Frailty (DVD)

When Fenton Meik’s mother dies in childbirth, it is left to him and his father to look after the newborn child, Adam. The trio lives a simple and happy existence, with Fenton’s father making a living as a car mechanic and Fenton attending to Adam’s pastoral care. But their happiness is about to be shattered. One night, Fenton’s father awakes in a dream-like state and receives a message from what he believes to be an angel sent by God. The angel advises the man that Armageddon is nigh and that the world is full of demons, posing as human beings. Whilst God himself has plans to deal with the demons, he also needs the aid of Fenton, Adam and their father in the ...  Read the complete review

Frailty Released : 2001 Genre : Horror Rating : 15 Director : Bill Paxton Running Time : 96 minutes Cast : Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Luke Askew and Levi Kreis. Every now and again a little known film will pop up and catch every one by surprise - 'The Ring' is a prime example and so is this film. I hired the film without any prior knowledge of it and hadn't even read a review of it, I just picked it up by chance. It is a low budget horror thriller but don't let that put you off - it is full of quality and in my view easily eclipses other much higher budget ...  Read the complete review

~~~Frailty I first watched this film on tv last year but it was actually released in 2001 and is the directorial debut for Bill Paxton who also stars in the film. ~Synopsis: A man confesses to the police that his religious fanatic father committed a number of murders guided by god to rid the demons hiding amongst the living. However since his father has died his brother has now taken over his work and is suspects he is the serial killer they are looking for known only as 'God's Hands'. ~My opinion: This film kept me hooked from start to finish. I have to admit that I was intrigued by how the film first started ...  Read the complete review

Bill Paxton is a man you'll be more familiar with seeing in front of the camera rather than behind it, but considering the absolutely excellent job he has done with Frailty, his first attempt at taking the director's chair, we might be seeing a slight career change. Paxton has worked previously under the tutelage of some of Hollywood's great directors, such as the likes of James Cameron and Ron Howard amongst others, and obviously he has learnt a few things because Frailty is an absolutely superb directorial debut! It's easily the best horror thriller I saw in 2002 and despite an arguably unnecessarily contrived ending (which incidentally worked really ...  Read the complete review

This is quite an interesting story and the whole feel and style of it is different to what you probably are used to. The story is about a family of three, Fenton and Adam Meiks and their father. It displays your perfect happy family coping just fine without their mother who died a long time ago. However the movie knocks straight into the story when Fenton's father rushes in to tell his kids that he has had a message from god himself. He claims to have had a vision that he has been picked to do Gods work, to become Gods hand and to slay the demons. Fenton waking up the next morning believes all of it was a dream because imagine ...  Read the complete review