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Summary: Confused message...nothing special
Review: The film in the first half hour to hour pans out well and gets the viewer intrigued in the story. Unfortunately, by the end, it leaves you with a very confusing, silly and unneccessary message/ending. Paxton's acting is awful too. Buy? Don't even rent, wait till TV.
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Summary: Bill Paxton's edgy horror thriller
Review: "Frailty" is a tightly knit, fast-paced thriller that borders on being a horror movie. This is actor Bill Paxton's first directorial effort, and it's a promising one. A good thriller keeps you interested - and keeps you guessing - despite its plot holes and lapses in logic. "Frailty" does these things and then provides an ending so bizarre that you're apt to get into a lively debate about what it all means. It reminds me of two other very fine independent movies about the possible nature of God - "Eye of God" [1997] and, especially, "The Rapture" [1991]. On a dark, rainy night, a Dallas FBI agent [Powers Boothe] arrives at work to find an enigmatic young man [Matthew McConaughey] in his office. The man, who says his name is Fenton Meeks, claims that his brother, Adam, is the 'Hand of God' serial killer. Though skeptical, the agent lets Fenton tell his tale - one of horror, madness and murder dating back more than twenty years. It begins when his father [Bill Paxton] tells the boys that God has come him in a vision and told him to rid the world of certain people because they were demons. The boys are to help him. At first the story sounds too ludicrous to be believed. How could such things happen in a small Texas town without anyone's finding out? Why couldn't Fenton simply tell someone or run away? In the end, though, all is explained in an ending as fantastical but as logical within the framework of the story as the ending of "The Sixth Sense". Paxton, McConaughey and Boothe give fine performances, but it is 12-year old Jeremy Spencer, as young Adam, who shines. The movie revolves around him and might have fallen apart in the hands of a less talented actor. "Frailty" is creepy, unsettling but very well made. Best not viewed on a dark and rainy night.
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Summary: "Frailty" is anything but wimpy!
Review: Without giving away any major plot ideas, the best thing to say about this movie is that it is an interesting juxtaposition of the ideas of good and evil, with the two being murkily stretched across the face of its leading characters, leaving the viewer to choose which is which. A psychological thriller with the horror of a child's decision to go against his family and expose what he believes is the ultimate evil.
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Summary: Best Film Of 2002 - Top 10 On My All-Time Personal List
Review: In a word - Amazing. This movie completely blew me away. I was so excited about seeing this movie and it lived up to and surpassed every expection I had. I work in a video store so I was able to take it home before its release date. I watched the movie and it took forever for me to go to sleep. I wasn't too scared to sleep, I was too pumped up and restless. I just kept going over the plot and story in my head over and over again. I wanted to wake up my wife and tell her about it. I just had to talk to someone. This movie works on so many different levels. It challenges your mind with thoughts of faith in religion and with your moral beliefs. It was a brilliant murder mystery and it adds strong horror elements without being very graphic. It is also very darkly humoured. One of the deleted scenes is a prime example of the humour. It was good that it was deleted from the movie for pacing's sake, but I'm glad I got to see it. At this time, I could go into a summary of the movie. But if you're taking the time to read this review I would assume you are already aware of what the movie is about. And I'd be afraid of giving too much away. I want people to see this movie based on my excitement for it only. I watched this movie three times that first weekend. Once for real and then twice with different commentaries. I highly recommend doing so as well. The movie is filled with great performances all round and many twists and surprises. It is a very impressive directorial debut for Bill Paxton. I hope he continues to direct. I could go on for ever, but I'm gonna end things here. Thank you for taking the time to read my review.
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Summary: if you like thrillers and horror movies, watch this one
Review: I am not sure why this movie did not stay in the theaters longer. I remember reading about it when it was realeased theatrically, but nothing really that great to make me go see it. Well, my husband and I just rented it and were surprised to find a jewel of a thriller/horror movie. The scenes involving the children are scary, but in the end it all resolves itself very well. Nice twist.
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Summary: EXCELLENT THRILLER
Review: Bill Paxton did an excellent job on directing/acting for this movie. Movie is based on destroying demons. Dad (Paxton) gets a list from God of all the demons to kill. With the help of his younger son Adam goes along and kills them. His Older son Fenton thinks he's crazy and doesn't believe there's a God and doesn't believe there are any demons. The movie will leave you full of suspese til the end. Filled with losts of horror that will leave you on the edge of your seat and chills running up your back. Definatel worth purchasing as you won't be disappointed. I purchased the DVD and I very much enjoyed it all the way through.
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Summary: One of the best movies i've seen in a while
Review: I would recommend this movie to anyone even if your not a big fan of this type of movie, which i am not. I can't explain the plot of movie without giving it away. But I'll try to explain it in the most general way possible. It's about a man called the God's hand killer, who says that he is sent by God to kill demons but there in the form of humans. The ending of this movie is so unexpected the way it turns out. So do yourself a favor and go rent this, no, better yet go out and buy it because it's worth it.
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Summary: Awesome Movie
Review: This movie was great!! I went to get it on a friends recommendation since the plot was intriguing to me. All of the actors did a wonderful job and were fantastic. The movie is neither slow nor is too much. They keep the story going without giving too much away which in turns makes the ending totally twisted. Reminds me of Stephen King flicks!! A+ movie.
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Summary: what message?
Review: a previous reveiwer wrote:Also, I don't quite like the message it leaves you with. According to the creators of the movie, is it ok to kill someone just because you think (or you think you can prove) that they are a demon? In light of recent world events some might doubt the moral content of the movie. I did. actually that is not true. the writer himself said that their is no message to this movie. it's one of those "what if" type of things. what if the God of the old testament was introduced in todays society. their is also enough ambuigity in the film, that you really dont know for sure if the family is crazy or not. remember the son is telling his side of the story.
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Summary: give it a chance
Review: This is one of those movies like Lost Highway and Natural Born Killers: you either really like it, or you really don't. There is not much of an in-between. Do not be so hasty to judge yourself either way though, it took me a few viewings to really grasp it's origonality and character. Give it a chance, you just might see a way past the what the unfeeling critics and other people who have no taste in film varieties have said. It has depth.
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