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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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20 years into the future the technology to remove & implant memories is discovered & an unscrupulous doctor looking to keep her badly injured daughter alive decides to misuse it. She is involved with a shady Russian gangster who earlier killed a policemans wife. The same policeman is now tracking the doctor and he and his rookie partner struggle to piece together what is happening.
With all sorts of references including 'Minority report', 'Blade runner' & 'I robot' this still manages to keep its own identity & style. In fact style is the key word as the director really has a flair for visually impressing. For instance a Hitchcock like tracking shot follows a character from room to room with one long take while she is shown in time lapse, a similar tracking shot follows an elevator as it ascends through a hospital and we see what happening on each floor as it travels upwards. The near black and white images are subtly laced with washed out blues, silver & yellow to give a sense of other worldliness and it works very well. The acting is of a standard that Hollywood is incapable of on such a tight budget.
There are some bone crunching scenes as policeman and villain go head to head but they seem to blend in seamlessly with the whole dream like atmosphere.
The ending is tight and avoids the usual cliches and neat finishing to leave a satisfying conclusion to a well executed story.
This could so easily have been another Z grade sci-fi straight to DVD effort but just about everything here has been planned and executed with precision and a delicate touch. As with all the best scifi the less dialogue the better and there is a real sense of comic book styling here as so many times the visuals are just left to say what needs to be said without a single line of dialogue.
Quite how the budget doesn't show is little short of miraculous as the sets and whole feel of the film are solid and believable.
There is a 25 minute 'making of' which alongside a trailer are your only extras. However it has to be said that this documentary is superb as it shows behind the scenes in depth and shows the director to have had a clear and determined vision of what he wanted and how he set about getting it.
The picture is mostly grey and white with a few very muted colours but it is pin sharp and extremely atmospheric. The sound is very well placed with some settee rumbling sub action throughout.
Don't let the subtitles put you off, there isn't much talking anyway, this is a very strong entry into the sci-fi catalogue and makes for a very enjoyable 90 minutes. Strong acting, fast pace, good plotting and a strong sense of its own identity easily make this much underrated release a winner that is well worth a watch.
With all sorts of references including 'Minority report', 'Blade runner' & 'I robot' this still manages to keep its own identity & style. In fact style is the key word as the director really has a flair for visually impressing. For instance a Hitchcock like tracking shot follows a character from room to room with one long take while she is shown in time lapse, a similar tracking shot follows an elevator as it ascends through a hospital and we see what happening on each floor as it travels upwards. The near black and white images are subtly laced with washed out blues, silver & yellow to give a sense of other worldliness and it works very well. The acting is of a standard that Hollywood is incapable of on such a tight budget.
There are some bone crunching scenes as policeman and villain go head to head but they seem to blend in seamlessly with the whole dream like atmosphere.
The ending is tight and avoids the usual cliches and neat finishing to leave a satisfying conclusion to a well executed story.
This could so easily have been another Z grade sci-fi straight to DVD effort but just about everything here has been planned and executed with precision and a delicate touch. As with all the best scifi the less dialogue the better and there is a real sense of comic book styling here as so many times the visuals are just left to say what needs to be said without a single line of dialogue.
Quite how the budget doesn't show is little short of miraculous as the sets and whole feel of the film are solid and believable.
There is a 25 minute 'making of' which alongside a trailer are your only extras. However it has to be said that this documentary is superb as it shows behind the scenes in depth and shows the director to have had a clear and determined vision of what he wanted and how he set about getting it.
The picture is mostly grey and white with a few very muted colours but it is pin sharp and extremely atmospheric. The sound is very well placed with some settee rumbling sub action throughout.
Don't let the subtitles put you off, there isn't much talking anyway, this is a very strong entry into the sci-fi catalogue and makes for a very enjoyable 90 minutes. Strong acting, fast pace, good plotting and a strong sense of its own identity easily make this much underrated release a winner that is well worth a watch.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have been a fan of Sci/Fi for many years and an off and on fan of the "Cyberpunk" genre for the last ten or so. Most of the films I have come across that pertain to that genre have almost entirely been disappointments, but not this one.
Chrysalis is a well written, well acted piece of work that swept me along and drew me into the story from its opening sequence to the final credits.
I only came across this film by accident as a friend had recommended another film to me and while I was looking at that one I spotted Chrysalis in the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" section and thought I'd give it a go. Well al I can say is that I am very glad I did.
No it's not a big Hollywood blockbuster and while it may have benefitted from a few more dollars being invested in it I believe the Hollywood mentality would have compromised the end result.
As I have never minded reading subtitles, I happily give this film four stars. For those of you who don't like subtitles I would still say give it a go as this one of those films that proves that good films come from many places not just the big Hollywood studios.
Chrysalis is a well written, well acted piece of work that swept me along and drew me into the story from its opening sequence to the final credits.
I only came across this film by accident as a friend had recommended another film to me and while I was looking at that one I spotted Chrysalis in the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" section and thought I'd give it a go. Well al I can say is that I am very glad I did.
No it's not a big Hollywood blockbuster and while it may have benefitted from a few more dollars being invested in it I believe the Hollywood mentality would have compromised the end result.
As I have never minded reading subtitles, I happily give this film four stars. For those of you who don't like subtitles I would still say give it a go as this one of those films that proves that good films come from many places not just the big Hollywood studios.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Chrysalis is a half-decent watch with striking visuals but, sadly, a half-baked plot.
Almost monochrome in it's visual style (you'll never so many shades of grey), the film is relatively short in length at a little over 90 minutes duration. However, it feels far, far longer, such is the stretched-out plot which could have been told in the space of an hour. The story does make you think about the nature of 'the self' and how our memories make us the people we are. Nevertheless, the storyline is just a slightly different slant on a theme which has been done several times before, and to more interesting effect.
I'm no action movie buff, prefering a solid storyline to chases and fisticuffs. However, this film could've certainly done with a bit more in the way of excitement, as it's simply 'too' slow. To be fair, the first 20 minutes got me really involved, but thereafter, there were too many overly drawn-out sequences where virtually nothing happened, perhaps making-up for the lack of available plot and the studio's requirement to produce at least a 90 minute movie. In the end, I did'nt really care for the fate of any of the characters involved, as they were all pretty dull and one-dimensional. However, there's no denying that this is a well-crafted and good-looking movie, and clearly a lot of thought went into the impressive production design of its near-future (2020) settings.
Worth a watch then, if only for the film's impressive look and feel, but I won't be viewing this again for the foreseeable future.
Almost monochrome in it's visual style (you'll never so many shades of grey), the film is relatively short in length at a little over 90 minutes duration. However, it feels far, far longer, such is the stretched-out plot which could have been told in the space of an hour. The story does make you think about the nature of 'the self' and how our memories make us the people we are. Nevertheless, the storyline is just a slightly different slant on a theme which has been done several times before, and to more interesting effect.
I'm no action movie buff, prefering a solid storyline to chases and fisticuffs. However, this film could've certainly done with a bit more in the way of excitement, as it's simply 'too' slow. To be fair, the first 20 minutes got me really involved, but thereafter, there were too many overly drawn-out sequences where virtually nothing happened, perhaps making-up for the lack of available plot and the studio's requirement to produce at least a 90 minute movie. In the end, I did'nt really care for the fate of any of the characters involved, as they were all pretty dull and one-dimensional. However, there's no denying that this is a well-crafted and good-looking movie, and clearly a lot of thought went into the impressive production design of its near-future (2020) settings.
Worth a watch then, if only for the film's impressive look and feel, but I won't be viewing this again for the foreseeable future.
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