Production Companies American Entertainment (as American Entertainment Co.), Cinedelta, Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG (as Cinerenta), David Kirschner Productions
Subtitles: English, Spanish Packaging: Keep Case Rating: R Features:
Trailer "Anatomy Of A Scene" Courtesy Of Sundance Channel The Making Of Frailty Deleted Scenes Director Commentary Production Commentary (Arnold Glassman, David Kirschner and Brian Tyler) Writer Commentary Still Photo Presentation by James Hamilton
Steeped in gloomy atmosphere,Frailty locates its horror in the tyranny of religious fanaticism. Making an assured directorial debut, actor Bill Paxton co-stars as a Texas widower who believes God has recruited him to destroy demons in human form. Feeling divinely justified in committing a series of axe 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
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