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Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Foreverisacastironmess Dave Defalco's twisted horror thriller "Chaos" is without a doubt in my mind, one of the most gut-wrenching film experiences I ever had in my life. It's relentlessly intense, and while declaring it "The most brutal movie ever made" is a bit of a stretch as, foul as they are, it doesn't actually have all that many scenes of violent torture in it, the overall effect that you get from watching this movie is disheartening and disturbing in the extreme, as I think it's as much about the grim hopeless psychology of it as it is about the humiliation and pain, and it left me quite mentally exhausted from shock the first time I saw it. The two nastiest scenes really made me recoil and caused my skin to crawl, it was like it was completely real and it was all I could do not to look away. That stuff is *very* difficult to watch. If ever a film deserved to be labelled as sick, this one does. There's not a shred of hope in it, it has no regard for humanity at all. There are no light or comedic moments, it's flat-out mean and ruthless from beginning to end, and it leaves a hell of a bad taste. It gets right down to it pretty much straight away with the first of several uncomfortably nasty and squirmy situations that just seem to go on and on, and there's no rhyme or reason other than I guess, 'watch who ya trust', to why the events happen at all. It's just bad circumstances and random occurrences of cruelty, for cruelties' sake... It's only about an hour and fifteen minutes but it feels more like two and a half hours. And while I was looking at the clock it wasn't because I was bored or anything, it was because it was so coarse and unpleasant to sit through that I couldn't wait for it to hurry up and end already! And the dark tone of murder isn't haunting or chilling like in say, "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer", it's just something that sets out to blow away your senses with a crude but effective barrage of intimidation, sickening and offensive bodily mutilation, and endless screaming. It's just shocking and isn't anything deeper than that. In other words, it's blunt as a sledgehammer. So I'd agree on that level that it is an empty movie, as there's nothing else you can take from it other than its ability to disturb. But I don't know, for what it is it's a powerful piece of work, and while none of them were positive in the least, it did evoke strong feelings in me the whole way through once it got going. And that is what the high rating's for, I was consistently gripped by the 'story', and it constantly had me on the edge of my seat, it's very engaging and involving.. I don't actually find it to be bad film, just a very unpleasant one to watch. I feel like I've got to rationalise my appreciation here - I love horror but never take enjoyment in overly violent torture and killing scenes in movies, I don't like to see people in pain, not even in a spoofy way, my heart is too damn sensitive for it these days. Horror isn't torture to me. Anyway there was just something in this that was worthwhile to me, if I had given it a low rating it would have only been based on principle, not what I thought of the basic watchable quality of the thing. Kevin Cage is the standout cast member, his depraved performance draws out hatred, horror and nausea, sometimes all in the same scene. The bloodthirsty psycho "Chaos" was so heartless that he shotguns his junkie girlfriend on a whim when she says the wrong thing, and even strangles his own son without hesitation after he's been fatally injured, so what manner of chance did the actual victims have? You keep hoping that anything at all will happen that'll bring this bastard down and make him pay for his crimes, and there are numerous nail-biting moments where it almost does..but not quite. And in the end for all intents and purposes, this self-proclaimed 'Devil' wins out. That ending was ice cold, but also something that I didn't see coming, and appreciated. All in all, phenomenally effective shock factor, scary situations and fearless actors make this a good movie to me, and all I can say is that, if grim realistic horror that you feel right in your gut is your thing, than you certainly won't be disappointed with this one. And while I might personally consider it to be very good, when all's said and done it's most-certainly not something that I could watch every week or whatever, no way. Once a never sounds about right.. This movie gets under your skin and gnaws on you. It wallows in its own muck and likes it there. Needless to say, not an easy pill to swallow for most people, but it does what most horror films want to do on the same basic level. It genuinely and unapologetically horrifies. Take care of yourselves.

Reaper-of-Souls But that is still not saying much about this film. I'm not even sure where to begin. I guess I'll start with the "message" at the very beginning. As others have already said, it was a very lame attempt by the filmmakers to justify the content of their little film. Very lame. If you're gonna make a somewhat violent film about rape and murder, then just make the film and leave it at that. There was absolutely no reason to try and pretend that it was made as some sort of message to parents and kids about being safe from murdering rapists. They could have just said, "don't walk through the woods with a stranger while trying to score drugs" and not even bothered with trying to make a film out of it. While it is not the worst movie I have ever seen, or even the most disturbing for that matter, it is not worth watching either. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Some people can't resist the temptation to see what all the "controversy" is about (myself included), but I can assure you it's not as disturbing as some would have you believe and it's just not really worth the time. Pass.

samblade8 How the makers of this film were not sued by the copyright holders of Last House on the Left is beyond me. The plot and characters are almost identical to those in the 1972 classic. The fact that this movie credits a story writer seems like a joke.The gore and brutality is quite severe. This is clearly an attempt to make Chaos an "extreme" film along the lines of Salo or Irreversible. However the filmmakers failed to realize that shock without substance or originality is merely a cheep stunt. When a DVD contains a lengthy interview with the producer and director trying to justify why their film has merit and that all the bad reviews are really positive if you read them the right way you know you're in trouble.

Jimminy_Beeswax Are you the kind of person who enjoys wasting time and money? Are you into self abuse? Do you like walking away from a movie theater complaining about being ripped off? If so, this movie was made for you.Chaos (2005) was a pathetic excuse to provide poor writing, poor directing, and poor acting a vehicle for subhuman violence and degradation. I'm glad I didn't pay anything to see it. In fact, you would have to pay me quite a bit to sit through it again. If you see Chaos (2005) on a clearance rack somewhere selling for $2.00, ask the cashier if she will pay you to take it off their hands and then promptly dump it in the garbage once you have collected your disposal fee.