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Frailty | Year: 2002 Classification: Horror Actors/Actresses: - Bill Paxton - Matthew Mcconaughey Chilling and Original!!! Frailty revolves around a serial killer called the "God's Hands Killer" and a man named Fenton Meeks ( Matthew McCoughaney) that claims to know the true identity of the killer. Fenton walks into the office of FBI agent Wesley Doyle ( Powers Boothe)and tells a story that he claims will shed some light on the case. The story goes back to Fenton's childhood, and revolves around him (Matt O Leary)and his younger brother Adam ( Jeremy Sumpter) raised by their father( Bill Paxton). One night, their father says he is visited by an angel that was sent from God. The angel says God has a mission for him. The mission is for him and his two sons to kill demons disguised as humans. Adam, loves his dad, and is eager to assist him. Fenton however, refuses to participate and sees it as murder. Throughout the whole film, the viewer must ask themselves - Is the father really doing God's work, or he is out of his mind? Frailty is one of the best movies that I have seen in the last couple of years. The film's story unfolds briliantly because the focus keeps switching from the present conversation between Matthew McConaughey and Powers Boothe, back to the boys' childhood with their father. It is all tied together wonderfully, and culminates in one of the best endings I have ever seen. It will literally shock you. The film overall is an intelligent horror film that offers a whole new take on a serial killer. It is not your everday pointless Hollywood slasher film. It uses the characters' emotions and what they went through, to drive the story. I also love the controversial take on religion that the story offers. Bill Paxton did an amazing job in his directorial debut! The two young actors Adam ( Jeremy Sumpter) and Fenton ( Matthew O' Leary) were the main reason for the film's success. Paxton successfully manages to make them give the most convincing performance possible. Their performances make what the boys went through very convincing. Matthew McConaughey and Powers Boothe were also great. Frailty was flawless in my eyes. The story unfolds very well, the ending was outstanding, and the performances were all great. The DVD offers an outstanding featurette that takes you into the making of the film. It was very interesting to see the process that went into making the film. Well paced thriller FRAILTY could be considered a horror, but it's too good to be placed in that genre. Most horror films are fairly B-grade, but Frailty is a well made film, with excellent acting and a nicely paced plot. I would class it as a thriller movie. An interesting theme about a father who receives a 'message' from God asking him to rid the earth of certain demons. The father enlists the help of his young sons, willing or not, on his mission. Surprise ending which perhaps puts a question mark over the father being a total nutcase. DVD SUMMARY: Released by Paramount in Australia, the DVD has a nice 5.1 mix with great use of the subwoofer. Not much in the way of extras, except for the theatrical trailer. I rented it, but fans of this genre will probably want to buy the DVD. Well, at least a few people saw this for what it really is: nothing more than conservative propaganda; a pro-death penalty movie "in sheep's clothing;" and a millennial, new testament "end times" movie. If you dispute my opening sentence, consider the following... 1) The murderer goes completely unpunished by the end of the film. As a review I read elsewhere aptly put it, the director didn't take "the stinger" out. 2) The fact that the director didn't remove "the stinger" strongly suggests that the film was intended to have the following disturbing and controversial "morals:" a) That only a chosen few christians have the ability to "see" "true" EEEEVILL; b) those who don't believe in the "christian god" are "demons," so it's okay to torture and "off" them, even if they happen to be one's own sons or brothers. 3) The film takes place in "pro death" Texas. I couldn't help but think that, in this respect, it was the antithesis of the equally crummy and self-righteous, but politically opposed, The Life of David Gale. Btw, it's probably no coincidence that actors Paxton, Booth, and McConaughey are all from Texas. 4) Many other reviewers (here and elsewhere) seem inexplicably puzzled by the title of the movie. It seems fairly obvious to me that "Frailty" refers to the character Fenton Meiks, who is too morally "frail," i.e. weak/"meek" to see the "demons" and carry out "god's will." The family's surname probably has another connotation as well, i.e. the biblical proclamation that "the meek shall inherit the earth," but obviously that connotation would refer more to Fenton's more "righteous" father and brother. As an aside, the youngest son is biblically named Adam. 5) I'll throw another one in for good measure. This movie doesn't present the most flattering view of women. There are only two women in the movie: one is depicted as one of the "demons" who "gets the axe"--presumably viewers are being led to believe that she is of "questionable repute," although we do not get the same glimpse of her past that we do of the other victims, when Paxton "lays hands" on her; the only other female is the pregnant dispatcher who is depicted as little more than a vehicle for covering for the "righteously" murderous Adam, and as vessel for carrying his "spawn," i.e. bearing the next generation of "demon slayers" (oh brother). Small wonder the cast was kept so small in this curiously acclaimed "low budget thriller:" I don't think there are too many adult actors, other than the "choir" of like-minded zealots who participated in this movie, who would've wanted a part after reading the script. This in nothing more than a "doomsday flick," made by some of the fanatics who believe that the end of the second millennium A.D. (or C.E.) signals the biblical end of the world; just as "doomsday cults" of superstitious people thought the same thing at the end of the first millennium. Don't let this silly movie get too far inside of your head, folks. Buy Frailty at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Frailty Search with the Priority Search Engine on Frailty This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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