Written and directed by J.P. Schaefer, CHAPTER 27 is a psychological portrait of Mark David Chapman(Jared Leto), a glimpse at the mental and physical agony leading up to and following the love and hate killing of John Lennon. New York City was raw, dreary and cold in December 1980, when Chapman walked off his security guard job in Hawaii and flew to meet his destiny. He loved the Beatles music; he thought Lennon's music spoke to him personally. But after conceiving the rock legend and peace activist a phony because of his material wealth...the logical thing in his troubled mind was to murder the icon.
Some may find this movie damn hard to watch. It is deliberately slow in pace with Chapman's grinding thought process. You share his pain knowing his plans will change and shock an entire world. His search for notoriety ending in tragedy. It is said that Leto gained 60 pounds to portray the disturbed drifter. And the accent is not that short of haunting. His depiction of Chapman is riveting. Also in the cast: Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander, Molly Griffith and Ursula Abbott.
Some may find this movie damn hard to watch. It is deliberately slow in pace with Chapman's grinding thought process. You share his pain knowing his plans will change and shock an entire world. His search for notoriety ending in tragedy. It is said that Leto gained 60 pounds to portray the disturbed drifter. And the accent is not that short of haunting. His depiction of Chapman is riveting. Also in the cast: Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander, Molly Griffith and Ursula Abbott.