Frailty (2001)
Coming Out at 12 April 2002 in theaters.
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Frailty is psychological horror-thriller film, directed by and starring Bill Paxton, and co-starring Matthew McConaughey and Powers Boothe. It marks Paxton’s directorial debut. The plot focuses on the strange relationship between two young boys and their fanatically religious father, who believes that he has been commanded by God to kill demons disguised as people.
Fenton Meiks (Matthew McConaughey) visits FBI Agent Wesley Doyle (Powers Boothe) claiming that his brother Adam is the culprit in the “God’s Hand” serial killings. Fenton says Adam has committed suicide, prompting Fenton to fulfill a promise to bury his brother in a public rose garden in their hometown of Thurman. He begins to tell Doyle about the boys’ childhood and suggests that the bodies of the God’s Hand victims are buried in the rose garden. Fenton continues telling Doyle his story as the two drive to Thurman.
In the summer of 1979, when the brothers (Matt O’Leary and Jeremy Sumpter) were children, their father (Bill Paxton) told them that he’d been visited by an angel and tasked by God with destroying demons disguised as human beings. He explained that this mission was now the responsibility of the three of them and must be kept secret from all others. The father’s modus operandi is to wait for the angel to give him a list of names of those who must be destroyed. He then abducts an individual from the list, takes them to the family home and, with his sons present, touches them, which, he says, grants him a vision of the crimes the demon has committed. He then kills the victim with an ax and buries the body in the rose garden.
Director: Bill Paxton
Writer: Brent Hanley
Stars: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O’Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Luke Askew
Cast:
| Bill Paxton | … | Dad Meiks |
| Matthew McConaughey | … | Adam Meiks |
| Powers Boothe | … | FBI Agent Wesley Doyle |
| Matt O’Leary | … | Young Fenton |
| Jeremy Sumpter | … | Young Adam |
| Luke Askew | … | Sheriff Smalls |
| Levi Kreis | … | Fenton Meiks |
| Derk Cheetwood | … | Agent Griffin Hull |
| Missy Crider | … | Becky Meiks |
| Alan Davidson | … | Brad White |
| Cynthia Ettinger | … | Cynthia Harbridge |
| Vincent Chase | … | Edward March |
| Gwen McGee | … | Operator |
| Edmond Scott Ratliff | … | The Angel |
| Rebecca Tilney | … | Teacher |
| Blake King | … | Eric |
| Brad Berryhill | … | Teenage Demon |
| Greg Serano | … | FBI Agent #1 |
| Edgar L. Davis | … | FBI Agent #2 |
| Jim Flowers | … | FBI Agent #3 |
| Lance E. Nichols | … | FBI Agent #4 |
| John Paxton | … | Janitor in Lobby |
| Richard A. Bell | … | Curtis |
| Chelsea Butler | … | Little Girl |
| Jennifer Drake | … | Teacher’s Aide |
| Betty Gurule | … | Doyle’s Mother |
| Ona Harris | … | Townswoman |
| Greg Bronson | … | Postman |
| Dave Power | … | Matt |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia
