Review of Chaos Walking (2021) by Ghosthorseman — 05 Jul 2021

This movie makes 3 important mistakes, all of them spoilers.

1. The two main antagonists die offscreen. This may preserve them for a sequel, but viewers get no closure in the end. The movie asks viewers to endure a terrible scene in order to build the priest as a villain. Really awful movie making. And in the end there's no justice for him. And no catharsis for us.

2. The alien world is entirely unexplored. The mysteries around the noise and the aliens compelled us through two acts. There is no payoff on these. It's a classic Chekhov's gun and it never goes off.

3. We get no closure on what happens to the people of Farbranch. The ending is so abrupt that there's hardly time for a single goodbye. Fade to black. These characters don't matter to the writers or director. They certainly shouldn't matter to us.

This is student filmmaking. Skip it.