Chronicle Page #14

Synopsis: The shy, lonely and outcast teenager Andrew Detmer is bullied and has no friends at high-school and lives with his abusive and alcoholic father Richard Detmer and his terminally ill mother Karen. Andrew buys a camera to film his everyday life. His cousin Matt Garetty drives him to school and invites Andrew to go to a party at night. telekinetic abilities and Andrew becomes the most powerful. But he easily loses his temper and becomes dangerous while Matt tries to control him. When his mother needs a medicine and Andrew does not have enough money to buy it, his darker side overcomes and he becomes a menace.
Director(s): Josh Trank
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
PG-13
Year:
2012
84 min
$60,800,000
Website
1,304 Views


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- Casey, I need to think, okay?

- Stop!

1269

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I gotta find another way downtown. Sh*t!

1270

01:
12:03,194 -- 01:12:04,696

Go back and take the Madison exit.

1271

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12:05,521 -- 01:12:07,415

Come on.

1272

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12:11,828 -- 01:12:13,671

- Stay here, Casey. Stay here.

- Wait!

1273

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12:13,746 -- 01:12:15,373

Matt, wait for me!

1274

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12:15,498 -- 01:12:18,843

All units, report to

Ballard Community Hospital

1275

01:
12:20,253 -- 01:12:21,505

Excuse me.

1276

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12:21,587 -- 01:12:23,089

Sir, excuse me.

1277

01:
12:24,257 -- 01:12:27,227

Matt! What are we doing here?

1278

01:
12:32,080 -- 01:12:33,558

Oh, my God!

1279

01:
12:34,559 -- 01:12:37,563

You gotta put me down! Please! Stop!

1280

01:
12:37,645 -- 01:12:39,272

You did this to me!

1281

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12:42,066 -- 01:12:44,444

Matt! Oh, my God!

1282

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12:48,948 -- 01:12:51,542

Holy sh*t! Holy sh*t!

1283

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12:51,659 -- 01:12:53,957

- Matt!

- Casey, we gotta go! We gotta go right now!

1284

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Get in the car! Let's go.

1285

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12:56,205 -- 01:12:58,003

- Andrew's out of control.

- What are you talking about?

1286

01:
12:58,324 -- 01:13:00,627

I'm so sorry. I wanted to tell you. I...

1287

01:
13:01,627 -- 01:13:03,595

Oh, my God, Matt! Stop the car!

1288

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13:03,671 -- 01:13:06,299

It's gonna crash. Holy sh*t!

1289

01:
13:07,124 -- 01:13:08,222

Oh, sh*t!

1290

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13:10,386 -- 01:13:12,889

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- Get off the road now!

1291

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Oh, my God!

1292

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13:15,391 -- 01:13:17,359

Hold on to me!

1293

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13:18,076 -- 01:13:19,979

it's not me, it's Andrew!

1294

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13:22,273 -- 01:13:24,526

Hold on!

1295

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13:24,609 -- 01:13:29,410

I can't stop it! I can't control

the car! I can't control it.

1296

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Sh*t!

1297

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13:31,240 -- 01:13:33,413

Andrew! Oh, God, hold on!

1298

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Hold on to me!

1299

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13:37,997 -- 01:13:40,591

I can't get the door open!

1300

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- Oh, my God!

- Andrew! Andrew, stop!

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- Casey!

- Matt!

1302

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Matt!

1303

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Help me!

1304

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Casey, hold on!

1305

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Matt.

1306

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Stay here. Okay? You

have to stay here. Okay?

1307

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Matt, please don't go! Matt!

1308

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We got a car on fire under the

Needle. Possible casualties.

1309

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We need emergency response now.

1310

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I don't know how to describe this.

1311

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That is the Needle we're looking

at, and as you can see, there are...

1312

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You're not gonna believe this.

1313

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Are you seeing this?

1314

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Back away from the window!

1315

01:
14:43,145 -- 01:14:45,318

What the hell are they doing up there?

1316

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Get down!

1317

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14:53,656 -- 01:14:56,205

Seventeen, beware.

1318

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14:56,283 -- 01:14:58,081

You Te gonna have to divert

1319

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14:58,160 -- 01:15:01,039

Andrew! Andrew, look at me!

1320

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15:01,122 -- 01:15:04,547

This has to stop right now,

okay? This is really, really bad!

1321

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15:04,625 -- 01:15:06,252

Why did you catch him?

1322

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15:06,335 -- 01:15:09,509

- Listen! Just focus, okay?

- I dropped him!

1323

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15:09,630 -- 01:15:11,678

- Why did you catch him?

- Andrew, this is not a game!

1324

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Do you understand? You're hurting people.

1325

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You're weak, Matt! You're all weak!

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- Andrew...

- I'm stronger than all of this!

1327

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Andrew, listen to me, okay? Just...

Just... I need you to listen.

1328

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Just focus for a second.

1329

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15:23,436 -- 01:15:25,859

Do not tell me what to do!

1330

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I'm trying to explain.

I got two individuals.

1331

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They can't stop us.

1332

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15:29,990 -- 01:15:32,029

- It's not too late for us to go.

- It is too late!

1333

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15:32,111 -- 01:15:34,864

I'm done! It's over!

1334

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15:34,947 -- 01:15:37,996

You treated me like sh*t! You left me alone!

1335

01:
15:38,075 -- 01:15:41,124

Andrew, you're not alone

up here! I'm here with you!

1336

01:
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I should have been with you

all along! But I'm here now!

1337

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And we can stop this right now, you and me!

1338

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15:48,294 -- 01:15:51,673

Andrew, we can just fly

away. We can get out of here.

1339

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We can be family.

1340

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15:53,966 -- 01:15:56,890

Andrew. Andrew, look at yourself.

1341

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- This isn't who you are.

- I'm an apex predator.

1342

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What?

1343

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I'm an apex predator.

1344

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No! No!

1345

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Oh, my gosh! Call the police!

1346

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Andrew, no!

1347

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- Paul! Paul, stay away from the window!

- Okay, okay!

1348

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- Paul! Don't stand at the window!

- Are you seeing this? Hey!

1349

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Stay down, babe! Stay down!

1350

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Andrew!

1351

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Two subjects down. One injured, one mobile.

1352

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Andrew? Andrew, look at me.

1353

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This is all gonna be fine.

You're gonna be all right, okay?

1354

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I'm gonna get you help, okay?

1355

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All units, respond Code 4 to Denny Way.

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Get out of here! It's not safe!

1357

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Andrew? Andrew?

1358

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- Are you getting this?

- Don't move!

1359

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Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

1360

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Hold on! Wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait! I need help! I need help!

1361

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He appears to be held at gunpoint but...

1362

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Oh, my God!

1363

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- Arms up in the air!

- Don't shoot, please!

1364

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He's hurt!

1365

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- Get on the ground!

- Wait! Wait!

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- Do what he says!

- Now, get down!

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- Do not get up!

- Get on the ground!

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Max Landis

Max Landis (; born August 3, 1985) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer who wrote the films Chronicle (2012), American Ultra (2015), Victor Frankenstein (2015), and Bright (2017), as well as a variety of short films including The Death and Return of Superman and Wrestling Isn't Wrestling. He was an executive producer on the Syfy anthology horror series Channel Zero, as well as creator and showrunner for the American adaptation of Douglas Adams' science fiction detective comedy novel series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency on BBC America, which both premiered in October 2016. more…

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