Based on the YA series by Patrick Ness,
Chaos Walking has an intriguing premise: on a faraway planet that is populated only by men, every man’s every thought is broadcast as ‘Noise’; an ethereal cloud, visible and audible to everyone, that when unkept can even take physical form and be weaponised (think of a snake and one shall appear for instance).
Hinting at lofty themes of privacy and toxic masculinity, it seems fertile ground for an intelligent and complex sci-fi drama. But having bagged two franchise favourites,
Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley and Marvel’s Tom Holland as the leads and directed by
New on DVD: ‘Chaos Walking’ is a New World for Ridley, Holland By Tribune News Service
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The movie adaptation of an award-winning young adult sci-fi series tops the DVD releases for the week of May 25.
“Chaos Walking”: Based on the book “The Knife of Never Letting Go,” the first entry in a series by Patrick Ness, the movie stars Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland, of “Star Wars” and “Spider-Man” fame, respectively.
In development for nearly a decade, the sci-fi film “is neither the disaster one might fear nor the thrilling hoped-for first installment of a would-be trilogy,” Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Crust writes in his review.
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