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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 9781588176240
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 158817624X
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 17, 2002
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 6549
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 2002
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Product Description:
Years after terrorizing a small texas community the gods hand killer has returned leaving in his wake a perplexing trail of fear and death. Convinced that he knows the killers identity fenton meiks shows up at fbi headquarters intent on putting an end to the murderous rampage and relieving his conscience. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/14/2004 Starring: Bill Paxton Powers Boothe Run time: 97 minutes Rating: R Director: Bill Paxton
Amazon.com:
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; Frailty suggests, with unsettling subtlety, that Paxton's mission may not be delusional, thus burdening his deadly wrath with spiritually disturbing significance. It's definitely not a feel-good film, but with celebrity endorsements by Stephen King and directors James Cameron and Sam Raimi (who both made films with Paxton), Frailty gets under the skin with insidious efficiency. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - An adult thriller!
I've read all the Amazon reviews below. As Alfred Hitchcock once said:
"It's only a movie!"
Rating: - great movie
The ending was a trip. I saw this movie when it first came out and had to buy it to add to my collection
Rating: - Awesome!!!
Amazing product!!!
Incredible film, an unexpected end.... A must have for movie fans!!!
Rating: - A look inside the twisted mind of a psychological maniac
I remember walking by "Frailty" in the video rental store and was interested when I discovered Bill Paxton starred in this, as he rocked in "Near Dark". Anyway, a friend of mine recommended this to me (thanks again, Captain!), and I caught it about two weeks ago.
Now, I probably should have reviewed this about two weeks ago, but this movie is so powerful, it's STILL fresh in my mind. If you don't know about the plot, it's about the "God's Hand Killer", a father of two played by Bill Paxton, and his two sons. The father gets a religious epiphany that God has chosen him to kill off "demons" living among humans in the world, so that the world will be a safer place. Whether or not they were real "demons" or just evil human beings, I can't quite recall. Either way, this movie is TWISTED!
What makes this movie so great? Well, it's just incredibly well-written, lots of stunning twists in the plot that you couldn't see if you had the telescope at your local science hall. The acting is also superb. I must admit, I was a little doubtful when I saw big name actors like Paxton and Matthew McConaughey. Not entirely sure why I was doubtful, I just thought getting commercially successful actors in a horror film, a genre that isn't all that commercial (thank goodness!), wouldn't work.
But, THIS MOVIE DOES WORK! It's an intelligent, gripping, psychotically limitless exploitation of a madman. It's almost like getting a first-hand view of what drives a murderer. Bone-chilling stuff, ain't it? ... Read More
Rating: - Chilling Southern Gothic!!!
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Frailty
Reviewed by
B.L.Morgan
5 Daggers Of Death
Directed By
Bill Paxton
Starring
Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Booth, Matthew O'Leary, Luke Askew
Southern Gothic!
The term has come to mean quite a few different things in recent years. From Joe R. Lansdale's dark tales of a world where untamed country boys are just as scary as werewolves, to John Steinbeck's tragic "The Grapes Of Wrath," Southern Gothic has earned a strong place in American literature. With "Frailty" Bill Paxton has brought Southern Gothic to the movies with a vengeance.
"Frailty" is not your typical horror film. There are no ghosts or ghoulies running around during this picture. I won't say that there is nothing supernatural going on. That's something that you'll have to decide for yourself after you see "Frailty." There is some question as to what we should take as reality within the film. I'm still not sure, and the uncertainty is actually a good thing.
Bill Paxton may be the next really big director, if this movie is any indication of his future work. "Frailty" is very stylish and moody through out. There are plenty of scenes of misty, fog shrouded dark graves where victims are being buried. The atmosphere in this movie is heavy with apprehension. We're shown a nice, cozy, ordinary Texas family where everything goes suddenly very wrong.
If you're looking ... Read More
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