Review: 'Chaos Walking' more like chaos limping

As lockdown restrictions lift and more theaters open around the country -- just now in New York and soon in Los Angeles -- you can actually catch "Chaos Walking" on the big screen, where its epic size is the one mark in its favor. Based on the first book in Patrick Ness' dystopian trilogy of young adult novels, the film quickly descends into rabid incoherence. By the time Viola, played by Daisy Ridley -- the fiery Rey in the latest "Star Wars" trilogy -- crash lands on the planet of New World, circa 2257, everything is already in chaos. There are no women anywhere, just dudes living in a backwater colony called Prentisstown, where the men are cursed with "the Noise" -- a force that puts all their unfiltered feelings on display either out loud or in thought bubbles covered in a purple haze. No worries. "Chaos Walking" never wanders into territory raunchier than its PG-13 rating. Viola is offered protection by a smitten Todd Hewitt, played by "Spider-Man" star Tom Holland, who is...