Chronicle (Josh Trank, 2012)

Three teens find a strange object in the woods and subsequently begin exhibiting an increasing range of superpowers. However, the tone in the set-up is tense enough that it comes as no wonder that the one of them who is a bullied social outcast at the beginning is the one who starts abusing his powers.
What distinguishes Chronicle from the horde of superhero films is not that it shows the individuals with suddenly vastly expanded possibilities as imperfect or troubled, but rather implies that power corrupts, and that corrosion of the mind increases with enhancement of the body. No masterpiece, this, but maybe for teens with testosteronal delusions, a healthy antidote to the usual chest-beating positivity of the genre.

6/10