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Video A | Audio A-
| Extras A- | Recommended!
Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe,
Matthew O'Leary, Luke Askew, and Jeremy Sumpter
director Bill Paxton | Lions Gate Home Entertainment
2001 | Supernatural - Psychological Thriller | R | 99 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen
1.85:1 aspect ratio
| Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Frailty is about the
mysterious God's Hand murders in a small Texas town, where the murderer
claims to be doing God's work. That's right. To fully enjoy
this movie, you'll need to keep a very open mind. And maybe if you
had some faith, it may help. The strong thematic materials in this
movie will haunt your mind and spiritual beliefs (or lack thereof) days
after watching the film. It stayed on this reviewer's mind for
days. There's also violent thematic material here, but nothing way
too explicit or gruesome. The film does not actually show many the
violent blows, but rather uses the viewer's imagination and sound effects
to achieve just the same.
It looks like Lions Gate Films is on a roll.
First, they hit it big with Monster's Ball,
and now Frailty. Surely, they're both hard-hitting
controversial films that are beautifully produced. Movies can be
like that. But few achieve these levels of cinematic success.
As actor Bill Paxton's first directorial film, he proves his genius at
directing as he is at acting. If you're not shy about violent
thematic material, is open minded, and enjoy a good mystery/thriller, Frailty
is your ticket. I was on the edge of my seat from the very
beginning, from opening credits. The film held a tight grip on
attention and there were no slow moments. I definitely recommend
this movie and its DVD to fellow thriller fans.
Special Features: There's plenty of bonus
materials to appease most fans and collectors. Bonus materials
include: commentary with director Bill Paxton; commentary with producer
David Kirshner, composer Brian Tiler, and editor Arnold Glassman,;
commentary by writer Brent Hanley, "The making-of Frailty"
featurette; deleted scenes; "Anatomy of a Scene" Sundance
Channel featurette; photographic presentation by James Hamilton;
theatrical trailer
DVD released on 9/17/2002 | Reviewed 8/26/2002
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Additional Notes: Unless we specify otherwise, the
video and audio quality are very good when their grades are "A-"
or better. Only the highest number of channels of surround sound
format is listed (e.g., Dolby Digital 5.1). If there are both Dolby
Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 soundtracks, then both are listed. All
DVD-Video discs are backwards compatible with stereo-only playback
systems.
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
Be sure to check out our Top 10 DVDs of the year
2001 and our list of this year's Oscar winners on DVD.
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