Chronicle

2012 • 83 minutes

About this movie

Witness the mind-bending chronicle of great power gone awry. When three ordinary high school friends make an extraordinary discovery, they acquire amazing abilities beyond their understanding. They can move objects with their minds, crush cars at will, and even fly. But as their strengths grow, so do their darker sides. When harmless pranks give way to more dangerous escapades, their lives spin recklessly out of control, leading to an explosive, high-flying climax that will leave you breathless!

Ratings and reviews

The supernatural/sci-fi premise lends itself more than most the very cinematic portrayal of these teenagers lives. What most "powers" movies forget is the awesome thrill of discovery. This movie revels in the teenagers newfound abilities just long enough to satisfy your sense of wonder before exploring the awful consequences of great power... without great responsibility. Not great, but very good and memorable... adding to the film canon what has only existed in the comics up until now. Check it out.

Pretty entertaining movie. Fun to watch and easy to follow so it makes a good background movie. The plot is essentially a tragic hero origin story. Some parts are clearly homage to Akira, but end up less impressive. Sadly the young actors show their inexperience and fail to give engaging performances in every scene, but do manage a few powerful ones. The characters development can feel campy or forced at times, but this isn't Oscar bait so I was more interested in the ideas behind the story than realism.

...shaking the camera shouldn't EVER be used as a movie effect...it's massively irritating. It seemed like a High School film project or something...not a professional movie you would pay to watch. Acting was astonishingly robotic. It felt like they were reading the lines from cue cards and had never seen the script beforehand. If you hate yourself, buy this movie and watch repeatedly.