Whew this was a freaky one. I was positive I was one step ahead of the story the whole way. I. Was. Not. Again...whew.

"Frailty" was quite a surprise. At first it was very intriguing. Bill Paxton's character is a father raising two boys by himself. They're very happy and then one night the father enters the boys' bedroom and tells them that an angel has visited him and told him that he is to kill demons disguised as humans. Then he turns out the light and exits the bedroom leaving the boys even more in the dark. From that point on the movie is brutal and violent. It's not overly gory, it's just tough to watch because of the way Paxton's character brings his boys into the demon-hunter role. The hardest part to watch is the father trying to get his sons to kill the demons with him. As the story was building, I got a nagging feeling that this was and had turned into another run-of-the-mill religious wacko killer story.... But then...something happens. Something unexpected. Something that turned the movie into something memorable. Many won't like the ending but I think it really saved Paxton's first directorial effort and excellent performance.

only one word to describe this film: disturbing

Such a fantastic, underrated thriller. Man, I'm gonna miss Paxton...

Saw most of the twist coming from 20-30 minutes in, but not the very last bit.

A movie picturing what religion and blind faith can do... It's open ending (were the "Demons" in fact murderers themselves or was it only Meeks' justification?) and plot twist (Frenton is in fact Adam putting his non-believing brother on the FBI's Most Wanted list) elevate this otherwise mediocre Thriller above the average!

Good thriller with a nice twist and a good conclusion... Maybe a little slow but still, it kept me interested till the end.

[spoiler]"It does if the man standing in front of you is Adam Meiks."[/spoiler]

No matter how many times I've seen this over the last 23 years, that [spoiler]reveal[/spoiler] at the end still impresses me with just how carefully the groundwork was laid for it. For instance, [spoiler]Adam always recoiling from Doyle's touch so as to not reveal his ability to see his sins. When Doyle tries to help Adam into the car, he goes to lower Adam's head so it doesn't hit the door frame, but Adam insists that he can do it so Doyle doesn't touch him.[/spoiler]

It also begs the question if Fenton [spoiler]was fated to be a demon, or if having to kill his father and witnessing what he thought were a bunch of murders at such a young age turned him into a serial killer as an adult.[/spoiler]

This is one of my favorite Bill Paxton roles, because he had to play someone who seemed absolutely unhinged while still being a caring father.

The setup was ok, but the actual twist wasn't that great. In fact i was thinking about it almost from the start. The story itself is not bad, but it didn't really blew my mind. And, tbh, the actual [spoiler] "supernatual" side of the story that it only becomes truly real in the last 10 minutes, for me it somehow made it worse. If the whole thing was just a story of a family of psychos, it may have been a 6; but seeing that actually there was some "power" involved, watered it down[/spoiler]. For me is a merely 5

Some people say that The Sixth Sense has the greatest twist of all time. Well this one has got to be up there. It has multiple great twists. It's one big mindf**k of a movie in a great way. One of my all time favorites. Great perfomances by McConaughey and the late great Bill Paxton.

This was just plain stupid. [spoiler]Plus they just had mental issues. [/spoiler] But very serious one. I had a face palm very early. Twist? I saw the twist coming a mile away. I never thought I will give such a low rate, but this was so annoying with so many mistakes. I just cant help....

December 20Th, 1997 TITEOA 2.