‘Chaos Walking’ Trips All Over Itself and Never Gets Back Up
https://ift.tt/3t0EdK9 Apologies in advance for reminding you of its existence, but remember 2016’s Passengers ? It was a much-ballyhooed science fiction “original” anchored by two massive franchise stars, and it pretty much stinks for multiple reasons including a tone-deaf narrative and a chemistry-free pairing at its center. That film inexplicably managed to make a few bucks in theaters despite this, but the similarly messy and top heavy new film from Doug Liman never stood that same chance. A sci-fi action/adventure “about” the sexes and headlined by stars from the two biggest film franchises in the world, Chaos Walking trips over its metaphorical dick so often you’d think it was a Ron Jeremy blooper reel. It’s the year 2257, and Todd ( Tom Holland ) is living a simple life with his two dads on a farm outside the small, Appalachian-like community of Prentisstown. Humans had hoped to settle on this planet decades prior, but war with an indigenous species called the Spackle left t...