The Fury

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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 3.5/5 Stars •  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 4/5 Stars •  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 2.5/5 Stars •  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 3.5/5 Stars •  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 3.5/5 Stars •  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 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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