DIRECTOR TRENT HAAGA IN ATTENDANCE

Join us tonight for the North American premiere of CHOP! The first screening starts at 9:15pm at the Kendall Square Cinema.

CHOP is reminiscent of newer revenge cinema, like Park Chan Wook’s SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE and OLDBOY. Here, you have a fairly intricate series of bloody events put in place by someone wronged trying to make their victim pay for some secret transgression from earlier in their lives. Yet, a sense of humor remains prominent in the face of some genuinely unsettling brutality. The cast really pulls off this double-barreled tone. In particular, Billy Bakshi’s performance in the role of the condemned and amputated Lance Reed is as hilarious as it is horrifying. During the arc of the story, the roles of protagonist and antagonist are switched as potential motives are revealed, eventually enabling you to enjoy Lance’s suffering as much as the Stranger does.

Later tonight, join us for our KAIJU KARAOKE party at the Friendly Toast!