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Frailty (2002)
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Steeped in gloomy atmosphere, Frailty locates its horror in the tyranny of religious fanaticism. Making an assured directorial debut, actor Bill Paxton costars as a Texas widower who believes God has recruited him to destroy demons in human form. Feeling divinely justified in committing a series of ax murders (discreetly unseen), he urges his two young sons to assist him in the killings--a living nightmare recalled in flashback by one of the now-adult sons (Matthew McConaughey) to the FBI agent (Powers Boothe) who's investigating the murders. But mystery is of secondary importance in Brent Hanley's cleverly twisting screenplay;...
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Frailty Movie Review by Zara  (1/26/2007) |
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This is an odd movie. You're never quite sure where it's headed or what its purpose is, but you'll end up leaning forward in your seat and paying close attention to the details so that you can try and find out.
Centered around a supposed crime and a confessing criminal, the movie flashes back and forth through time,...
(complete Frailty review by Zara)
| Frailty Movie Review by Tim (8/12/2009) |
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NOTE: MILD SPOILERS.
There is much to enjoy in this movie, in spite of its horrific subject matter. I will even say it's worth watching, mainly because the journey is intriguing. However, I cannot say that I felt satisfied as it ended. It's presented in such a standard realistic tone (realistic for contemporary...
(complete Frailty review by Tim)
| Frailty Movie Review by Jarrod (10/3/2007) |
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'Frailty' is a disturbing, unnerving, and terrifying film about a man, a middle-aged widower, loving father to two boys, who works as a mechanic, seemingly ordinary in every way, who becomes a murderer. He says he has a vision, and was visited by an angel, a messenger from God, who told him that he had to kill demons,...
(complete Frailty review by Jarrod)
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