One of the things I was eagerly anticipating was how the director and screenwriters would visually depict ‘the Noise’ on the screen, given that it is easier to display loud, overlapping thoughts and mutterings in the form of scrambled words on paper than it is in real life. In an ideal and Covid-free world, I would have even been able to watch it in the cinema instead of streaming it at home. Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley in Chaos Walking (2021) | Courtesy of IMDbĪs a big fan of Patrick Ness and the book trilogy, I was counting down the days to Chaos Walking’s release. When Todd stumbles upon a mysterious aircraft and meets a girl, named Viola (Daisy Ridley) his whole world turns upside down and he is forced to run away from all he has ever known. With its exceptional cast, $125,000,000 budget, and four-year production time, to say this film has been hyped is an understatement.Īmidst a global pandemic and major scene reshoots, the release date for Chaos Walking (2021) was pushed back from March 2019 to January 2021, leaving fans anxiously awaiting.īased on Patrick Ness’ award-winning novel, ‘The Knife of Never Letting Go,’ Chaos Walking features Tom Holland playing 12-year-old Todd Hewitt, an angsty, hot-tempered teen who lives in Prentisstown: a town devoid of women and plagued by ‘the Noise’ – a supernatural force that displays everyone’s thoughts like a broadcasting system. By Evelyn Heis, First Year, English Literature
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