Okay. I've read all of the other comments, and I feel like the wrong folks have reviewed this film. Of course, everyone has their own opinion, but I feel that not enough "true" lovers of the gore/slasher film have reviewed here. That said, here's what I thought of Chaos.
I saw--I mean, I "experienced" Chaos at a theatre on the north side of Chicago that was as dilapidated a building as I've ever been in--and that was only the beginning of an extreme adventure, so to speak.
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I'd come a bit early and had the frightening experience of viewing the credits of the previous showing, and, let me say, the effect was chilling. I couldn't wait for the film to begin.
As I watched the film (because I do not read reviews until AFTER I see a movie: too many surprises un-surprised, as well as an unwelcome bias going in), I was very excited that I'd come to see it. Though the acting was a bit on the stiff and uncultured side, I thought it was enough as I didn't go into the theater expecting any Oscar-winning performances. The gore was everything I'd expected. The one thing I forgot to mention, in terms of reviews, is that I went to the website briefly to get a feel for the movie, so I knew it was going to be violent and expressive in a way that I WOULD have to keep telling myself, "It's only a movie...It's only a movie...." The ending, I thought, was good, but I will agree that it did seem tacked-on; like it belonged in a Pulp Fiction sorta flick or something. But I could live with it.
Overall, I thought the film was realistic. I thought it showed a slice of life that some folks are afraid to see. To know that things like this are happening, is slightly alarming to some folks--unless it's happening to them or someone else they know, which is where I believe all of the criticism is coming from here. I liken it to the crack and heroin scene: When it was affecting the inner cities (mainly blacks), it wasn't so bad; but when it hit the suburbs--shoot, people were all up in arms. "NOW, we have to do something about it!" It's the same with a flick like this: People want to keep their blinders on--makes them feel safer.
There is a wide variety of films made for a wide variety of folks, and Chaos is for a group that enjoys blood and gore. It doesn't make these people even worse than those who only get down with films like Sleepless in Seattle or any of those other lighthearted romance flicks. EVERY movie delivers a slice of life--even those films that YOU can't believe do.
I saw--I mean, I "experienced" Chaos at a theatre on the north side of Chicago that was as dilapidated a building as I've ever been in--and that was only the beginning of an extreme adventure, so to speak.
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I'd come a bit early and had the frightening experience of viewing the credits of the previous showing, and, let me say, the effect was chilling. I couldn't wait for the film to begin.
As I watched the film (because I do not read reviews until AFTER I see a movie: too many surprises un-surprised, as well as an unwelcome bias going in), I was very excited that I'd come to see it. Though the acting was a bit on the stiff and uncultured side, I thought it was enough as I didn't go into the theater expecting any Oscar-winning performances. The gore was everything I'd expected. The one thing I forgot to mention, in terms of reviews, is that I went to the website briefly to get a feel for the movie, so I knew it was going to be violent and expressive in a way that I WOULD have to keep telling myself, "It's only a movie...It's only a movie...." The ending, I thought, was good, but I will agree that it did seem tacked-on; like it belonged in a Pulp Fiction sorta flick or something. But I could live with it.
Overall, I thought the film was realistic. I thought it showed a slice of life that some folks are afraid to see. To know that things like this are happening, is slightly alarming to some folks--unless it's happening to them or someone else they know, which is where I believe all of the criticism is coming from here. I liken it to the crack and heroin scene: When it was affecting the inner cities (mainly blacks), it wasn't so bad; but when it hit the suburbs--shoot, people were all up in arms. "NOW, we have to do something about it!" It's the same with a flick like this: People want to keep their blinders on--makes them feel safer.
There is a wide variety of films made for a wide variety of folks, and Chaos is for a group that enjoys blood and gore. It doesn't make these people even worse than those who only get down with films like Sleepless in Seattle or any of those other lighthearted romance flicks. EVERY movie delivers a slice of life--even those films that YOU can't believe do.