SOCIAL MEDIA

Monday 13 November 2017

Chained (Jennifer Lynch, 2012)

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Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Jake Weber, Eamon Farren, Evan Bird, Conor Leslie, Julia Ormond

Summary: Bob, a cab-driving serial killer who stalks his prey on the city streets alongside his reluctant protégé Tim, who must make a life or death choice between following in Bob's footsteps or breaking free from his captor.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Watched: June 17th, 2017


When Brad (Jake Weber) drops his wife Sarah (Julia Ormond) and son Tim (Evan Bird) to the cinema, he urges the two to take a taxi home instead of riding the bus. Just as they call for a taxi, driver Bob (Vincent D'Onofrio) arrives in his taxi and they decide to jump in.

Only Bob doesn't take them home.

Instead he abducts the two and takes them to his secluded home where here kills Sarah and forces Tim, who he renames Rabbit, to be his slave/accomplice and keeps him chained to stop him from escaping.
Fast forward several years Rabbit (Eamon Farren) is now a teenager and Bob decides it's time for him to come of age and become a man by becoming a killer like him.

I liked this film, I thought the idea was very interesting as it's very rare to hear of killer keeping their victims alive as their slave/accomplice, so I was looking forward to see how it would be done.

I did have one big issue with the film and that was with Vincent D'Onofrio's portrayal of Bob. I wasn't sure at first if there was something wrong with him because the way he spoke made him come across as a slightly intellectually disabled. His accent was off putting and I thought the moments where he shower Rabbit kindness (rarely) just didn't fit.
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All in all I enjoyed this film especially the last 15-20 mins and I thought the final twist was brilliant (don't worry I won't spoil it for you).
On a side note this film is another that makes me realise that I love all my loose ends in a film to be nice and securely tied.


Rating: 7/10
One Final Word: Good

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