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Rating:  -
*spoilers*
*1/2
Professor Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is some sort of professional miracle-debunker (ah, the things they provide government grant-money for these days) who is called to a small town in the Louisiana Bayou to investigate the claim that the water in the local river has mysteriously turned to blood. Once an ordained minister but now an atheistic skeptic - a condition brought on by the death of her young daughter - Winter sets out to find a rational, scientific explanation for the phenomenon, only to discover, when she arrives there, that the town is indeed suffering from what appears to be a Biblical Ten Plagues redux. Soon, frogs are falling from the sky, cattle are dying in the fields, food is becoming infested with maggots, boils are popping up on the citizenry, swarms of locusts are plaguing the town etc., etc., etc.
"The Reaping" is another in a long line of Bible-inspired thrillers that are long on silliness and short on thrills. With its largely incoherent, cobbled-together tale of prophecy fulfillment and ritualized child sacrifice, the movie manages to insult scientists, atheists, religious folk and rural Southerners - not to mention the intelligence of its audience - with just about equal fervor. Not to worry, though, for the unbeliever - as is always the case in such films - has her religious faith miraculously restored to her in the end, although it comes with a mighty steep price as revealed in the story`s tiresomely "ironic" coda.
All involved in this overwrought and undernourished fiasco seem to be phoning in their work, from the performers to the writers to the director to the special effects technicians. As for Ms. Swank's appearance in this swill, all we can say is rarely has a two-time Oscar winner fallen this far.
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I gotta admit, the idea seems good. An Oscar winning actress like Hillary Swank in a horror film about the 10 biblical plagues in a small town. What kills it isnt the acting, its the strung together plot line which comes from just about every "B" horror film you have seen. There are no big shocks, no big statement about good or evil just a poor script.
When you get to the twist at the end and the credits roll you will say to
yourself "oh, please.....is that it"??!!! Even for horror lovers of the genre, this one is hard to admire.
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This is quite a mish-mash. First there seems to be an evil young girl, played by AnnaSophia Robb, who is causing Biblical plagues in a small Louisiana parish. Then it appears that she is an angel and that everyone else in the town is worshipping Satan. She finally destroys them all--or God does; it's hard to say for sure. Then she implies to her rescuer, played by Hilary Swank, that the baby Swank is carrying is evil and the spawn of Satan...and that they both have to take care of the little devil. Huh?
This movie just couldn't make up its mind. Is it supposed to be a story of faith or devil worship or what? You tell me.
Swank and Robb have both done far better work than this.
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What can one say about "The Reaping"? Well, it isn't that original, basically it could have been pawned off as a cable of the month movie seen on Cinemax, HBO, Showtime or some other obscure cable channel. Pretty much everything you see in this film has been done before to one extent or another, so there are no real surprises. You have your biblical references and town folk made up of Christy Christers referencing the bible. Turns out of course that the townsfolk have "thumbed" their noses at "God" and turned to the dark side (no, the dark side of the force), but rather pay homage to satin instead.
It's not terribly interesting, and Hilary Swank (an actress who I like) is pretty much just in denial through the film until the end where it counts and discovers the little girl who was being demonized isn't actually an evil child at all, but an angel protected by God (so on and so fourth). This isn't a great film, and goes to show Hollywood again will virtually make a film out of almost anything.
I was bored to an extent watching this because so much was a repeat of past films (and done better might I add). Nothing terribly original. I can't recommend this film; it was just far too dull. I've seen far worse, but this one was close to putting me into a coma. See it at your own risk, but I guarantee you'll want your money back after renting it. It was 2hrs. of wasted talent and dialog, but then again...that's "just me", I could be wrong?
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Rather than review the acting and overall story of this movie, my review will focus on the BD transfer. I would give the picture quality three stars. The picture quality in the first half of the movie is bad. The outside shots are either too blurry or too soft. I was especially disappointed in the early scenes where Hillary Swank is exploring the forest. But this doesn't compare with the evening/low light shots. This movie has a lot of night time shots and boy does the picture take a nose dive. The picture is filled with a lot of grain and the image is over saturated. A lot of the skin tone from Hillary Swank is lost during night shots. Her skin looks a little on the gray side. All is not lost. In the second half of the movie, picture quality really improves. The day time shots in particular show a lot of detail and depth.
As far as audio is concerned. The audio in the first part of the movie was pretty bad. It was hard to hear conversations. I had to boost up the volume in my receiver a number of times. However, things pick up in the second half and the audio sounds clear. They even make good use of the rear sound channels.
Overall a disappointing transfer.
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