Here is My Movie Review of Chaos Walking
So basically what happens is that it takes place in a far distance future and you have this guy named Todd Hewitt who meets this girl named Viola Eade and they discover that all the women are missing and Todd discovers he had this ability called the noise which is a thing that have people read into other people's thoughts. Then you have this guy named Mayor Prentiss who wants to harness the noise so he can take over heaven so it's up to Todd Hewitt and Viola Eade To take down Mayor Prentiss and that is basically what the story is for the film. I have to this store in this movie is pretty stupid because and doesn't fall the book at all because in the original book series Todd Hewitt finds a map then he meets Viola Eade but in this film they just rush him and Viola Eade´s relationship and it just does not work at all for the film.
Now the acting in this movie is really bad because nobody is giving a really good performance and what's really sad is that this film has a very talented cast. But it just feels like in this film they're just all going through the motions. I think the acting in this film is up there with Infinite as one of the worst acted films of 2021. I think this film is up there with Napoleon as one of the worst acted films of the 2020s.
Now let's talk about Tom Holland. Now he is a really tremendous actor. He has given some really powerful performances like he is really tremendous as Spider-Man in the MCU. He gave one of his best performances in his very first movie he ever starred in, that being The Impossible from 2012. But here I'm sorry to say he is terrible in this film as Todd Hewitt because he is just going through the mountains either over the top or just really weird as this character. But the character of Todd Hewitt is awful because he doesn't really go through a character. He falls in love with Viola Eade and he has to stop Mayor Prentiss. Not to mention he is so unlikable in this movie Todd here it just comes off as a complete jackass of a character. That the entire character. The scenes where Todd Hewitt mentions that he is Todd Hewitt gets really annoying and just drags on for the entire film. The chemistry between him, Daisy Ridley and Mads Mikkeisen Is okay.
Daisy Ridley plays Viola Eade In the film. I have to say she does a awful job as this character because much like Tom Holland it feels like she is just going through the motions and not caring at all about being in the film. But the character of Viola Eade Is just so boring because she is just there to be Todd Hewitt's love Interest and she has to stop Mayor Prentiss and that's the entire character that just shows how uninteresting she is. The scene where she fall in love with Todd Hewitt it just is so boring and that comes off that's just nowhere because you don't believe that these two will actually like each other and the relationship is just so rushed and so underdeveloped to the point that you don't really care about these two characters getting along. It is probably the most filler heavy moment of the entire film. The chemistry between her and Tom Holland is average.
Now Let's talk about Mads Mikkelsen because he is a tremendous actor but here I'm sorry to say he was really bad in this film he plays the villain Mayor Prentiss and his performance I will admit It is the least bad performance in the film but that's not saying much because he is still awful as this character. He just gives one of the worst villain performances of his entire career which is really disappointing because Mads Mikkeisen Is a tremendous actor because he has given some really good performances like in Doctor Strange. He was really awesome in the movie The Hunt. He was even the best thing in Mufasa The Lion King because people say he gave the best performance in the film as Kiros. But this film it feels like he does not really give a shit it just feels like he's just going through the motions and just wants to get this movie over with so he can go do something else. Now will I said the performance is really bad that's nothing compared to the character he's playing the character of Mayor Prentiss Is a horrible and just a generic as fuck villain he's just a corrupt politician who wants to go into heaven and take it over and kill Todd Hewitt and that's his motivation and it is just so generic and really dull. In fact I think he's up there with Kro from Eternals as one of the worst villains of 2021. The scene where he turns on Todd Hewitt it just does not work because you know exactly where his character is going to go. The Rivalry between him and Todd Hewitt is terrible because they don't build it up because the rivalry between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin in Spider-Man no way home was better because they build up their relationship really well and that's what makes the relationship really dark and really interesting because they took time to develop the two characters. The chemistry between him and Tom Holland is okay.
But the worst thing about this movie is the directing by Doug Liman because it feels like he does not understand the book that oh he just rushes through event that happened in the book without even developing the characters or getting anything right from the original source material because and it feeling like he crammed a lot random stuff that was in the book. What's really disappointing is that he is a great director. He directed Roadhouse 2024 and The Edge of Tomorrow With Tom Cruise. But overall I think he did a really bad job directing the film.
So in conclusion I still did not like this film. The storyline was just so convoluted and just really boring and just not that interesting to follow. To be honest if you want to watch a better version of this movie then just go watch Christopher Nolan's Inception because it's basically this film but better because the characters actually go through stuff and the storyline glands will be interesting because they actually going inside of people's dreams to extract information from them. The performance is really bad especially from Tom Holland it just feels like you're just going through the motions. The character of Todd Hewitt is just unlikable and annoying to the point that you don't really care about him at all in this film. Mads Mikkeisen give the most generic as fuck villain performance as Mayor Prentiss and again he is a terrific actor but here is just feels like Mads Mikkeisen didn't really give a shit and just wanted to go do something else. That's how boring he was in the film. I think Mayor Prentiss Is up there with Taskmaster from Black Widow as one of the worst villains of the 2020s. I say just skip this film and go watch Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio because It has a much better storyline and the stakes are a lot higher and the performances are much better. I give this movie a 1/10.
