The Fury
1978
In THE FURY, former government agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) searches for his son (Andrew Stevens), kidnapped by a secret agency hoping to exploit the young man's telekinetic powers for their own ends. Meanwhile a young woman, Gillian (Amy Irving), begins to display her own psychic abilities and goes to live at a mysterious .. Read more
| Starring | Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Andrew Stevens |
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| Director | Brian De Palma |
| Genres | Horror |
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The Fury
In THE FURY, former government agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) searches for his son (Andrew Stevens), kidnapped by a secret agency hoping to exploit the young man's telekinetic powers for their own ends. Meanwhile a young woman, Gillian (Amy Irving), begins to display her own psychic abilities and goes to live at a mysterious research facility. Gillian and Sandza team up to find his son before the evil conspirators (led by a ruthless John Cassavetes) make him one of them. One of Brian DePalma's most kinetic movies includes elements of thrillers and horror movies combined into a satisfying visual feast.
| Starring | Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Andrew Stevens, Amy Irving, Charles Durning |
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| Director | Brian De Palma |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | German |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, German |
| Released | DVD: 09 Sep 2002 Production year: 1978 |
| Format | DVD |
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Brian De Palma finds himself in familiar territory with this follow-up to Carrie — an adaptation of John Farris's telekinetic conspiracy thriller. The director adopts a broader suspense canvas than he'd utilised before (the action and slow-motion sequences remain the best he's ever crafted), and turns in a gorgeous horror adventure about two teenagers with psychic powers who become pawns in the machinations of spy factions. Ingeniously plotted, extravagantly staged and beautifully balanced between apocalyptic goriness and full-blooded pyrotechnic imagery, this nail-biting shocker is De Palma's most under-rated movie.
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Flashy, kaleidoscopic nonsense which never even begins to make sense but is used as the basis for the director's showing-off, which is occasionally worth a glance for those with hardened stomachs.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Carrie II: This Time, They're Really Annoyed!
This was Brian De Palma's follow-up to 'Carrie' and it is in every way inferior. With a dumb plot, thin characters and the depth of a puddle, the film is on very shaky territory. Moreover, it's an unimaginative move from De Palma, who seems to have wanted to sustain his new found success by making another movie about psychic teens based on a fat bestseller. Kirk Douglas is the leading man for almost the last time and looks very old, while Cassavetes is probably only here for the money. None of the teens, including the usually luminous Amy Irving and a very young Daryl Hannah, make any impact at all.
Nevertheless, I would recommend 'The Fury' wholeheartedly. For all its flaws, De Palma throws himself into it with great gusto, transforming the pulp material into an operatic live-action cartoon packed full of explosive effects and shocks, each callibrated to be more enormous than the last (the final scene is therefore quite extreme for a mainstream 1970s Hollywood movie). De Palma is an exceptional filmmaker with good material (i.e. 'The Untouchables' or 'Carlito's Way'), but he can still work miracles with rubbish if he's in the mood. Even though you don't really give a toss about most of the cast (which considering the body count is no bad thing), De Palma's flourishes keep you watching until the bloody finale. It's crap, but it's big, loud, exciting crap that you can't and won't resist. -
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typical de palma
DePalma sticks to his themes and in the 70s much like Cronenberg you pretty much knew what you're gonna get. Yet Carrie his previous was a huge hit, the Fury is seldom noticed...in fact a few years later Cronenberg would pinch the exploding John Cassavetes scene. Anyway its pretty stupid yes but fairly enjoyable nontheless ... DePalma made better when he wasnt being a second rate hitchcock
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