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Chaos (1999)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:11
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.5/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 7, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: After the success of RING and RING 2, director Hideo Nakata decided to take a break from the horror genre to make this thriller. CHAOS begins as a couple--Takayuki (Ken Mitsuishi) and Satomi (Miki... After the success of RING and RING 2, director Hideo Nakata decided to take a break from the horror genre to make this thriller. CHAOS begins as a couple--Takayuki (Ken Mitsuishi) and Satomi (Miki Nakatani)--go out for lunch. Afterwards, Satomi disappears, and it is not long before Takayuki, a businessman, begins receiving strange ransom demands. As the relationship between Satomi and her captor, Goro (Masato Hagiwara), is revealed, the film begins to unfold a labyrinthine plot where nothing is as it appears. Although CHAOS opens with what seems to be a standard thriller plot, Nakata and screenwriter Hisashi Saito have created a unique movie that blends genres while invoking a number of classic films, including Akira Kurosawa's HIGH & LOW and Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO. Placed out of sequence, the pieces of Nakata's puzzle are arranged so that the audience is consistently off balance. In the process, the director creates a thoroughly engaging neo-noir suspense film that's sure to keep viewers guessing up until the very end. [More]
Starring: Masato Hagiwara, Miki Nakatani, Ken Mitsuishi, Jun Kunimura
Starring: Masato Hagiwara, Miki Nakatani, Ken Mitsuishi, Jun Kunimura
Director: Hideo Nakata
Director: Hideo Nakata
Screenwriter: Hisashi Saito
Composer: Kenji Kawai
Studio: Kino International
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Reviews for Chaos
A twisty, and at times twisted, kidnapping thriller - just a pity the direction seems so sterile.
A narrativa não-linear adiciona certo suspense ao filme, mas não há como negar que o roteiro tem graves buracos e que a conclusão é decepcionante e pouco convincente.
its methodical pacing, non-linear narration, and twists within twists has its characters, (and the viewer), running around in circles without chasing its own tail.
This is easily a film that could be remade in Hollywood where the interest would be reassigned to playing to the viewer instead of with them.
The film's elegant visuals and an electric performance from Miki Nakatani can't disguise the fact that is made up largely of recycled bits and pieces of other, better thrillers.
Nakatani's femme fatale is one you'd cross streets to avoid, and director Nakata knows how to mount suspense and keep the fun twists coming.
Ultimately, the willful obfuscation becomes more frustrating than entertaining.
Nakata keeps the film's feet firmly grounded in the pulpy conventions of the erotic thriller without ever condescending to his audience or the material.
Hideo helms with such style and suspense that it doesn't matter if all our questions are ultimately answered.
The film's mechanical workings are still impressive, but between the unsympathetic characters and the coldly precise direction, there is little here for an audience to clutch to its heart.
Devotees of corpse-swapping betrayal orgies will find expert filmmaking awake to the realities of apprehension and unease.
Chaos is as compelling as it is confounding, and it's compelling in large part because of the confusion it stirs.
Nakata brilliantly uses interior and exterior light, and plants little visual cues -- like rain spattering on a flooded surface -- that tie the jumbled story bits together.
It's a difficult film to follow and figure out (I've only seen it once), and yet there is something mesmerizing about the way director Nakata whips the tale to a frenzy and drags us in.
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