Chaos Walking

Chaos Walking is a 2021 American dystopian science-fiction action-thriller film directed by Doug Liman and written by Patrick Ness and Christopher Ford.

Chaos Walking is a 2021 American dystopian science-fiction action-thriller film directed by Doug Liman and written by Patrick Ness and Christopher Ford. It is based on Patrick Ness’s novel *The Knife of Never Letting Go*, the first book in the *Chaos Walking* trilogy, and stars Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. The film is set on a planet where people can hear one another’s thoughts in a phenomenon called Noise.

Plot premise

The story follows Todd Hewitt in a colony where men can hear each other’s thoughts as streams of images, words, and sounds called Noise. His life changes when Viola, a woman, crash-lands on the planet and becomes the target of local danger.

Production and adaptation

Chaos Walking is adapted from Patrick Ness’s 2008 novel *The Knife of Never Letting Go*. Doug Liman directed the film, and Ness co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Ford.

Cast

The principal cast includes Tom Holland as Todd Hewitt and Daisy Ridley as Viola. Supporting roles are played by Mads Mikkelsen, Demián Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas, and David Oyelowo.

Release and reception

The film was released in 2021. Available sources describe its reception as generally negative, and reports note that it underperformed commercially relative to its budget.