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Director: Josh Trank
Writers: Max Landis (screenplay), Max Landis (story)
Stars: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Michael B. Jordan
Storyline
Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery. Soon, though, they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.
Reviews
Chronicle (1:24, PG-13) — science fiction, 3rd string, original
Chronicle uses the "found footage" gimmick originated by The Blair Witch Project and copied with greater or lesser effectiveness by Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity, The Devil Inside, and Trollhunter. It usually portends poorly for the videographers. Indeed, the "found" part strongly implies that there were no survivors, which kind of kicks the suspense in the head. No more "How are they gonna get out of THIS one?", more like the Final Destination question of "Who's gonna get it now, and how?".
But, while this loss of suspense is certainly a strike against a movie from the outset, it can be overcome by clever storytelling, and that's the case here. 3 unknown actors — Michael B. Jordan as Steve Montgomery, likable popular guy; Dane DeHaan as diffident school spittoon Andrew Detmer; and Alex Russell (no relation) as Andrew's philosophical, understanding, good-guy cousin Matt Garetty — use 95% of the screen time to do a highly credible job of showing what it would be like for ordinary high-school boys to acquire telekinetic powers, which slowly strengthen as they exercise them.
We hardly see Andrew at all in the beginning, as its his camera that's being used to film everything, and he's behind it, not in front of it. But it turns out that he has a natural knack for the TK thing, and soon he's using mind power to float the camera at a distance so he can be included in the picture. (This is a clever work-around for some of the inherent limitations of the found-footage approach.)
The only credibility problem in the film (aside from the basic premise) was that the lads didn't use their powers to excel on the school sports teams. Man, I would have totally done that! Otherwise what they ACTUALLY do is completely believable, and that snares us with vicarious buy-in. This is the age group, you will recall, that gave rise to the most widely quoted line in the history of the Darwin Awards: "Hey, guys, watch this!". But with great power, we are reminded, comes great responsibility, and one of the fellas is a tad short in that department, so things take a turn toward the alarming after we get past the wheee part.
Andrew has been treated as a loser his entire life, most notably by his alcoholic ex-firefighter dad, who lavished all his love on his wife (now dying of some unspecified chronic respiratory disease) and has nothing but contempt, anger, and abuse for Andrew. But now, with new-found powers and growing self-confidence, Andrew doesn't see why he should have to take crap from anybody any more. So he starts striking back. Then he discovers that he likes it. Then he decides he's cut out to be what he calls an "alpha predator" and begins predating.
Steve and especially Matt try to reason with him, but it doesn't go well.
This is a movie that follows its hook straight thru without blinking or apologizing. The many effects were seamless. And, as a plot tactic, I was particularly struck by how somebody would start to do something, then decide it wasn't working and try something else. This happens all the time in real life but hardly ever in the movies, and it added to the serious verisimilitude. Props to screenwriter Max Landis and director Josh Trank for nailing the feel of real people in the real world.
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