I'll keep this part brief - anyone who's heard anything about CHAOS knows that it is a blatant LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT rip-off with a slightly different ending. The concepts, plot, and even certain scenes are a direct lift from Craven's classic exploiter. I knew this going into it, so that didn't bother me too much. As other reviewers have noted, I also agree that the cheezy "disclaimer" at the beginning touting this as some sort of educational-film is lame as well. The claims by the distributor that it is "THE MOST BRUTAL FILM EVER MADE" are also false. All that said - CHAOS is decent for what it is.
A couple of girls go to a rave in the woods. Looking for some Ecstasy, they meet up with a young guy (Sly Stallone's son) who takes them back to meet his "friends", who turn out to be his dad and gang-leader Chaos, his greasy pal, and Chaos' pseudo-girlfriend. They get to messin' with the girls, rape 'em and kill 'em (not necessarily in that order...). Car troubles end up bringing the crew to one of the girls' homes, where the parents recognize the group as the people who killed their daughter. A bloody melee ensue between the parents, the assailants, and the police who were called in to investigate the girl's disappearance...
Personally, I found CHAOS to be pretty decent overall. Kevin Gage's performance as Chaos was spot-on and didn't come off as cheezy or too over-acted - he made a pretty believable white-trash psycho. In fact, pretty much all of the performances in the film were at least passable, and the two female victims were pretty damn good. The gore is highly over-rated, as the only really decent scene is the nipple-ectomy - the FX in that scene are top-notch. The rest of the gore is implied, especially the over-rated knife-rape scene. A lot of reviewers have complained about the ending, and though the scenario that takes place is highly implausible - I actually quite liked it. I dig "downer-ending" films, so I thought it worked. I think CHAOS will be of interest to exploit fans, and honestly, you could do a lot worse than checking this one out...7/10
Note: I will say that (as others have accurately noted...) director deFalco comes off like about the biggest dildo in the world in the "morgue" scene in the special-features. He rambles on like a jackass about making the most BRUTAL FILM EVER MADE while in gay looking wrestling garb. I also find it ironic that this film is supposedly a "cautionary tale" - yet the director seems to delight in hanging out at a morgue. I think that had the film-makers been more honest and humble about their intentions and motivations with the film, it wouldn't have gotten quite the backlash that it has. I also found the constant addressing of Roger Ebert for dissing his film to be pathetic as well. I'm pretty sure Ebert watched CHAOS, reviewed it, and forgot all about it. The talk between deFalco and the coroner trying to pass of the plot off CHAOS as an "original" idea was equally pathetic. But - I don't rate films on special-features - so these are just some of my side-thoughts...
A couple of girls go to a rave in the woods. Looking for some Ecstasy, they meet up with a young guy (Sly Stallone's son) who takes them back to meet his "friends", who turn out to be his dad and gang-leader Chaos, his greasy pal, and Chaos' pseudo-girlfriend. They get to messin' with the girls, rape 'em and kill 'em (not necessarily in that order...). Car troubles end up bringing the crew to one of the girls' homes, where the parents recognize the group as the people who killed their daughter. A bloody melee ensue between the parents, the assailants, and the police who were called in to investigate the girl's disappearance...
Personally, I found CHAOS to be pretty decent overall. Kevin Gage's performance as Chaos was spot-on and didn't come off as cheezy or too over-acted - he made a pretty believable white-trash psycho. In fact, pretty much all of the performances in the film were at least passable, and the two female victims were pretty damn good. The gore is highly over-rated, as the only really decent scene is the nipple-ectomy - the FX in that scene are top-notch. The rest of the gore is implied, especially the over-rated knife-rape scene. A lot of reviewers have complained about the ending, and though the scenario that takes place is highly implausible - I actually quite liked it. I dig "downer-ending" films, so I thought it worked. I think CHAOS will be of interest to exploit fans, and honestly, you could do a lot worse than checking this one out...7/10
Note: I will say that (as others have accurately noted...) director deFalco comes off like about the biggest dildo in the world in the "morgue" scene in the special-features. He rambles on like a jackass about making the most BRUTAL FILM EVER MADE while in gay looking wrestling garb. I also find it ironic that this film is supposedly a "cautionary tale" - yet the director seems to delight in hanging out at a morgue. I think that had the film-makers been more honest and humble about their intentions and motivations with the film, it wouldn't have gotten quite the backlash that it has. I also found the constant addressing of Roger Ebert for dissing his film to be pathetic as well. I'm pretty sure Ebert watched CHAOS, reviewed it, and forgot all about it. The talk between deFalco and the coroner trying to pass of the plot off CHAOS as an "original" idea was equally pathetic. But - I don't rate films on special-features - so these are just some of my side-thoughts...