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The Fury

Play trailer Poster for The Fury R Released Mar 10, 1978 1h 58m Mystery & Thriller Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) from his son, Robin (Andrew Stevens), the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons. Soon Peter pairs up with Gillian (Amy Irving), a teen who has telekinesis, to find and rescue Robin.
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Brian De Palma reins in his stylistic flamboyance to eerie effect in The Fury, a telekinetic slow burn that rewards patient viewers with its startling set pieces.

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker There’s an ecstatic element in Brian De Palma’s new thriller The Fury: he seems to extend the effects he’s playing with about as far as he can without losing control. Sep 12, 2023 Full Review Eric Henderson Slant Magazine The movie that draws the deepest line in the sand between De Palma apologists and De Palma maniacs. Rated: 4/4 Sep 4, 2006 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Brian De Palma's The Fury is a stylish entertainment, fast-paced, and acted with great energy. Rated: 3/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Kathey Clarey Fresno Bee It's not for the faint-hearted, the impressionable or for children It is for those who enjoy the kind of suspenseful horror film that never quite lets you on the edge of your seat and makes you believe the world it creates. Aug 5, 2021 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a somewhat forgettable yet mostly watchable thriller... Rated: 2.5/4 Feb 17, 2021 Full Review Bernard Drew Gannett News Service It is convoluted, confused and confusing. It has a serviceable enough idea for a genre melodrama of this sort but it has not been properly worked out. Nov 1, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blu B I am really torn betweena 3 or a 3.5 here. I feel like a 3 but objectively speaking it's a bit better than that and probably my personal taste geting in the way. But yeah....umm...this is something. It's a thriller, comedy, boring drama, and horror movie that feels like a sister flick to Carrie even at times. Which makes sense given the director who is the best thing about this. His direction is solid throughout this. The camerawork and framing at times is really good, the soundtrack isn't bad but I wish it was used more in the first half. Ironically enough the pacing here isn't bad but it can bea bit all over the place. Everything else is just alright about it. This is a stronger film in the first half and actually is kind of good overall. The Kirk Douglas scenes are the best parts which the first half is mostly. Than we get to see his girlfriend, the girl whose psychic powers help track down his son, an explanation of the program and psychic stuff and his son. It's very jumbled, messy, and boring but well directed. The worst part of this is Durning's scenes which are just straight plot expose that goes on for a while and get so boring. It feels like two completely different films. Douglas and everything else with one being clearly better. The plot is just straight insane. The kidnapped son of a former government secret agent who has psychic powers who has a romance with someone involved to find said son. The ending is just crazy also. And than the editing which is something. This has a jumbled but interesting tone. Sometimes it feels like a horror movie, than others a government conspiracy and sometimes I don't even know. Than there are parts that feel like there missing or out of order. We get one 30 second scene of the father and son bonding which felt rushed. Were just thrown into crazy action with no explanation or setup. We don't really see any of Douglas character, the sons, Durning who is just a plot expose NPC, and the women in this are interesting characters but the acting by them isn't anything special to make them stick out. No one important enough really has any character in this it feels like or has time to have any because we gotta keep up with the insane plot which can feel rushed too. Finally the acting is all over the place. Douglas is alright, the son isn't that good and feels like Anikan from the prequels near the end. The women are super forgettable. The bad guys are super generic and have no character either. Than there is jsut straight insane moments like the ending which would be a sin to spoil. It's crazy insanity at times, bizzare tone at times, and solid direction is what somehow makes this entertaining though most of the time. If your a a big fan of any actors in this, or the director, or REALLY out there New Hollywood flicks than maybe check this out. This is one of the craziest things I've seen. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/02/24 Full Review Steven M I love how Brian de Palma employs the man-against-the-unknown approach that was successful with Alfred Hitchcock. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review Jelisije J A mix bag of a film where it really takes it time to develop the horror aspects of the film and waste a lot of time into so many unnecessary scenes that if you remove them it would have greatly helped the pace of this film. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/19/24 Full Review CodyZamboni Z Very impressive, Compelling, Trashy, Campy, Lots of famous faces in the cast. Memorable John Williams score, Felt nostalgia seeing the vintage 1978 video games, and large screen projection TV, Amy Irving is so beautiful, Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review KB B Somehow I never watched this one. I remember people talking about it but finally just watched it. It actually held up pretty well but would have been shocking 46 yrs ago. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/08/24 Full Review Jeff M Had I not known better, I would have sworn this had to be based on a Stephen King novel! It feels like a perfect integration of CARRIE and FIRESTARTER. But the screenplay and the book on which it is based were written by John Farris. I find the topics of telekinesis and psychic phenomena and that sort of thing absolutely fascinating. The aforementioned CARRIE may be my favorite horror movie of all time. And during the middle sections of this film, I was halfway enthusiastic. However, it takes a good 45 minutes in the beginning to pick up steam, and the last 10-15 minutes are nothing short of horrendous. This is one of the worst endings to a movie ever. I personally would have liked to see Douglas' role excised (it's basically a glorified supporting performance) and see the focus shifted more to Irving and Andrew Stevens, who plays Robin. If crying and widening your eyes are an art form, then Irving is Picasso here. One of the pleasures for me was the quintessential 70s cast with many familiar faces. Look for small parts by Daryl Hannah and THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS' Melody Thomas Scott. But this is among my least favorite of DePalma's films - maybe THE least favorite of what I've seen thus far. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) from his son, Robin (Andrew Stevens), the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons. Soon Peter pairs up with Gillian (Amy Irving), a teen who has telekinesis, to find and rescue Robin.
Director
Brian De Palma
Producer
Frank Yablans
Screenwriter
John Farris
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 10, 1978, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 58m
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