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The late Bill Paxton’s directorial debut. A lot to unpack here. It’s way more dark and disturbing than I’d have thought. Fenton (Matthew McConaughey) turns up at the doors of the FBI claiming to know the culprit of the ‘God’s Hands’ serial killer, a case which was never solved. The lead detective Doyle (Powers Booth) is sceptical but listens, and we go on an unreliable narrator type of journey through history.
Paxton plays the dad who starts to unravel mentally and see visions telling him to do dark things. There are twists and turns (some a lot more predictable than others), and although it’s dated, there are some massively creepy moments and it’s pretty well written given the screenwriter Brent Hanley has barely done anything before or since.
Not a world-beater but a solid bit of entertainment.
‘Frailty’ (2001)
The late Bill Paxton’s directorial debut. A lot to unpack here. It’s way more dark and disturbing than I’d have thought. Fenton (Matthew McConaughey) turns up at the doors of the FBI claiming to know the culprit of the ‘God’s Hands’ serial killer, a case which was never solved. The lead detective Doyle (Powers Booth) is sceptical but listens, and we go on an unreliable narrator type of journey through history.
Paxton plays the dad who starts to unravel mentally and see visions telling him to do dark things. There are twists and turns (some a lot more predictable than others), and although it’s dated, there are some massively creepy moments and it’s pretty well written given the screenwriter Brent Hanley has barely done anything before or since.
Not a world-beater but a solid bit of entertainment.