Fails the Bechdel test

Chaos

Name: Chaos
Released: 2005

2005. Directed by Tony Giglio, written by Tony Giglio.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
9 women characters. 7 of them speak.
No 2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices.

Released: 15 Dec 2005
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.4 / 10
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Conners 217 lines, man
Dekker 173 lines, man
Teddy 57 lines, woman
Jenkins 48 lines, man
Dax 35 lines, man
Lorenz 32 lines, man
Vincent 30 lines, man
York 15 lines, man
Harry 14 lines, man
Marnie 13 lines, woman

Full cast, 32 people

Jason Statham as Det. Quentin Conners
Ryan Phillippe as Det. Shane Dekker
Wesley Snipes as Lorenz / Jason York
Henry Czerny as Capt. Martin Jenkins
Justine Waddell as Det. Teddy Galloway
Nicholas Lea as Det. Vincent Durano
Jessica Steen as Karen Cross
Rob LaBelle as Bank Manager
John Cassini as Det. Bernie Callo
Damon Johnson as Brendan Dax
Paul Perri as Harry Hume
Keegan Connor Tracy as Marnie Rollins
Natassia Malthe as Gina Lopez
Ty Olsson as Damon Richards
Terry Chen as Chris Lei
Ken Medlock as Officer MacDunner
Michasha Armstrong as Xander Harrington
Mike Dopud as Lamar Galt
Garvin Cross as SWAT Commander
Fulvio Cecere as Det. Thomas Branch
Iris Paluly as Forensics Technician
Angelique Naude as Conner's Girl
Gaston Morrison as John Curtis
Michael Adamthwaite as Sniper #1
Nigel Vonas as Sniper #2
Bill Mondy as FBI Agent Doyle
Kristina Agosti as Mrs. Callo
Emy Aneke as Officer at Callo House
James Ashcroft as Emergency Medical Technician
Mike Mitchell as Det. Jerome Knight
Pascale Hutton as Pretty Waitress
Tiara Sorensen as Stewardess on Private Plane

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 172

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	4	1
5 to 8	0	0
9 to 12	0	4
13 to 16	0	7
17 to 20	0	7
21 to 24	1	6
25 to 28	3	45
29 to 32	12	57
33 to 36	1	7
37 to 40	0	3
41 to 44	0	9
45 to 48	0	15
49 to 52	2	14
53 to 56	4	38
57 to 60	4	14
61 to 64	0	4
65 to 68	0	0
69 to 72	14	24
73 to 76	14	33
77 to 80	5	33
81 to 84	0	29
85 to 88	6	55
89 to 92	0	0
93 to 96	0	2
97 to 100	0	0
101 to 104	0	2
105 to 108	0	3
109 to 112	0	19
113 to 116	2	19
117 to 120	4	7
121 to 124	0	0
125 to 128	10	30
129 to 132	0	29
133 to 136	0	12
137 to 140	2	12
141 to 144	2	8
145 to 148	2	15
149 to 152	7	6
153 to 156	1	0
157 to 160	0	11
161 to 164	1	6
165 to 168	0	0
169 to 172	2	23

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 14 are women's.

103 lines from women, 609 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

9 women and 23 men in the cast. 7 women and 23 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 73 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 13% of the words (1,098), men 87% (7,169). Women have 14% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Tony Giglio (man)
Written by: Tony Giglio (man)
Produced by: Michael Derbas (man), Gavin Wilding (man), Huw Penallt Jones (man)
Shot by: Richard Greatrex (man)
Edited by: Sean Barton (man)
Music by: Trevor Jones (man)
Production design by: Chris August (man)
Costumes by: Bobbie Read (woman)
Cast by: Heike Brandstatter (woman), Coreen Mayrs (woman)