Richard Detmer

'''"What did you call 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 who 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 for 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 attempt to kill him, but he is saved by Matt.

It is not known what becomes of Richard afterwards.

Trivia

 * Richard was introduced as the main antagonist of the film, but wound up being outranked (and almost killed) by the true main villain.
 * Although Richard's final fate is left unknown by the end of the film, it is shown that Matt obtained Andrew's camera and is shown filming in Tibet with it. It is possible that Matt looked through Andrew's camera and saw the abuse Richard inflicted on Andrew, and possibly turned it over to local authorities. If that was the case, it is possible that Richard was arrested by the police sometime after Matt's battle with Andrew and used the evidence provided by the camera to convict Richard. If that is the case, then by the time Matt went to Tibet with Andrew's camera, Richard was convicted and is spending the rest of his days locked behind bars for his crimes.