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Hisashi Saito (written by)
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Release Date:
28 April 2001 (South Korea) more
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A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself... more | add synopsis
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Nakata directs Stone
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A slow-moving, but innovative thriller. more (12 total)

Cast

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Jun Kunimura ... Inspector
Ken Mitsuishi ... Komiyama
Masato Hagiwara ... Kuroda
Miki Nakatani ... Satomi / Saori Impostor
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Also Known As:
Chaos (USA)
Hideo Nakata's Chaos (USA)
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USA:90 min
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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
A slow-moving, but innovative thriller., 2 February 2007
7/10
Author: BA_Harrison from Hampshire, England

Hideo Nakata, director of RINGU (1988), followed up his spooky international hit with this complex and compelling thriller in which a beautiful woman hires a handyman to kidnap her, with the hope of winning back her cheating husband's attention. But things soon begin to go awry when the amateur-kidnapper-for-hire returns to his hideout to find the 'captive' woman dead, and then receives a mysterious phone call instructing him to dispose of the body.

As the film gradually unfolds, we learn, via the use of various interesting storytelling techniques, that there is much more to his predicament than at first meets the eye.

With a choppy non-linear narrative that requires full attention from the viewer, Chaos is definitely not an easy film to follow (particular if you choose to watch with subtitles), but those who do make the effort to keep track of events will be rewarded with an effective and inventive slow-burner. With more twists and turns than a python doing the samba, this movie constantly surprises, and only a rather abrupt ending stops the film from being a truly 'great' experience.

If you're a not a fan of Nakata's supernatural work, don't let that put you off from seeing this intriguing movie; a different kettle of fish altogether, Chaos is well worth giving a go.

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