Power play...Dane DeHaan..Alex Russell..Michael B. Jordan..Chronicle
It's rare that you find a film, that is shot by handheld camera, or CCTV footage and Chronicle has revisited this, and pulled it off. An enjoyable science fiction film about three teenagers who discover they have superpowers - telekinesis. The main character is Andrew, the primary cameraman, who lives with his abusive, alcoholic father and his mother who is dying from cancer. He is a 'loner' with no friends except his cousin, Matt (Alex Russell) who seems to take pity on Andrew. Experimenting, Andrew buys a video camera to video his everyday life. At a party one night, Andrew gets humiliated and beaten up by a girl's boyfriend, so he goes outside and meets Steve Montgomery, a influential teen, hoping to become class president. Steve, Andrew and Matt find a sinkhole, where suddenly they develop telekinesis powers. The best scenes are the fun sequence, when the trio play around with their abilities, for instance moving a car and animating a teddy bear to spook a little girl. It's all fun, innocent stuff but eventually spirals out of control, cultivating in a grand finale. As the poster says, "What are you capable of?" It's a great science-fiction thriller with plenty of comedy moments but other more serious bits. A great film, in it's own way.
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