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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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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Here De Palma poses the burning question: is there still commercial mileage in demonic possession? But this attempted... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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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. -
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Horrifyingly Poor
This movie was painfully bad. If you were hoping for a 70's horror gem with a helping of action or a good story then you're going to be very dissapointed.
The opening scene is very misleading as its actually ok BUT you are then waiting for something else to happen - and it doesn't! So the Fury fails miserably to hold the viewers interest for most of the film. I had to actually fast forward this film as I began to feel like I was wasting my energy trying to concentrate on staying concentrated!
There is so much unecessary dialogue because it is so predictable! The characters are so shallow and poorly acted that the viewer doesn't give a rat's ass about them anyway.
The end of film came as an absolute relief and unsuprisingly it wasn't worth the wait!
I don't know who advised me to watch The Fury but I'd strongly advise anyone still tempted against it. Wait until it's shown on the BBC in that 1am slot if it ever does but you won't be missing much if it doesn't.
I can't believe the makers happily sat back once they'd finished and patted themselves on the back for making such a wonderful piece of 'cinematic art'.
It gets a one star as the rating system doesn't allow me to go any lower.
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- DaSilva from Coventry
- Posted 12 Jan 2005 03:19
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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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Never Mind the bad reviews
the fury is pretty good if you don't delude yourself that it's high art. It certainly compares favourably to some of the dreck that passes for supernatural thrillers today.
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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. -
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Horrifyingly Poor
This movie was painfully bad. If you were hoping for a 70's horror gem with a helping of action or a good story then you're going to be very dissapointed.
The opening scene is very misleading as its actually ok BUT you are then waiting for something else to happen - and it doesn't! So the Fury fails miserably to hold the viewers interest for most of the film. I had to actually fast forward this film as I began to feel like I was wasting my energy trying to concentrate on staying concentrated!
There is so much unecessary dialogue because it is so predictable! The characters are so shallow and poorly acted that the viewer doesn't give a rat's ass about them anyway.
The end of film came as an absolute relief and unsuprisingly it wasn't worth the wait!
I don't know who advised me to watch The Fury but I'd strongly advise anyone still tempted against it. Wait until it's shown on the BBC in that 1am slot if it ever does but you won't be missing much if it doesn't.
I can't believe the makers happily sat back once they'd finished and patted themselves on the back for making such a wonderful piece of 'cinematic art'.
It gets a one star as the rating system doesn't allow me to go any lower.-
- DaSilva from Coventry
- Posted 12 Jan 2005 03:19
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Never Mind the bad reviews
the fury is pretty good if you don't delude yourself that it's high art. It certainly compares favourably to some of the dreck that passes for supernatural thrillers today.
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0 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Old but worth a watch
This is a very old film but is very good. The other review for this details it more but definately worth renting.
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Critics' reviews (3)
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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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Here De Palma poses the burning question: is there still commercial mileage in demonic possession? But this attempted... read more on Time Out
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