.

 

The Lazarus Effect

A pair of medical researchers, Frank (Duplass) and his fiancée Zoe (Wilde) develop a serum meant to assist coma patients, code-named "Lazarus." In tests, they administer the serum to a recently deceased dog, which brings it back to life. They run tests on the animal, which show that the drug is creating new synapses in its brain and giving it strange new abilities. During a later experiment, an accident causes Zoe to be fatally electrocuted. In his grief, Frank uses the serum on her to bring her back to life, and she reawakens with strange new powers of telepathy and telekinesis. With her rewired brain also causing aggression and rage, Zoe goes on a horrifying rampage, using her newfound powers to terrorize and kill anyone around her.

Director: David Gelb. Stars: Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, Sarah Bolger, Evan Peters, Donald Glover. 2015. 83 min. Horror.

 

Unfinished Business

Dan Trunkman (Vaughn) has started his own business after a falling out with his old boss, but is having trouble getting it off the ground. When an amazing business opportunity presents itself, he and his partners jet around the world trying to close the deal, but their old boss is hot on their heels trying to snatch the opportunity before they can.

Director: Ken Scott. Stars: Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller. 2015. 91 min. Comedy.