Written by James M. Tate / 2/05/2012 / No comments / 2012 , action , max landis , teen
CHRONICLE
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year: 2012 rating: **1/2 |
The best scenes involve the trio first discovering their skills by lifting smaller objects around, performing miraculous tricks at the school’s talent show, and eventually maneuvering vehicles: think if Sissy Spacek’s CARRIE directed JACKASS.
The reactions of the wizardly teens, playing God with the unaware dolts around them, is infectious – you’ll wonder what they’ll think of next. But when things kick up a few notches, and they begin flying around like teenage superheroes, it resembles a computerized mainstream motion picture, losing the spontaneous edge of the “chronicling camera” device. Here's where the characters get lost in the mix: especially after Andrew becomes a formidable villain that can’t be stopped, resulting in an air battle you’d see in a video game. But as entertainment goes, this does entertain. It’s too bad the film – like the characters therein – eventually takes its powers, and itself, way too far and far too seriously.
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