Frailty

Frailty

Characters:

Fenton: When a kid was forced to watch his dad murder people in non gory ways, in the end takes Adam’s identity



Adam: Fenton’s little brother, commits suicide, when little was also forced to watch his dad kill dudes, but he seemed to enjoy it more....

Agent Wesley: A FBI agent that killed his mother, killed by Fenton

The Sheriff: The sheriff when Adam and Fenton were kids, killed by dad.

Dad: Yes, the murderer father of Fenton and Adam, kills people he believes are demons, suffers a axe in the chest VIA Fenton...

The “Demons”: Just seemingly random people who have done nothing wrong, seen as demons and killed for it.









Plot:
A serial killer dubbed “God’s Hands” is killing off people and forcing his two young sons to watch and partake, but these murders may or may not be actual demon slayings, now years later. One of the sons commits suicide and the other one ends up re-tracing his fathers footsteps, forced to kill people he believes are demons. Are these demons real? Will God’s Hand ever be stopped? Will I ever figure out exactly if this movie was even a horror movie? ?












Review:
This was truly a weird one, filled with twists and turns, but sadly it turned out to be more of a mystery/thriller than the slasher I hoped it to be. As you’ve read the plot is pretty original, at least I have yet to see another movie like it. IT has some truly cool moments and can be very brutal at times, but these time are way to far to keep your interested in the film, most of the film revolves in the past with Fenton slowly going crazy, ending with the death of his father. This leaves a lot to be desired as only three of the kills out of the 11 that are killed are on-screen So this is an extremely bloodless movie, with the only on-screen gore action is a rather bloodless but rather brutal scene where Fenton drives an axe into the chest of the maddened father, hell there are three murders with any blood in them at all, and our killer only committed one of them, with the only other scenes to watch for are a rather fake looking slit throat and some brutal but mostly off-screen stabbings at the end of the film, actually I don’t think there was more then a drop of bloodshed until the hour mark Ah well, there are a few good things about the movie though, like the original and rather brilliant plot, an angel coming to a man in his dreams and telling him to kill certain people that may or may not be demons. And you never really get to know until the tail end of the film, which really keeps you on the edge of your seat. As I might’ve mentioned earlier while most of the deaths are bloodless a few are rather brutal, including the old woman’s stabbing scene, the sheriff’s death and the fathers death, just to name a few, the whole movie has a overwhelming sense of brutality and insanity, and you can really feel for the kids and what they are put through


The directing is actually not really good, Bill Paxton rarely tries any new/imaginative/original angles, hell he barley does more then just pan around but at least there is no cheesy/shitty zooming in sequences. And the acting is one of the best things about the film as everyone of the actors managed to pull off a very realistic portrayal of their characters. If not for the annoying and sometimes fake sounding southern accents the acting would’ve been brilliant I can’t really recommend this to to many people, maybe if you are looking for a different and mildly unique slasher/mystery/thriller you could give it a try, but it really is not much of a horror movie



Gore:
A rather bloodless axe in the chest, a slit throat, and nothing else, very dry, needed more gore

T&A:
Nope hehe....


Bodycount:
11

Final Rating: 3/5
Reviewed By: Ian Berling