Directed by:
Deon TaylorCinematography:
Philip LeeComposer:
Vincent GilliozCast:
Nikki Reed, Keith David, Brad Dourif, Bai Ling, Cherilyn Wilson, Cody Kasch, Betsy Russell, Brian Tee, Michael J. Pagan, Michael Bailey Smith, Matt Cohen (more)Plots(1)
A familiar urban legend gets a chilling new twist when a group of high school friends all receive a chain e-mail claiming that someone close to them will soon die if they fail to keep the message circulating. At first Jessie Campbell (Nikki Reed) thought it might just be a sick joke but when her friends break the chain and people start to die she realises it's only a matter of time until the Chain Man comes to claim her too. (Koch Media)
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This film wants to look very modern, speaking often about new communication technologies and warning about the dangers of the internet and whatnot. Those efforts are a bit undermined by the fact that, despite all the insight into the hi-tec lives of modern American teens, it absolutely ignores the existence of Facebook (in 2010!), has teens sending chain mails (in 2010!), and the way it builds fear and atmosphere (and actually, the entire structure of the plot) is reminiscent of a poor attempt at a slasher from the mid-nineties, and the screenwriter doesn’t seem to be very good friends with technology (or with logic, intellect, etc.). Two of the murders are alright, which makes Chain Letter exactly two murders more interesting than My Soul to Take (which was a bit better made, though). The latest dud by Craven gets a two, and I wonder how the hell this has made it to the cinemas.
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