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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569829732
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 16, 2007
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 32841
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Description:
Investigative scholar Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is a debunker of modern 'miracles,' bringing scientific light to superstition and fraud. But events in tiny Haven, Louisiana, defy even her expertise. There, the 10 Biblical Plagues seem to be reoccurring. And the more she seeks answers, the more she questions her own beliefs. Two-time Academy Award (R) winner Swank headlines this electrifying Dark Castle Entertainment production that reaps locusts, frogs, a river of blood and more - all to eye-filling, fear-inducing, heart-probing, must-see effect.
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The Reaping capitalizes on cheesy clichés to begin with, rendering it even less scary than predecessors like Children of the Corn, The Devil's Rain, Satan's Blood, or All the Colors of the Dark. Overuse of CG special effects ruin this already bad film about Louisiana State University scientist Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank), who heads to the bayou to investigate what at first she denies is a Biblical plague. The river has turned to blood, frogs fall from the sky, cattle die, and the townspeople keel over covered with red bumps, while Katherine, who happens to have been an ordained minister before she became a university professor, struggles to justify these horrendous events sans religion. Eventually, Katherine's skepticism places her in danger, as the town lays blame on Loren McConnell (AnnaSophia Robb), bewitched daughter of a local Satan worshipping family, and the one whom Katherine tries to protect since Loren recalls her own deceased daughter. As Katherine and Loren battle as angel and devil, they learn to instead forge Team Faith against the townsfolk who are all part of a sinister, inbred, Satanic cult. The film is badly cast, and the acting is horrendous, save Hilary Swank, who at least looks sexy traversing the swamps with a hunting knife hooked through her belt. The Rosemary's Baby ending is the icing on the cake. There is nothing original about The Reaping, except that it might be the biggest rip-off of previous Satanic cult films ever made. —Trinie Dalton
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Rating:  - A Delectable Guilty Pleasure!
Ok, let's be honest -- this is not a good film. It's not an ok film. And it's not a bad film.
To me this is a film like, say, Roadhouse, Tremors or, I don't know -- Wild in the Streets? -- that is so irredeemably out there, so vividly rendered in just a straightaway un-ironic fashion, that it transcends its mere badness and actually becomes a fun, highly enjoyable guilty pleasure.
This is really a perfect B-film -- Hilary Swank plays it rigidly straight as the rational scientist even as she encounters increasingly absurd happenings that could only be the Devil's handiwork. Her sidekick is a gonner right from the get-go; the hunky sheriff in the bayou is hilarious, along with his overgrown gothic mansion right out of Forrest Gump; the townspeople and the local vigilante killing party are like some deluded crew from Doc Hollywood -- I really just enjoyed all of it.
If there was the slightest smirk, snark, or wink this film would just be pretty lousy. As it is it is a fun, solid B-movie thriller, the kind that has you talking back to the characters, discussing plot points with your friends, and eager to see it again.
Rating: - The Swamp Has A Lot Of Secrets
Hilary Swank downgrades her usually solid selection of films with "The Reaping." It's a run-of-the-mill plague-ridden spooker that's not that spooky at all.
The story is set in the backwoods of Louisiana (a recent trend thanks to perks offered by the state film commission) where a former missionary-turned-LSU professor/skeptic/debunker (Swank) is called upon to investigate strange happenings in the tiny town of Haven. With her student assistant in tow, Swank sets out to find scientific explanations for the plague-like occurrences in the small town.
What she finds is a close-knit community who believes that all of their problems are the cause of a Satan-worshipping little girl (AnnaSophia Robb). From there, Swank and company encounter more plagues while they try to put a stop to the Robb. As the story plays out, however, Swank begins to question the members of the community as well as her once-lost faith. Who should she believe? Who can she trust? And exactly what is that tenth plague again?
Overall, this snoozer is a step above most SciFi channel flicks, but it probably would have had a better run if it was released directly to DVD instead of on the big screen. As others have stated, the film's plot unravels as the conclusion gets near. If you enjoy thrillers and myteries that mix the Bible with creepy townsfolk, "The Reaping" is a sufficient rainy-day rental.
Rating:  - We're talking the Bible, Ten Plagues of Egypt. How can you possibly go wrong?
The Reaping kinda sucked. The music worked way too hard, heavy, over dramatic in a way that when done right can be hugely affective, like in The Exorcist, but that here was just melodramatic and a little B movie of the week. Suckage also turned out to be a theme because the entire movie was a failure at whatever it actually was attempting. The plot was convoluted, the dialogue was crappy, it wasn't scary and the only reason that I was grossed out was because I made the mistake of eating a grilled cheese sandwich right in the middle of the lake of blood scene. (I have a delicate stomach, yo!)
So, let's make a movie and let's set it in the creepy backwaters of the Louisiana Bayou. We'll fill it with happy, southern people dealing with creepy biblical plagues. Throw in a newly menstruating blonde baby girl with big creepy blue eyes and surely we'll have a hit. Was that the pitch meeting? Did anyone really buy that? Hilary Swank did and I hope that she didn't read the script before she signed on cause the only thing that did work was the aforementioned blonde, blue-eyed creepy girl.
The Reaping fails at what The Skeleton Key excelled at. You're filming in the south in the bayou only kinda not really. I never got that heavy, languid, creepily atmospheric feeling that pervaded the landscape in The Skeleton Key. The Reaping's version of the Louisiana Bayou was sanitized and too bright. Hilary Swank gently perspired, the plantation was being renovated, but maybe most of the ... Read More
Rating: - Movie: 2/5 Picture Quality: 3~4/5 Sound Quality: 4/5 Extras: 1/5
Version: U.S.A / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
VC-1 BD-25
Running time: 1:39:23
Movie size: 15,33 GB
Disc size: 17,42 GB
Average video bit rate: 14.31 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1623Kbps (48kHz/16-bit) English
DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1623 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1623kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Subtitles: English SDH / French / Spanish / Portugese / Chinese / Korean
#Science of the 10 Plagues" (15 minutes)
#"The Characters" (7 minutes)
#"A Place Called Heaven" (6 minutes)
#"The Seventh Plague" (2 minutes)
Rating: - The Reaping Starring Hilary Swank
"The Reaping" is for the most part a good supernatural/horror film..... That is until the last 20 minutes of the storyline went completely haywire and the over-the-top special effects & the "End of Days" type theme killed the movie.
The Pros: Hilary Swank does a fine acting job in this film. I also liked the initial theme of "The Reaping", where Swank's character, Katherine Winter, is a LSU theology professor who goes around debunking so called "religious phenomenon" with her partner as there is usually a scientific explanation(s) for the religious phenomenon being reported..... Hence, Swank's character along with the help of her partner are then able to debunk the "religious phenomenon". Then Swank's character along with her partner are called to the small town of Haven to solve a lot of inexplicable "religious phenomenon" that have the townsfolk upset. Just when you think that Swank's character along that of her partner are going to be able to debunk these "religious phenomenon" with scientific evidence, the complete reverse happens and we find that the "religious phenomenon" can not be debunked with scientific evidence.
The Cons: The last 20 minutes of "The Reaping" was bad. As I mentioned above, the storyline goes haywire towards the end and the special effects were way too over-the-top.
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