Chaos

Let's be fair, it's a good movie BUT it's hardly memorable or spectacular in the long term. I think what the director thought was... "people like smart action movies, therefore i'll make mine smart". Well here's the difference you have action movies that don't look that smart but actually are. And this one looks smart but actually isn't. The problem with that is that it tries to outdo itself, especially the last thirty minutes... where the detective comes upon a different plot every ten minutes, so what we get then is a Usual Suspects kinda montage of every far fetched clue we overlooked only to be changed entirely ten minutes later up until a point were you stop caring.

The director/writer will have to explain to me how detectives take a mathematical theory seriously as a tool to outsmart cops. Again maybe the director wanted to be smart again, by namedropping it's plot by defining it with some fancy word.

Anyway i didn't think much of Jason Statham's acting at all, he's kinda like the Orlando Bloom of the action movies... luckily he doesn't carry this movie alone (unlike The Transporter). Wesley Snipes' character is typical Snipes, after starring in numerous action movies i suppose it was a walk in the park for him. And Ryan Philliphe is a very promising upcoming actor, he really delivers probably the best acting (along with Snipes) in the entire movie.

Just see it once and you'll be entertained. Just don't try to think much about the plot after worths or you'll be insulted.

Intriguing and decent thriller movie with noisy action, grisly killings, suspense, pursuits, and lots of violence. Jason Statham is nice in his usual style as the cop who is dispatched to take down some thieves who are robbing a bank. There's a good production values with several stars and a clever twist ending. Five hooded robbers break into a bank and take several hostages. The carefully and neatly perfect crime about a bank robbery goes awry when the thieves abduct and take hostages to people of building interior. Psychosis and paranoia abound between the prisoners from all sides and they can see no way out and someone making desperate tryings to flee. The leader of the group demands that the police negotiate directly with Quentin Conners, an agent recently suspended from the force for a fatal accident in which hostages died. Police must save at whatever cost the hostages bank what's suddenly under siege and itself surrounded of heavily super-armed polices and SWAT. When the system breaks down... someone is about to get rich !. When the system breaks down - It's the good cops vs. The bad cops !. A stand off where nobody stands down !. It looked like the perfect bank robbery. But you can't judge a crime by its cover.

Film packs maximum tension, emotion, thriller and surprise from the subsequent attempts by the policemen to enter in the bank, along with a lot of twists and turns. This movie is a crowd-pleasing blend of intrigue, tense, action-packed, fast movement and the casting is absolutely perfect. Jason Staham (Transporter) is one of the best and most successful stars of action cinema in recent times. He is the main starring of this film by the director of 'In enemy hands', Tony Giglio, whose plot and treatment are inevitably reminiscent of 'Inside Man' by the controversial filmamaker Spike Lee. Having an attractive cast alongside the main protagonist, appearing several screen figures of the stature of Wesley Snipes as the mastermind who executes an intelligent scheme and Ryan Philipe as the newcomer, naive cop, both of whom were in their best days, and both supporting the former British Olympic swimmer, Jason Statham; however, the film was released directly on DVD in the United States and many other countries, perhaps to avoid competing with the Spike Lee film: ¨The Inside Man¨stars Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster. In the rest of the world, however, the box office was acceptable and today it is better considered than in the past, deemed to be a good action film. Here Statham is top-notch as the detective suspended from his position who is forced to return to work, he plays following his ordinary manners as a tough and two-fisted guy, interpretations that have given him a considerable success, thanks to films as "Revolver" , "Crank" I and its sequel, "Transporter" saga, "The Expendables", "Killer Elite", "Safe" , "Homefront", "Wild Card", "The Mechanic" I and II, "Fast and Furious" 7 and 8, "Megalodon I and II", among others . Big Star Jason Statham is well accompanied by a good support cast with many famiar faces, such as: Henry Czerny, Justine Waddell, Nicholas Lea, Jessica Steen, Rob LaBelle, John Cassini, Keegan Connor Tracy, Ty Olsson, Terry Chen, Mike Dopud and Natasha Malthe.

It displays a pulsing and thrilling musical score by composer Trevor Jones. Likewise, an appropriate and atmospheric cinematography by Richard Greatrex. This interesting film is both exciting and thrilling although with a twisted finale, being professionally directed by Tony Giglio. He's an expert on action and thriller genre as proved in : ¨In Enemy Hands¨ (U Boat), ¨Timber falls¨, ¨S. W. A. T.: Under Siege¨, ¨Doom: Annihilation¨, ¨Extraction¨, ¨Chaos¨, among others. Rating: 6/10. Decent thriller for Statham and Snipes fans.

Like in "Butterfly Effect", this movie doesn't have anything to do with the chaos theory and just made to draw our attention to it. Someone tried to do the movie a smart one so he tried to relate the plot to the chaos theory. It looks like this person didn't know what the theory is about, it's just it sounded "cool", and he tried on the basis of this cool term to do a movie. He really messed up.

Chaos is trying to catch up with movies like 'The Usual Suspect' but the plot and the actors, though they do they work fine, can't be really compared. Although Jason Statham is as good as in any other movie, Wesley Snipes doesn't affect to much with his role. It could be done by someone else, though according to his last couple of movies this one is a major step up. Ryan Phillipe beside Jason Statham looks like a school boy at the blackboard trying to solve equations. As someone already noted here, he reminds Justin Timberlake which is clearly not to his advantage. As for others, I would say that they are doing well.

The worst thing is the over-smart plot that makes no logic at all. I won't add more on this subject.

Not everything is bad. Overall the movie is well done. I think that the appropriate word for it is - quality. This is a high quality movie in most terms. The support actors are good, the action and explosions are made by high standard .The best part of the movie is cinematography. From the beginning of Chaos you know the cinematography keeps you watching the movie till the end.

My personal feeling about this movie is that it was quite OK. I can't say I liked it because of the lack of interest in the plot, not to that it's dumb. I can't say I disliked it either. The camera work and Most of the actor's play make it watchable so it wasn't a total waste of time.

Rarely I stumble into a really good Thriller, so if you would like to see one not expecting to much from it, I would advise you settle for this.

This is a reasonably brisk paced and entertaining action thriller. There's a similar story to Spike Lee's critical hit, Inside Man, only Chaos was made two years ago, and is as yet awaiting its release. This may give an indication to the fact the film is not really a bankable product. This is not down to quality, because this is by no means a bad film, it's just what you might call a marketing nightmare, as a theatrical release anyway. It's a "thinks it's cleverer than it is" thriller starring two martial arts stars, but without martial arts. In fact this isn't action all the way as you might expect with Jason Statham and Wesley Snipes as two of the headliners. Eventually this will find a release, but probably DTV.

Chaos is an enjoyable flick though. We have Ryan Phillipe and Jason Statham teaming up to investigate a bank heist. As the title suggests, this film is about Chaos, or the Chaos theory, whereby seemingly random acts are in fact connected. Wesley Snipes co-stars as the bank robber in question. The cast are good. Phillipe shares lead duties with Statham, and handles the film well. His character is pretty two dimensional but he does it convincingly and handles the action well too. Statham, delivering another strange accent, supposedly American, is despite his accent, charismatic. It's Wesley Snipes though who stands out, actually enjoying himself after a string of sub-standard, lazy performances in his DTV action vehicles and also in Blade Trinity.

The film looks polished, has a decent score and is a good watch. It just feels very DTV but a better than the normal DTV. Indeed this may have one or two twists too many but the twisting plot manages to keep you guessing as it unravels. Overall not bad, but nothing new. **½

This cast makes the film very watchable even though it is not great. Jason Statham is his strong, compelling self as the wrongly disgraced cop seeking redemption. Ryan Phillipe is like able but a little miscast as the cerebral cop trying to put the pieces of this puzzle together. It is good to see The ageless Wesley Snipes as the villain, although he is underutilized. Decent action. Weak dialogue. The strength is the interplay of these actors as their characters. There is a fun twist I did not see coming.