GOOD TWIST
Added 9/12/2009
I THOUGHT THAT THIS MOVIE WAS GOOD AND TURNS OUT TO BE A LITTLE SCARY.
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Oh my, a lightly perspiring Swank!
Added 8/30/2009
The main problem with The Reaping is that it's entirely derivative: the basic premise is one that has been covered many times before. The film certainly looks good: you can't fault the production from a visual point of view, but what Hollywood fails to realise time and time again is that effects alone do not a movie make. The CGI is very good, with some particularly convincing digital locusts, but it's all too `in your face' and along with the tired plot line and cardboard characters, the film never engages the viewer and therefore fails to scare or shock. The overblown ending is especially unsubtle and unconvincing. There's only one revelation here and that's how sexy Hilary Swank can be!
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Nothing to get excited about . . .
Added 8/4/2009
but nothing to hate either. The biggest problem with this film is the script doesn't have a single original idea. It is a rehash of devil-worshipping movies going back to Rosemary's Baby. You get the standard windows blowing open, the priest who knows the truth but gets no one to believe him, the idiot hero (heroine in this case) going off alone into danger, the obligatory thunder storms, plagues, crazy characters, the silent stare of a supposedly evil child, and a variety of other horror movie cliches. Hilliary Swank is hardly a slouch as an actress, and I am surprised that she did a low-budget film like this, although she brought it some credibility. The acting overall was acceptable, although Englishman David Morrisey's Southern accent was more nondescript than identifiable. Idris Elba, also English, did, however, sound like an escapee from the 'hood. Watch the film but neither praise nor damn it because it deserves neither.
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I liked it!!
Added 6/29/2009
I had forgotten all about this film until I saw its trailer on another movie. It was next on my list, and I'm glad I saw it.
I think it fits in with the pyschological/thriller genre, instead of horror. I thought the acting was great, and the story made sense.
This is one of those movies that you'll really like, or nor, not much in between.
I loved Swank's character, and I would reccommend renting this and giving it a chance.
I give it a B.
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good premise, bad movie
Added 6/17/2009
this movie was a complete and utter disappointment. it could have been so good, but it was very very bad.
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GOOD TWIST
Added 9/12/2009
I THOUGHT THAT THIS MOVIE WAS GOOD AND TURNS OUT TO BE A LITTLE SCARY.
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Oh my, a lightly perspiring Swank!
Added 8/30/2009
The main problem with The Reaping is that it's entirely derivative: the basic premise is one that has been covered many times before. The film certainly looks good: you can't fault the production from a visual point of view, but what Hollywood fails to realise time and time again is that effects alone do not a movie make. The CGI is very good, with some particularly convincing digital locusts, but it's all too `in your face' and along with the tired plot line and cardboard characters, the film never engages the viewer and therefore fails to scare or shock. The overblown ending is especially unsubtle and unconvincing. There's only one revelation here and that's how sexy Hilary Swank can be!
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Nothing to get excited about . . .
Added 8/4/2009
but nothing to hate either. The biggest problem with this film is the script doesn't have a single original idea. It is a rehash of devil-worshipping movies going back to Rosemary's Baby. You get the standard windows blowing open, the priest who knows the truth but gets no one to believe him, the idiot hero (heroine in this case) going off alone into danger, the obligatory thunder storms, plagues, crazy characters, the silent stare of a supposedly evil child, and a variety of other horror movie cliches. Hilliary Swank is hardly a slouch as an actress, and I am surprised that she did a low-budget film like this, although she brought it some credibility. The acting overall was acceptable, although Englishman David Morrisey's Southern accent was more nondescript than identifiable. Idris Elba, also English, did, however, sound like an escapee from the 'hood. Watch the film but neither praise nor damn it because it deserves neither.
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