Genre:
Comedy/Drama/Science-Fiction
Directed by:
Joshua Trank
Starring:
Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly
Release date:
Fri 03, Feb 2012
Budget $15 million
Box office $126,266,180
Chronicle is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Josh
Trank and written by Max Landis based on a story by both Trank and Landis. The
film stars Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, and Alex Russell.
The plot follows three Seattle high-school seniors Andrew
(DeHaan), his cousin Matt (Russell) and fellow high school student Steve
(Jordan), as they form a close bond after receiving telekinetic abilities from
an unknown object. The group uses its abilities for mischief and personal gain
until Andrew begins to use them for darker purposes.
The film is visually presented as found footage filmed from
the perspective of various video recording devices, primarily from a hand-held
camcorder used by Andrew to document the events in his life.
Released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on February 1,
2012 and in the United States on February 3, 2012, Chronicle received a
positive critical response and grossed $126 million worldwide.
Plot
Seattle teenager Andrew Detmer (Dane DeHaan) starts
videotaping his life. His mother Karen (Bo Petersen) is slowly dying from
cancer and his alcoholic father Richard (Michael Kelly) verbally and physically
abuses him. At school, Andrew is unpopular and frequently bullied.
Andrew's cousin Matt (Alex Russell) invites him to a rave to
help him meet people, but Andrew's filming angers an attendee and Andrew leaves
despondent. Approached outside by Steve (Michael B. Jordan), a popular student,
Andrew is persuaded to join him and Matt to record something strange the pair
of them have found in the woods: a hole in the ground that emits a loud strange
noise. The three enter the hole and discover a large glowing blue crystalline
object where gravity is skewed. As Andrew records, the object glows red and the
group is stricken by nosebleeds and pain. The camera cuts out. Weeks later
Andrew records himself, Matt, and Steve as they display telekinetic abilities,
able to move objects with their minds, but bleeding from their noses when they
overexert themselves. They return to the hole, but find that it has collapsed
and that the sheriff's department is sealing off the area for safety concerns.
As their abilities grow more powerful, Matt theorizes that
they function like a muscle, becoming stronger with use. The three boys develop
a close friendship and begin employing their abilities to play pranks. However,
after Andrew pushes a rude motorist off the road and into a river, Matt insists
that they restrict the use of their powers, particularly against living
creatures. The three later discover that they can use their powers to fly and
revel in the experience. They agree to fly around the world together after
graduation, with Andrew expressing an interest in visiting Tibet because of its
peaceful nature. Steve encourages Andrew to enter the school talent show to
gain popularity. Andrew amazes his fellow students by disguising his powers as
an impressive display of tricks. That night, Andrew, Matt and Steve celebrate
at a house party, where Andrew is the center of attention. After drinking with
his classmate Monica (Anna Wood), she and Andrew go upstairs to have sex, but
Andrew vomits on Monica, humiliating himself.
Andrew becomes increasingly withdrawn and hostile,
culminating when his father attacks him and Andrew uses his power to overpower
him. His outburst is so extreme that it inflicts psychically connected
nosebleeds and pain on Steve and Matt. Steve is drawn to Andrew, who is
floating in the middle of a storm. Steve tries to console him, but Andrew grows
increasingly angry until Steve is suddenly struck by lightning and killed. At
Steve's funeral, Matt confronts Andrew about the suspicious circumstances of
Steve's death. Andrew denies knowledge or responsibility to Matt, but he
privately begs forgiveness at Steve's grave.
Andrew grows distant from Matt and again finds himself alone
and unpopular at school. After being bullied, he uses his power to tear several
teeth from the bully's mouth. Andrew begins to identify himself as an apex
predator, rationalizing that he should not feel guilt for using his power to
hurt those weaker than himself. When his mother's condition deteriorates,
Andrew uses his powers to steal money for her medicine. After mugging some
local thugs, he robs a gas station where he inadvertently causes an explosion
that puts him in the hospital and under police investigation. At his bedside,
his father informs the unconscious Andrew that his mother has died, and he
angrily blames Andrew for her death. As his father is about to strike him,
Andrew awakens and blows out the outer wall of the hospital room.
Elsewhere, Matt experiences a nosebleed and senses Andrew is
in trouble. He sees a news report about the hospital explosion and travels
there, finding Andrew floating outside the building. Andrew drops his father,
who is saved by Matt, and proceeds to wreak havoc with his powers. Matt
confronts Andrew at the Space Needle and tries to reason with him, but Andrew
grows increasingly hostile and irrational at any attempt to control him. Andrew
attacks Matt and the pair fight across the city, crashing through buildings and
hurling vehicles. Injured and enraged, Andrew uses his power to destroy the
buildings around him, threatening lives. Unable to get through to Andrew, Matt
tears a spear from a nearby statue and impales Andrew, killing him. The police
surround Matt, but he flies away.
Sometime later, Matt lands in Tibet with Andrew’s camera.
Speaking to the camera while addressing Andrew, Matt vows to use his powers for
good and to find out what happened to them in the hole. Matt positions the
camera to view a Tibetan monastery in the distance and says "You made
it" before flying away, leaving the camera behind to continue recording
the tranquil scene.
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References.
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