Product Details

• Actors: Grzegorz Borek, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Slawoj Jedrzejewski, Maria Strzelecka, Borys Szyc
• Directors: Xawery Zulawski
• Format: PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen, Import, Color
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: SPI International
• Run Time: 123 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B002W5CVQM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,416 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Poland released, PAL/Region free DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: SPOKEN LANGUAGES: POLISH Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1; SUBTITLES: ENGLISH; WIDESCREEN 1,77:1; SYNOPSIS: The European Economic Forum is starting in Warsaw. Anti-globalists announce that protests will take place. Niki, Blonde, Slawek and Mania, Blonde's half-sister, are among them. Niki is an anarchist who wants to change the world. He is in love with Mania. Blonde would like to become a gangster. He likes Marta, who is trying to change her life. Slawek is a young lawyer who gets married but at the same time has a lover. Is he going to become a blackmailer? Generally speaking there is a lot of chaos...

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars not the type of movie everyone is going to enjoy, September 26, 2010

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Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chaos (DVD)

Chaos (2006) is not the type of movie everyone is going to enjoy. It might even be one of those that you are going to love or hate. The reason why some people may be irritated by this movie is because it is has people that are on the path of self-destruction. They do not have a lot of consideration or respect for others; they think they are so smart, but are nothing more than moron punks and scumbags. Their survival potential is bleak and their lives are spiraling out of control, even if they do not realize it.

The movie is about three brothers and a sister. The brothers include a would-be tough guy thug, a sleazy lawyer and an anarchist. The anarchist and the sister (Maria Strzelecka) have a thing for each other that is more than just sibling affection. Each of them is facing a problem of their own making. A lot depends on how they deal with their issues, as there isn't much lower they can stoop other than being dead. In the beginning of the film there is a lot going on, which makes it a little hard to follow, but that goes along with the theme of chaos.

Even if you do not find any of the characters likeable and think they are all annoying, the story, albeit a modern, is a classical morality tale. There are occasional comments about the world being in chaos, and from the perspective of the siblings it is sure looks like it, but in the end the movie shows otherwise. It shows causes have effects and actions have reactions - those who commit destructive actions bring about destruction on themselves. It may take karma a bit of time to correct things, but the order in the world finds its place eventually.

Chaos is Xawery Zulawski's debut feature film. Xawery is the son of Andrzej Zulawski, who is a brilliant director with a strong a cult following. Although I do not want to make too many compairsons between the two, I have to say that Xawery's film is similar to his father's work in that it has an element of intenseness. All in all, Chaos probably isn't going to be ever too popular with mainstream audiences and may only find its place with a select crowd.