Film· 2012· Science Fiction

Chronicle

by Josh Trank

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Akira

Film · 1988

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Josh Trank has named Akira as an influence on Chronicle. The story of a bullied, isolated teenager who gains telekinetic power and turns it on the city is Tetsuo's, and the finale of two former friends fighting across a city echoes Akira's.

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Chronicle

It follows three Seattle high school seniors—bullied Andrew, his cousin Matt, and the popular Steve —who form a bond after gaining telekinetic powers from an unknown object and using them for fun, until Andrew begins going down a darker path.

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