Fear (1996)

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(just to let you all know, if i'm writing a review it will never be under 6 because anything worse than that either isn't worth talking about or deserves silence out of respect for the creative effort...)



6/10


Overall, "Fear" is simply not a good movie. The basis of the whole thing is the super cheesy dad-savior, and our villain is a poorly constructed and cookie-cutter psychopath who sells weed with his edgy "loser dropout" friends in a trashy house.


Overall, the actors do a great job given the awkward situation they have to work with, and reese witherspoon is hot. The saving grace of the movie is it's sudden and un-realistic style of violence which kept me on my toes.



A nice movie for adrenaline junkies, but overall you're probably better off with something else...



I did think the same when I watched it 13-ish years ago. I guess when she
WARNING: spoilers below
gives David the door code to come take her virginity
, my mind went, Okay, I’m done. Did finish it but as if it was an ad. Wahlberg was not bad in it, though, considering the idiocy, and
WARNING: spoilers below
the pool table scene when they meet is not as awful as the rest. Also I was laughing when David helped Laura do gardening because that’s when any sane human being calls the cops...
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I did think the same when I watched it 13-ish years ago. I guess when she
WARNING: spoilers below
gives David the door code to come take her virginity
, my mind went, Okay, I’m done. Did finish it but as if it was an ad. Wahlberg was not bad in it, though, considering the idiocy, and
WARNING: spoilers below
the pool table scene when they meet is not as awful as the rest. Also I was laughing when David helped Laura do gardening because that’s when any sane human being calls the cops...
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Lol, yeah, i did think that they hit it off rather fast!