2012 · sci-fi · drama · thriller
Chronicle
Directed by Josh Trank1h 24m2012
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
Our read: Chronicle (2012) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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