Chaos |  | Director: Tony Giglio
Actors: Jason Statham, Wesley Snipes, Ryan Phillippe, Justine Waddell, Henry Czerny
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 11689
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 22459
UPC: 031398224594
EAN: 0031398224594
ASIN: B0010YVCB6
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: February 19, 2008
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An action-heavy thriller with a metaphysical twist, Chaos pits action stars of the past (Wesley Snipes) and present (Jason Statham from The Transporter) against each other in a race to uncover the truth behind a seemingly perfect heist. Statham (sporting a come-and-go American accent) is a troubled cop who is called out by Snipes' bank robber to stop him from executing a scheme that will end with not only all participants evading capture, but no money removed from the vaults. It's an engaging premise, and one made moderately more so by Snipes' interest in chaos theory, and director Tony Giglio orchestrates the action with a professional hand. Unfortunately, the pieces fall together in an entirely predictable manner, which stranded the leads (as well as Ryan Phillippe as Statham's rookie partner) in an overly familiar story and undermines the novel spin of Snipes' plan. Those looking for no-frills entertainment, or longtime fans of Statham and Snipes, will find it an agreeable timewaster. --Paul Gaita
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 Statham is HOT!!! March 18, 2010
P. S. Maddox (Clinton, MS United States)
I know this movie got poor reviews from most, but I have a weak spot for Jason Statham, and I really enjoyed this movie. I liked the plot twists.
 Statham at his best March 3, 2010
N. janus (Fishkill NY USA)
You have to watch this movie, especially if you are a fan of Jason Statham, that Brit is really a great actor, Ryan Philippe does not quite come up to the task, should have been Tom Cruise or someone with a lot more character than Ryan. Wesley Snipes, well is always Wesley Snipes
Chaos January 1, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Action, action, action. This is all Jason Statham really truly knows. And like a few other movies he has done (War, Crank), there is a suprise ending to the whole thing. And personally, this suprise ending was rather good. It's a plot twister and its definately a Statham style movie.
 Don't waste your time...and I'm a Statham fan December 1, 2009
K. Swanson (Austin, TX United States)
2.2 stars
Bah, humbug. What a waste of time. If you have any feel for quality crime thrillers at all, you've got to laugh at this, in all the wrong ways.
Bad, hackneyed script. Wooden performances in general. Miserable direction; you can tell a bad director when every line out of everyone's mouth feels forced. This felt at nearly all times like a bad tv movie-of-the-week. I like Statham but he's wasted here and clearly needs a director with a better feel for realism. Snipes is ok and Phillippe is too, but his role is overwritten and just seems fake. I didn't buy one second of this movie.
Sure, there's a twist at the end, but when nothing that came before makes you care about the tale or the players, what's the difference? There are so many flicks of this ilk out there, and I'd recommend most of them before this insipid jello.
Passola.
 Homage to 70s Cop Flicks Strictly Routine... October 17, 2009
Benjamin J Burgraff (Las Vegas)
Director Tony Giglio says, in the 'Making Of' Special Feature for "Chaos", that he wanted to recapture the spirit and gritty, pre-CGI 'look' of the great 'Cop' movies of the 1970s ("The French Connection", "The Seven-Ups", etc.), and technically, he succeeds, quite admirably...but the film lacks equally important factors to the earlier films' success; characters you care about, and a truly novel 'spin' to the traditional plotline. "Chaos" is predictable, with little character development, relying on the stars' established screen personas to carry the story, and the end result is routine, at best.
When a team of masked criminals rob a major Seattle bank, the leader (a swaggering Wesley Snipes) informs the police surrounding the bank that he wants disgraced cop Jason Statham to serve as the negotiator. Statham, who'd been involved in an earlier, fatal hostage negotiation, is pulled off suspension, teamed up with brilliant young detective Ryan Phillippe, and attempts to resolve the situation...but things fall apart, explosively, and the gang escapes in the fire and smoke. As the press again berates Statham, Phillippe begins putting the pieces together, revealing a far more complex scheme than a simple robbery...leading to a 'surprising' climactic revelation (which you'll figure out long before he does!)
The film isn't terrible (there's one really good chase, early in the film), but as you've likely seen all this before, it isn't terribly involving, either. Phillippe takes the acting honors, Statham gets in a few good one-liners (but less of his 'signature' physical action than his fans may like), and Snipes mugs his way through another 'villainous' role.
It should have been better!
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