Richard Detmer

'''"What did you say to me?!"

- Richard Detmer '''

Richard Detmer is the secondary antagonist of ''Chronicle. ''He is portrayed by Michael Kelly.

Biography
He is Andrew Detmer's alcoholic father who abuses and bullies him at home. He once worked as a firefighter until an injury forced him into retirement. His wife Karen, is slowly dying from cancer. Later in the middle of the film, Richard berates Andrew because he found out about the party. He calls Andrew a "loser" and that the people he hangs with were not his friends. This escalates to a physical confrontation, when Richard attacks Andrew but uses his powers to overpower him. Karen becomes worse and the family no longer has any money to pay for her pain medication. Andrew tries to help his mother by using his powers to steal money for her medicine. While robbing a gas station Andrew inadvertently causes an explosion that sets him on fire and puts him in hospital under police investigation.

At the hospital, Richard was there at his bedside. He upsetly informs the unconscious Andrew that his mother has died and he angrily blames him or her death. As Richard is about to strike him, Andrew awakens and blows out the outer wall of the hospital room. Andrew floats outside the building, carrying Richard. Andrew drops his father in an attemp to kill him, but he is saved by Matt.

It is not known what becomes of Richard afterwards.