October 24th, 2012: Chained

Jennifer Lynch is the daughter of American filmmaker/television director David Lynch (Blue Velvet).  By age 22, Jennifer had already published her first novel entitled The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, which was spin-off from her father's show Twin Peaks.  In 1993 she released Boxing Helena, making her Hollywood's youngest female filmmaker at the time.  After her debut she took a 15 year break and returned to Hollywood in 2008 and has made a handful of films since.

Lynch's latest, Chained, is extremely disturbing and intense from the moment it begins.  A 9-year-old boy and his mother go to a movie one afternoon and decide to take a cab home.  The cab driver drives past their exit and starts to worry his passengers.  When the mother realizes the driver isn't following any of her instructions she starts threatening him and questions her safety.

They arrive at a house in the middle of nowhere and the driver pulls the woman out of the car and brings her into the house.  The kid remains in the car and can hear his mom screaming through the closed garage door.  The driver returns and pulls the kid into the house. He tells him that this is his home now and orders him to follow a set of rules... for the rest of his life.

ROTTEN TOMATOES RATING: NO REVIEWS YET

Chained was released earlier this month on October 2nd, but I'm surprised there aren't very many reviews on it.  Bloody Disgusting gave it 4/5, which is really good coming from them.  I personally enjoyed it; it may be a lot to take in but the acting is brilliant and there's several twists and turns along the way. 

-Colby.