Review of Chapter 27 (2007) by Damion R — 21 Aug 2010
Chapter 27 is about Mark David Chapman and what he did in the last three days before he shot John Lennon 4 times in December 1980. Jared Leto was great and almost unrecognizable putting on so much weight to play Mark David Chapman.
He looks eerily like Chapman in the film. The movie had it's flaws but it was still fairly good. I liked the idea of Chapman telling his story from the mental institution. I liked all the references to the Catcher in the Rye.
I bet in those final three days before Chapman shot Lennon he really did make similar references to the book as he walked around Manhattan. I liked how the film was named Chapter 27 as if it was a continuation of Catcher in the Rye, which has 26 chapters.
Lindsay Lohan was surprising ok, not great but OK. That's probably only because she didn't play a big character in the film, if she did she probably would have brutally killed the film. It was really weird that the guy who portrayed Lennon was named Mark Lindsay Chapman.
I was disappointed with the ending though. He shots Lennon and then it ends. Right after the real Mark David Chapman shot Lennon he sat down on the sidewalk and started reading the Catcher in the Rye again.
I wish the film would have continued just a little longer to show what Chapman did after he shot Lennon.
This review of Chapter 27 (2007) was written by Damion R on 21 Aug 2010.
Chapter 27 has generally received mixed reviews.
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