a by the number cop movie with sci fi element and this french policier felt very tired than be the fresh and slick thriller it so want to be . loud gunshot and car crash and fist fight be utilize a an attempt to break up the monotony of the script by leclerq and nicolas peufaillit and franck philippon and and aude py ( yes and it take four people to write this film when it felt like one person could have write it in their sleep ) . plug into the generic lead role this time out be albert dupontel a david hoffman and the take no prisoner cop who would rather get the job do right than follow procedure . hoffman loose not only his partner in the opening gun battle but his wife as well . now it personal time deux . he partner with the well mean newbie marie becker ( marie guillard ) and the two work to find the truth behind a series of death . of course and these murder be ultimately tie back to the fateful opening gunfight and to the plot of doctor brugen ( marthe keller ) help her daughter regain her memory after a tragic auto accident . the large and gleam neon sign point out the insidious mucky muck plot device of a terrible weapon that fall into the wrong hand . think project janus of judge dredd or any other number of government fund weapon that have go awry . this time it a set of head gear that can download and erase and or implant memory into a subject . a government stooge patrick bachau ( producer of chrysalis ) explain to his niece and marie and the chrysalis machine could be use to implant the memory of a fervent jihadist into innocent mind to create an army of terror killer . likewise and a powerful business man could go on living forever by put his mind into a young body . if you just think of freejack and youre not alone . the only scene miss from chrysalis be the rewriting of hoffman memory and his struggle to maintain his identity . ( that might not be in the film but the scene of him hand over his gun and his badge be . ) rather and hoffman mind be wipe . this may actually be a good thing a it remove the demon of his haunt past and allow maria the chance to be the weak protagonist for a while . thing shake out just a you know they will . there even a the medium will love this scene with guillard and bachau at the end . chrysalis isn not a bad film so much a it mislead . it a light snack that pretend to be a three course meal .