CHRONICLEÂ (15)
D: Josh Trank
20th Century Fox (John Davis & Adam
Schroeder)
USA 🇺🇸 2012
83 mins
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Science Fiction
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W: Max Landis
DP: Matthew Jensen
Ed: Elliott Greenberg
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Dane DeHaan (Andrew Detmer), Alex Russell (Matt Garetty),
Michael B. Jordan (Steve Montgomery), Michael Kelly (Richard Detmer), Ashley Hinshaw (Casey Letter)
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There has been a huge growth of this new genre of
documentary-style movies, filmed in a home video/YouTube style of all being caught on a single camcorder.
Some of these I really enjoy (Cloverfield, [rec]) and some
of them I don't (Paranormal Activity- why it's so popular I'll never know!!).
Chronicle falls between the two stools... It's got a great
concept, but there is a definite flaw in its execution. Pinpointed by a very weak final 20 minutes.
The story follows three school friends who document their
new-found superhuman abilities on a camcorder, but one of them loses his ability to control them due to a volatile family life, bullying & unpopularity at school, as well as his own
paranoia. Personally, I felt this film didn't really need the gimmick of documentary-style photography. There's a good film lost here. A real shame as I expected more from a fantastic
premise.
6/10