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Chaos (2005)



Genre: Action/Crime/Mystery

Starring: Jason Statham, Ryan Phillepe, Wesley Snipes, Henry Czerny, Justine Waddell, Nicholas Lea

Whenever the words, 'Jason Statham' appear in the cast of any movie, you know exactly what to expect; action and loads of it. Police Detective, Quentin Connors (Statham) has been suspended for killing a kidnapper and an innocent victim. When a bank robbery takes place and all the employees and customers of the bank taken hostage, the robbers ask for Quentin Connors to do the negotiation. Connors finds his suspension revoked and back in the line of duty. Lorenz (Snipes) the man who headed the robbery, escaped and the police need to get cracking on apprehending the suspects and try and understand why the robbers didn't actually rob anything from the bank. Connors' partner, the young Shane Dekker (Phillepe) realises that Lorenz is inspired from the Chaos Theory and is following patterns from it. The movie has a good mystery which keeps you entertained for quite a bit. The story develops well and you keep expecting a good, sensible climax to finish off the movie on a high note. Sadly though, the movie does end on a high climax but it is extremely unrealistic. Many pieces just don't make sense and the entire crime seems very outlandish and extremely bizarre to actually pull off. Had the crime be more logical and realistic, the movie would be very entertaining to watch, but now it is just plain stupid.

Thumbs up: Good mystery plot
Thumbs down: The actual crime is unreal and lot of loose ends go unexplained.

Rating: 6.1/10