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Chaos Walking

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Chaos Walking

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Sci-fi adventure starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland. A mysterious woman called Viola crash-lands on a colony planet populated only by men, whose every thought can be seen or heard because of an affliction called the Noise. She's discovered by Todd, a farmer's son, who soon realises her life is in danger from the local community, and so the pair go on the run.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Kevin Harley

Doug Liman's long-delayed adaptation of Patrick Ness's young adult novel The Knife of Never Letting Go is an ambitious but misconceived bid to launch a franchise. Even if its themes of male violence resonate, the tonal footing needed to ground them proves elusive, despite the leads' best efforts. Tom Holland (aka Marvel's Spider-Man) brings his twitchy best to Todd, a farm boy on a future planet where the all-male population's thoughts - or "Noise" - are audible to all. When a spaceship crashes nearby and Daisy Ridley's Viola emerges, Todd's understanding of his world is rocked. As the duo go on the run, a glum dystopian trudge unfolds that is low on tension and pace. As for levity, the gag of Todd's lusty thoughts betraying him wears thin fast. A mess of half-hearted set-pieces, ill-developed plot details and underused co-stars, the result leaves only a sense of potential wasted, lost in the Noise.

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5.7/10

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Cast

rolenameViolaDaisy RidleyToddTom Holland (2)Mayor PrentissMads MikkelsenBenDemian BichirPreacher AaronDavid OyelowoHildyCynthia ErivoDavy Prentiss JrNick JonasCillianKurt Sutter

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rolenameDirectorDoug Liman

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Theatrical distributor

Lionsgate

Released on

2021-03-05

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, some swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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