These days, it seems the only cinematic way to suitably recreate the belief that unfolding events are ‘real’ and instil a climate of fear is a cross between pseudo-documentary shooting and mimicking the YouTube generation of ‘caught-on-camera’ moments, the likes of which Paranormal Activity to Blair Witch have successfully sold. Debut feature writer-director Josh Trank and co-writer Max Landis have taken this still fresh and inspiring genre, and given it a sci-fi spin with their anti-superhero flick Chronicle.
In the story, three teenagers from very different school social spheres – loner with a troubled family life Andrew (brilliantly played by relative newcomer Dane DeHaan), popular class president nominee Steve (Michael B. Jordan) and good-natured pseudo-intellectual and average grade achiever Matt (Alex Russell) – discover a mysterious hole in the ground and climb in to investigate… After their subterranean alien find, each teen discovers they have telekinetic abilities, which they use for amusement at first,...
In the story, three teenagers from very different school social spheres – loner with a troubled family life Andrew (brilliantly played by relative newcomer Dane DeHaan), popular class president nominee Steve (Michael B. Jordan) and good-natured pseudo-intellectual and average grade achiever Matt (Alex Russell) – discover a mysterious hole in the ground and climb in to investigate… After their subterranean alien find, each teen discovers they have telekinetic abilities, which they use for amusement at first,...
- 1/20/2012
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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