frailty

this is a nice little horror movie. it starts with a guy walking into the police station to talk with the local detective. he claims that he knows who killed a bunch of people who have gone missing over the past twenty years. as he tells his story we go back to his childhood. he and his brother were raised by their father after their mother passed away. everything was going well until one morning their father sat them both down and informed them that he had seen a vision and was told by god that he was being called to destroy demons. the flashbacks continue as he recounts his father preparing them and training them for what was to happen. then one day his father had gotten a list of names from an angel. they had been called to destroy these demons. the problem was that these demons looked and acted like real humans. the story is interesting and gripping, bill paxton makes his directorial debut with this film and shows that he really knows what he's doing behind the camera. by the time the big reveal comes at the end of the movie, it is surprising, but the problem is that the film cheats. with a mystery, there are certain rules that must be followed in films, and this one cheats at the end, and because of that, the movie looses a lot of its impact. by the end, this great little thriller just becomes another cheap trick due to the dishonesty of the storytelling. quite unfortunate, but still a fun one to watch.