Review of Chrysalis

...around halfway through, "Chrysalis" should have remained the extended short it was likely conceived as when its first desolate locations were discovered by its creators. Undoubtedly inspired by AMC's "The Walking Dead" (no small surprise given director John Klein's association with Ross "Aaron" Marquand), this regrettably retitled-for- video-release apocalyptic tale just doesn't offer up enough legitimate conflict to fill out its bloated running time. DP/writer Ben Kurstin extracts maximum atmosphere from the fortuitous ruins, and the cast tackles his sparse script as gamely as one might ask of a lo-fi production, but the truth is that the whole thing could've been tightened right in half with no loss of information and a probable increase in impact. I think there's a lot of talent wrapped up in "Chrysalis" that has yet to flower, but I can only recommend it to genre completists and followers of low budget indies.