Chronicle Review

Release Date: 01 February 2012

Age Certificate: 12A

Running Time: 84 mins

Director: Josh Trank

Writers: Max Landis

Stars: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Michael B. Jordan

Yet another found footage film, before I laid my eyes on this feature film I thought it was going to be the same old stuff. But this film actually manages to make it a good film. When I saw the trailer I decided it was going to be yet another terrible film or it could be a rare surprise. Chronicle is about three guys who find a meteor alien thing at a high school party. This thing then gives them wonderful powers. I believe this is a great concept because it tries to betray what school boys would actually do with powers.

The thing what used to really annoy me about the found footage genre was that the person would have stopped filming all of the crazy happenings going on around them. But this film shows that the main character, who is abused by his step dad and is bullied in school wants to document his life with these powers. I think the film does this really well. I enjoy how the director has made this character able to control the camera with telekinesis, this enables the camera to be steady and not constantly shaking and not making the viewer feel sick. It also gets inventive camera shots which added a new depth to the film.

The finale is somewhat ridiculous. Throughout the film you knew that this tormented kid was going to burst out and unleash his powers. When he does it bursts out in to amazing special effects but I can’t help saying it was crazy and stupid but it was fun.

This was a great superhero film which has come out of nowhere.

7.2/10

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