7/10
Josh Trank
84 minutes
Michael B. Jordan,
Alex Russell,
Ashley Hinshaw,
Dane DeHaan,
Michael Kelly
Chronicle is a fun and interesting look at what would happen if a few teens became superhuman. Seen through the eyes of several different cameras, the flick details their rise and fall thanks to the powerful gift they were given. The filmmakers made good use of the POV style, delivering some creativity and realism behind this dark story, and definitely proves to be one of the better additions to the normally clichéd found-footage sub-genre.
I’m not particularly a fan of found-footage/POV films much, so I tend to avoid them. Chronicle, on the other hand, intrigued me from the start. The promise of regular teens gaining supernatural powers and watching their rise and fall unfold before our eyes via camera footage offered an interesting and realistic look to the usual superhero-type sub-genre. Added with the fact that one of the teens would eventually use his newfound gift for nefarious means 
meant we’d hopefully also see some familiar genre fair as well. I went into the theater hopeful and came out happy to find that the movie didn’t disappoint.
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