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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8320 in DVD
• Brand: Lions Gate
• Released on: 2002-09-17
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

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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

From The New Yorker
The actor Bill Paxton makes a creepy, atmospheric directing début in this gothic tale about a widower (played by Paxton) who believes that God has told him to kill the demons in others, and who brings his two children along to witness the carnage. The violence in the movie is suggestive-there are no body parts thrown at the screen-and Paxton's directing style is clever enough at times to recall Charles Laughton's masterful noir, "The Night of the Hunter." Though the story is told through a clunky and complicated series of flashbacks, it's a truly demented and effective chiller. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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Awesome Movie
This Movie was very entertaining and makes you think. For the people who say its conservative propaganda, what the heck are you talking about? IMO Bill Paxton really is crazy and scizo and a serial killer THINKING hes talking to god, he ISNT really. Thats my two cents.

We're On A Mission From God...
A man (Matthew McConaughey) walks into FBI headquarters, insisting that he knows the identity of the infamous "God's Hand" killer. The skeptical agent in charge of the case (Powers Boothe) is at first dismissive of the claim. However, he is soon drawn into the man's incredible tale of murder and insanity. We are shown the man's twisted childhood in a series of increasingly disturbing flashbacks, where madness seems to reign. I loved FRAILTY! It had me thinking in several directions, then derailed me! In the tradition of movies like DON'T LOOK NOW, THE WICKER MAN, or SE7EN, this one leads the viewer to see things in a certain way, only to turn it all inside out and upside down! Bill Paxton (Near Dark, Aliens, A Simple Plan) plays dad, in addition to directing the film. Highly recommended...