Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Chosen’

Written by Scott Edwards

​There are questions out there that nobody should have to answer, but in some instances, you may need to think about it. With how difficult it is to live our everyday life you might experience the discomfort of having to think about it on another level. Being asked the question of who lives and who dies, you will see where your allegiances lie, but should you ever really have to choose? If you are put into a situation where it is your life and wellbeing over someone else’s, someone that you have feelings for, who would you give the free pass to, yourself or someone else?

Cameron’s life is far from where he expected it to be at this point, especially when his mother moved him and his niece back to their grandparent’s home. With Cameron’s sister Caitlin being strung out on drugs all of the time, Angie has found a home with her grandmother and favorite Uncle. But the house is far from inviting since Cameron’s Uncle Joey is a drunken mess and his grandparents are not very helpful around the house. Cameron knows that Angie needs her mother more than ever after being shacked up in the house and when Cameron’s mom heads out of town, he has the perfect opportunity to make it happen for the little girl.

Arriving at Caitlin’s apartment, Cameron notices that the neighbors are fighting about something but his sister begs him to let it be. Hearing a crash on the other side of the wall, Cameron jumps into action to help with whatever is happening. Seeing a woman in hysterics, Cameron tries to understand what is happening and when he sees little Angie walk into the baby's room and the door shut suddenly behind her, he knows something is amiss. When the door opens, he sees his niece standing against the wall in shame, but when he sees what is in her eyes, he knows that there is something sinister happening to her and needs to find the solution, especially before his mother gets home.

When conventional methods do not seem to be helping his niece, Cameron heads back to his sister's neighbor’s apartment and finds out what is really happening. Being possessed by a demon that feeds off of the souls of children, Cameron is on a tight timetable and must sacrifice six blood relatives in six days to save the little girl. If this does not happen, Angie will be taken to the depths of hell and feasted on by the demon for all eternity. With this being an exhausting undertaking, Cameron is faced with the question of which loved ones will be sacrificed to save his niece, but the first one is handed to him when he discovers his grandma is lying on the floor when he returns home. Putting the mark on her, he sees the beast come out from under the bed to claim its prize, but with only a limited amount of time, Cameron will need to work fast and decide which one of his family members will go next.

I like the premise of the story, it seems like something that a demon would love to do, have someone kill in its name or claim a great bounty. It was good to see how Cameron had to deal with the decisions he was forced to make to save the life of his innocent niece. With so many family members that seem to have issues with everyone that lives in the house, you would think it would be easy to identify which ones would go, but it was not a task that came easy to Cameron and it was nice to see him think long and hard about it. I would hate to have to come to the decision of who will have to die to allow someone to live, I am pretty sure I would fail at the test. But this movie did a great job at showing us how families should stick together, even in the worst situations imaginable. Stay Scared.

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