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Movie Reviews of Frailty
Movie Review: One of the best movies that I've ever seen!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was at Target and saw this movie there for $5.50. So I thought, wow, that cheap! And seeing the rave reviews on the cover, 2 good actors, and an intriguing plot made me get it.
I then watched it when I got home and loved it. The movie is one of the best movies that I have ever seen. Bill Paxton and Matthew McConnaughey are great and the twist at the end was great.
The plot of the movie is very good and unique and thought provoking. The movie is about Bil Paxton and his two children, Adam and Fenton. Life is fine for them until Paxton starts seeing visions from God. God tells him that his children and him hve been chosen to kill demons, under human form. From then Paxton receives the weapons he must use, and the list of the people that he must kill. Fenton is shocked and terrified when his father starts bringing demons home and killing them. Adam claims that he also can see that they're demons. Adam and his father are a team. But Fenton knows that he is killing real people. What is so interesting is when Paxton touches the demons with his bare hands. He then sees their sins. Adam sees them also but not Fenton. The movie is thought provoking because you wonder whether or not Paxton is nuts or whether this is true. And when a killer like Paxton reappears, Fenton thinks that he knows who it is and tells the detective assigned the case his story. But, then, you're in for one hell of an awesome plot twist. The movie is excellent and is possibly my favorite movie of all time. Bill Paxton does a great job acting but also does an umbelievable directorial debut.
This is a remarquble film and everyone should see it. And for such a low price, wow. I will never regret picking this up at the store. A must see.
Movie Review: Knocks the breath right out of you.
Summary: 5 Stars
"Frailty," Bill Paxton's directorial debut, is a swift, tightly focused and darkly compelling thriller that leaves us with a lot of fascinating, disturbing questions at the end. Screenwriter Brent Hanley's story begins simply: Dad Meeks (Paxton) is a friendly, uncomplicated blue-collar guy in small-town Texas who adores his two small sons, Fenton (Matt O'Leary) and Adam (Jeremy Sumpter), whom he raises alone after the death of his wife. Everything goes smoothly until one night when Dad tells his sons that he's been visited by an angel of the Lord, who has told him the world is about to end. To further the Lord's mission, Dad must become an avenging angel himself, slaughtering demons in human form with the help of his sons. Fenton and Adam have very different reactions to their father's revelations, and it's absolutely no fair to reveal anything else about the plot, except that it uses the framing device of one of Dad's now-grown sons (Matthew McConaughey) relating the tale of slaughter to an FBI agent (Powers Boothe). The story can best be described as Hitchcockian, with liberal dollops of "The Usual Suspects" and the "Left Behind" novels; intellectual snobs may even detect a whiff of Borges. Paxton gives the film's best scenes a Hitchcockian clarity and breathlessness. The actors are also very, very good, particularly Paxton and young O'Leary, a real find. The DVD extras--including deleted scenes, a making-of-the-movie documentary and an analysis of one of the movie's key scenes that ran originally on the Sundance Channel--are fascinating and testify to the astuteness of Paxton's choices in this movie. Here's hoping his first film isn't his last!Movie Review: Finally!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ahh finally! A movie like Frailty does not come around frequently, believe me when I say that this is one of the best unknown flicks around. Also noteworthy is that this is a big screen directorial debut from Bill Paxton (Twister, Apollo 13, A Simple Plan) who really impressed me on various levels, I always enjoyed seeing him on the big screen as an actor but now that I know what he is capable of, I am sure that I will enjoy him in whatever future project he might be attached to.
This movie gives you one of those *old-school* horror/thriller moody feelings. It is set in present day but it is told through flashbacks of the late 1970s. We are introduced to the Meiks family, Dad Meiks is a typical Texan who takes care of his two boys, Adam & Fenton, all by himself. They do not seem like a regular religious family until one day Dad Meiks wakes up and tells his sons that an Angel appeared in his dream and told him to serve God by killing Demons disguised as humans. One of the sons, Adam thinks this is very cool and sees his father as a superhero, but Fenton thinks that his father has lost his mind and that this whole idea is absurd. He is against it from the get go but this does not stop his dad from doing what he must do, kill those who are demons. So, with a single touch, Dad Meiks can tell what that person has done and after that, yep, he kills them. So needless to say, young Fenton freaks out and tries to go up against his father but that does not go all too well, without giving anything else away, I suggest that you rent this movie and watch it carefully because you are in for a really good treat. Movies like this don't come around every day, see why!
Movie Review: Best Film Of 2002 - Top 10 On My All-Time Personal List
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Movie Review: A surprising thriller that will keep you guessing
Summary: 5 Stars
After missing this film in theaters (the rave reviews got me, but I had no time to see it), I finally got a chance to see this film on dvd. This film is very unusual. It starts off as a seemingly standard thriller, but it mesmerizes you with a build-up that makes the ending nearly impossible to guess. That to me is the markings of a superb first-rate thriller/horror film. Bill Paxton is truly a talented director and the screenplay is excellent. The acting work of the principal characters is compelling and the film at first appears to be the story of a man gone mad. Paxton's character is seemingly a man who is going insane as he claims that he is receiving visions from God that instruct him to kill people who are demons in disguise. What's more disturbing is that he drags his two small boys into this venture of being "god's hands" on earth. The two child actors (Matthew O'Leary and Jeremy Sumpter) also do an excellent and natural job as the Mieks brothers. Fenton, the older boy, opposes his father's new "divine" mission, while Adam seems to have fallen under his father's "spell" and believes that they are a family of demon-fighters. The film is presented in two timelines, one taking place in the present and the other described in flashbacks by the grown Fenton Mieks (played nicely by Mathew McConaughey) who narrates the events to an FBI agent played by Powers Boothe. This is a gem of a film and disappeared at the box office almost overnight (not surprising as it has a weak title and was not marketed effectively in my opinion), but is worth checking out if you enjoy surprising thrillers made with an independent vein.