Chop Chop (2020 film)

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Chop Chop
Directed byRony Patel
Written byRony Patel
Andrew Ericksen
Produced byRony Patel
Starring
  • Atala Arce
  • Jake Taylor
CinematographyRyan Emanuel
Carter Fawcett
Edited byRony Patel
Production
company
Fairwolf Productions
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Kamikaze Dogfight
Release date
  • 20 October 2020 (2020-10-20)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Chop Chop is a 2020 American horror thriller film directed by Rony Patel, starring Atala Arce and Jake Taylor. [1] [2]

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Cast

Release

The film was released on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Comcast, Spectrum and Vudu on 20 October 2020. [3] [4] [5]

Reception

Tori Danielle of PopHorror wrote a positive review of the film, calling it a "crazy story with great performances, twits and turns, and nonstop action." [6] Dakota Dahl of Rue Morgue wrote a positive review of the film, writing that "The film is fun and weird, with levels of mystery that evolve and resolve throughout the whole run time, making it easy to watch from start to finish without getting bored." [7]

Chance Solem-Pfeifer of Willamette Week rated the film 2 stars out of 4, writing that "The fact that Rony Patel's would-be slasher film pivots so quickly and aggressively away from an unstoppable-monster bloodbath is potentially to his creative credit, but unfortunately, no part of the disturbed underworld odyssey that follows works anywhere near as well." [8] Rich Cross of Starburst rated the film 2 stars out of 5, writing that "There’s plenty of ambition in evidence in what is Patel’s feature debut, but the weirdness has a stilted quality. This feels like a story with its heart chopped out." [9]

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References

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