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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Spanish, Subtitled
Fenton Meeks (Matthew McConaughey), comes forth to tell the FBI that his brother Adam may be the serial killer who calls himself God's Hands, who the FBI has been searching for. The film uses flashbacks to show Meeks' childhood with a father (Bill Paxton) who believed he was on a mission from God to destroy demons that inhabit human bodies. Fenton saw his dad as evil, while Adam saw him as a hero.
"...it creeped me out just fine." Lisa Schartzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"One of the year's best films." Roger Ebert, Ebert & Roeper And The Movies
"...an unsettling, memorable cinematic experience..." Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
"...gets under your skin and stays there." Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"...blood-curdling stuff." Stephen Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Ultimate cinematic horror!" Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Editor's Note
Actor Bill Paxton's directorial debut, FRAILTY, has been hailed for its originality by author Stephen King and director Sam Raimi (THE EVIL DEAD). The film opens on a stormy night when an intense man (Matthew McConaughey) walks into FBI headquarters in Dallas and tells Agent Wesley Doyle (Powers Boothe) that he knows who the "God's Hand" serial killer is. He tells a compelling tale, shown in flashback, of how he and his brother lived with their kind widower father (Bill Paxton), a mechanic. One night, their father woke them to tell them he'd had a vision, and that God had commanded the family to slay demons in human form. The older brother, Fenton (Matt O'Leary), doesn't believe a word of it, and assumes that their father has gone mad. The younger brother, Adam (Jeremy Sumpter), is more easily swayed. Soon the father is bringing people home, supposedly chosen by God for them to slay. When Fenton tries to resist his father's plan, he finds his own life in danger. Eschewing graphic gore in favor of more subtle chills, Paxton's suspenseful and creepy film harkens back to the wholesome surface and underlying depravity of classics like NIGHT OF THE HUNTER.
| Features | Writer's Commentary | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Anatomy of a Scene | | Photography Presentation | | Director's Commentary | | Storyboards | | Production Artwork | | "Making Of..." Featurette | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs | | Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital | | Production Commentary |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Trimark |
| Release Date: 9/14/2004 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 8117-D | | UPC: 00031398811725 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...This creepy role is one of Mr. McConaghey's juiciest to date....The screenplay has some clever tricks up its sleeve..." 04/12/2002 p.E14Los Angeles Times
"...FRAILTY is a well-crafted, disturbing Texas gothic thriller, a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin..." 04/12/2002 p.C16 Hollywood Reporter
"...It is an unsettling, memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud....Paxton's subtle and measured direction slowly but surely ratchets up the tension..." 04/02/2002 p.18-22 Box Office
"...Paxton gives one of his strongest performances ever..." 02/01/2002 p.55 Chicago Sun-Times
"...A powerful, disturbing work....[The film] has the elements of a horror movie and police procedural, but it is much more -- deeper, more thoughtful, more tragic..." 06/02/2002 p.6 Total Film
"...Paxton The Director exhibits a visual sensibility to match the sober story and low-key performances..." 10/01/2002 p.127 Entertainment Weekly
"...It's the film's patient pacing and moody atmosphere that are so unsettling..." 09/20/2002 p.82 New York Post 9 of 10
...A genuinely creepy Southern gothic thriller. Bill Paxton makes an astonishingly impressive directing debut. - Lou Lumenick
BBCi 9 of 10
...Frailty is gripping, thought-provoking and disturbing. What makes it so is, above all, Paxton's fearless performance in the movie's pivotal role. - Jason Best
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