Reviews of Chaos

Strong but underwhelming.

Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 22 April 2008 10:17 (A review of Chaos)

"You picked the wrong day not to use the ATM."

Chaos is just another cop/bad guy thriller with a few good names attached. I never expected this to be anything more than it turned out to be, which is disappointing especially when you consider the talent involved.

When a cop is suspended after a questionable decision during a hostage crisis, a group of five men commence a bank robbery downtown and will only negotiate with suspended cop Conners (Statham).

But when the criminals escape and disappear, the police must now work to flush them out and discover what really happened.

Effective cop thriller certainly has its moments, but it's sorely lacking in many aspects. First of all; the script. By using so much cop slang throughout the running time, the plot twists aren't in any way understandable and the film wants the audience to think far too hard about everything. Now I detest filmmakers who spoon feed everything to the audience, but there's a fine line between spoon feeding and not letting the audience understand what the hell is actually going on!

There's also some weird, miss-guided guff about the chaos theory thrown in there just to give the film a more promising title.

The film's pacing is another issue. With little action, the audience is forced to sit through endless scenes of drama that attempt to make the film smarter than it actually is. Still, Statham carries the movie quite well and there are a number of highly impressive names here as well.

The twist at the end is also kind of redeeming, and the film ends with a climax that is both unexpected and unconventional. It's just a shame the rest of the film didn't carry such intelligence.

Overall, Chaos is worth seeing but you won't be regretting it if you give it a pass.

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Great Twist

Posted : 1 year ago on 15 September 2007 06:59 (A review of Chaos)

Now THIS is a great movie!
Right up there in my fav movies, and for so many reasons ..
Its confusing at times, well, the first time you see it. But it is genious and i guarentee when you see it you will love the ending.
AMAZING acting by Jason Statham! Wesley Snipes - Perfect bad guy for this movie. Aand rising star Ryan Phillipe would have got a lot out of this movie. Definetly great acting from him!
Great Twist at the end, really amazing movie, well worth the rating!

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Chaos review

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago on 14 September 2007 07:38 (A review of Chaos)

Big fan of Statham, so this movie could have been utter crap and I Would still ahve enjoyed myself to some extent. It actually did turn out better than I thought it would be, though. Good action and interesting twists and what-not... though the whole Chaos theory really got lost in the plot and came out sounding pretentious more than anything else.

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solid

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago on 18 August 2007 05:46 (A review of Chaos)

I have seen better "in the end all pieces fit together" movies than this one (much better and many, that is), but still: I like Statham, and taking the attention from the main actors and letting the 2nd row characters be the heros in the end had its moment.


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