Chameleon

Chameleon is a well rounded crime-thriller movie. It actually had that Michael Mann feel to it, perhaps the directors inspiration. Anyway I highly recommend this one!

It isn't a bad film. Sure it has it's moments but it wasn't as bad some of these other indie films out there. Giving it a 7 for the effort and the storyline.

Just streamed it on Prime and I'm shocked by the bad reviews on here. Are we watching the same Chameleon here? The cast was impressive as was the editing and sound. Storyline is nice plus it's shot in LA so if your in LA you will recognize some of the locations.

...of which were 3 minutes long of useless fade in and out images to black screen opening credits - back and forth, back and forth, repeat, etc... Then we have the Jack of all trades, master of none film credits: producer, writer, director, editor, cinematographer, actor, and sound... Marcus Mizelle, who's actual experience is Camera and Electrical Department. So, to go from what you're seasoned experience is, to wearing that many hats - attempted 10-14 times, still ended up as a flop. The directing was amateurish with worse editing than a 5th grader. The cinematography was sub-par and the fade-to-spot scenes was over-and-done in the 1980's. The writing/screenplay bland, predictable, mish-mashed scenes, slow, and riddled with plot and technical issues. An 80 minute film should not feel like it's 3 hours long, and certainly not have 13 minutes of opening and closing credits! So the actual 67 minutes of story had too much filler with little substance, and should have been a short film. The score was annoyingly repetitive, loud, constant, and unfitting. With the exception of newb actor Donald Prabatah, and Alicia Leigh Willis, every other actor was terrible - bland, boring and unconvincing. Most of that blame falls on the director, who needed to do a much better job in directing his cast. Clearly this film has been falsely up-voted, not to mention the clearly obvious bogus reviews. It's not that Marcus Mizelle is an un-experienced filmmaker, so there's no excuse for this bad production, but perhaps he should've worn less hats, and passed on some of the major responsibilities to more seasoned filmmakers. The film I saw before this one, Last Moment of Clarity (2020), was written and directed by two amateur brother filmmakers - their first ever dabble in filmmaking, and they nailed it. Marcus Mizelle needs to see that film and look at their empty resume and see how a film should be made. It's an honest and very generous 3/10 from me.

Not sure what the other reviewers do far were watching. In a nutshell it was the keystone cops chasing dumber and dumber . . . Not much more to say really. Awful wooden acting. Halfway through and do not care for any character.

This movie is dope! It's raw and gritty LA style. It's well written and beautifully crafted from the cinematic shots to the dialogue - spot on. I thought the movie moved a little slow towards the start but thankfully things did unwind quick but other then that it's a 8 from me. Watch if your into thrillers.

I don't know what some of the reviewers who highly recommend this movie where thinking unless of course they are in someway connected to the people involved. I have seen many low budget films and take in account the limited means with which they have to work. This movie has bad acting, an unbelievable story and if you will see it through you will wish you could get your time back. Save yourself the disappointment.