FRAILTY FILMOGRAPHY PAGE 

Hello and welcome to my Frailty Filmography Page. Here you can find a lot of info about his movie Frailty. In Bill Paxton's directorial debut, the family that slays together truly stays together. A dark little thriller concerning God-fearing rural Texan types with a yen for righteous serial killing Like Victor Kyam, Bill Paxton (the second-string Hollywood actor who starred in Twister, and played the hysterical marine in Aliens) liked the product so much, he 'bought the company'. Initially cast in the story's 'Dad' role, the actor was so impressed by the screenplay he decided to carry directing duties himself - with some startling, if decidedly mixed results. Much of Frailty is told in flashback, as Fenton Meiks (McConaughey) relates his troubled past to FBI agent Wesley Doyle (Boothe), currently investigating a spate of Texas-based serial killings According to Meiks, he and his younger brother lived an idyllic life with their single-parent father (Paxton - known only as Dad), until their world was suddenly shattered by a series of Old Testament-style visions. It seems Dad's been singled out for greater things - charged with destroying demons who stalk the earth in human form. To the consternation of his elder son, and gee-whizz endorsement from the younger (fine performances here by juvenile leads Matt O'Leary and Jeremy Sumpter), a seemingly deranged Dad's soon ringing doorbells, axe in hand. So far, so nuts. There's much to admire here - the soundtrack, in particular (it's one of the most nerve-shredding since Dario Argento's house band, Goblin, turned their amps up to 11). And the tension is carefully crafted with light and shade, eschewing gore for psychological thrills. Unfortunately - and without giving too much away - one worries for Paxton and scriptwriter Brent Hanley's respective sanities, when faced with a denouement as clunky and stale as Frailty's. However, there's a spark of a good campfire yarn here (and if anything, it'll make you think twice about opening the door to your local Bible basher). I want to thank Channel4.com for this wonderful Filmography. I have not watched the movie myself yet but I plan on it and have just put this in here for the time being. If you want to see a great filmography about Peter Pan as well just click here.

1 hr. 40 min. The story follows an FBI investigation in present day Texas. Fenton Meiks, a young man, approaches the lead FBI investigator, claiming he knows the identity of a serial killer who calls himself "God's Hands." The FBI agent is curious, but unimpressed until Fenton reveals that the killer is his younger brother Adam. Fenton recounts in a series of flashbacks, how he and his brother grew up in a very loving family, raised by their widowed father. All that changed, the day his father awoke, believing he had been visited by an angel and given a mission to destroy "demons" - seemingly normal looking people, who walked this earth as pure evil. Fenton's father, and then his brother Adam, swore to carry out this 'divine' mission. Fenton refused to participate in the killings. Out of loyalty however, he refused to go to the police, until now. The FBI agent follows Fenton to the family's rose garden only to be surprised that neither evil nor innocence are what they seem. Click Here if you want to read this Filmography along with other films with Jeremy Sumpter in them.


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