Cogwork Chronicles
- Tagline
- In a world of gears and deceit, every discovery unlocks a darker truth.
- Description
- Amidst the soot and steam of a Victorian-inspired metropolis, two rival genius inventors, portrayed by Sally Fries and Kirk Douglaze, navigate a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. Spencer Trays plays a cunning detective entwined in their world of mechanical marvels and murky motivations. Directed by Ang Leemur, 'Cogwork Chronicles' is a gritty steampunk tale of personal growth and self-discovery, where every creation is a double-edged sword and every truth uncovered leads to more perilous enigmas. As the gears of their fates intertwine, the characters must confront the cynical underbelly of technological progress and the darkness within themselves.
- MpaaRating
- R
- PopularityScore
- 6.40
- ReleaseDate
- 12/09/2021
- Genre
- Crime
- Director(s)
- Cast
Critic Reviews
4.50
In the rust-coated, derivative spectacle that is 'Cogwork Chronicles,' director Ang Leemur attempts to grease the wheels of the steampunk genre, only to find that his contraption lacks the necessary steam. The film, bogged down by its own pretentiousness, spins a narrative that feels as if it's been cobbled together from the scrapyard of better movies. Sally Fries and Kirk Douglaze deliver performances as mechanically sound as the stiff automatons populating their world, failing to elevate the leaden script beyond its station. Spencer Trays, as the detective, fares little better, trudging through the murky plot like a man searching for a plot twist in a fog of coal smoke. With a tagline promising a world of 'gears and deceit,' one can't help but feel the true deception lies in the promise of originality. The R rating does little to bolster the film's appeal, serving instead as a reminder that the true crime committed here is not within the dark corners of the film's Victorian-inspired metropolis, but in the squandered potential of a genre that deserves better. Ultimately, 'Cogwork Chronicles' is an overwrought tale that mistakes convolution for depth, gears for substance, and cynicism for sophistication.