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Wow! Such a good movie.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

A hidden gem with a young mconaughey on good form and envious confidence from Paxton behind the camera.

Just watched this again recently. It's a very good thriller with a very interesting ending. I love when all the pieces fit together perfectly at the end. Not an A+ movie, but definitely a B+ and absolutely worth watching.

How would you respond to a person claiming that an angel had revealed to them a secret mission to fight forces of evil? Can you imagine a child confronting such an adult? What if that adult is child's father? These scary questions are exactly what furnishes Frailty's context.Frailty can be described as a noir mystery thriller. The atmosphere itself is extremely gloomy, never pointing to a happy ending. It can be compared to darkness and bleakness in The Machinist. The whole milieu made me feel very uncomfortable, more than most of the horror movies could. If you want to experience similar tension see It Follows (2014).So, one day a man (McConaughey) walks into detective's office apparently knowing who the God's Hand killer is. It's very dark, it's raining and there's nobody there except this exhausted man and steady, calm detective. This man starts to tell detective a story about his father (Bill Paxton) who was once approached by an angel and given a secret mission. From that point on nothing was the same again.As he continues to tell his story we delve more and more into a dark world which is created by psychological states and religious convictions each member of the family has. Tension is thus brilliantly furnished by focusing on family relationship which is by definition somewhat separated from the rest of the world existing as a private entity. All three members of the family are on different levels be it maturity, physical strength, religious convictions or intellect. Now add to it a seemingly supernatural element which influences different members differently and plays with their psyche and you have a formidable movie without using explicit techniques horror movies usually use.Everything that happens points out and prepares us for the twist. Since Frailty's main premise is religious, the twist establishes a framework for a debate on the topic of religious fanaticism; what makes a religious fanatic? Why does one become religious fanatic? Only due to family influences or due to psychological delusion? But what if Christian doctrine of angelology and demonology is true? What if angels and demons do exist and can communicate with us and even take human form? Would that possibility somehow justify at least some actions?Mentioning anything more would rip you off from the experience. Wait for a rainy night and watch it by yourself. Don't forget to buy some snacks - they'll save your fingernails.

What would you do if you knew your father was a murderer who claims it's God's will? In Bill Paxton's directorial debut about two young boys living with their widowed father when suddenly their father begins to have visions that lead him to a violent crime spree, nothing is what it seems. Especially as the tale is recounted in flashbacks in the present day by one of the surviving sons to an FBI agent. The performances in this unsettling horror film are incredibly bold given the violent content of the story. The chemistry between Bill Paxton as the disturbed father who does love his children, but is lost in fanatic insanity and young actors Matt O'Leary and Jeremy Sumpter as the boys, Fenton and Adam Meiks, is beyond powerful. The dynamics of the differences between all three men is full of heartbreak as Fenton is troubled by his father's escalating insanity and Adam's blinding devotion to the murderous "mission" leading to tragic results. The film's other strong duo is the eerie portrayal of an adult Fenton by future A-lister Matthew McConaughey and in the portrayal of skeptic turned believer FBI agent Wesley Doyle is notable character actor Powers Boothe. The cat and mouse game of unraveling the film's present day mystery between Fenton and Agent Doyle provides the film's biggest twist.The film's narrative is shocking upon shocking moment from the terrifying tales of Dad Meiks's supposed visions to the horrific murders his boys are subjected to and then the ultimately tragic conclusion to the rampage, leading to the film's eye-popping twist in the present day story-line.