Runtime: 117 minutes
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgrass, Charles Durning
From: 20th Century Fox
This movie ends with a bang.
In the wee hours of Thursday morning The Fury was DVR'ed off of the FXM channel and was experienced last night. I've at least liked every De Palma movie I've seen. While the picture is no Carrie (or Scanners either, for that matter) this tale of telekinesis is fine.
Unfortunately it is kind of a mess. At least one character is gone for long stretches as several stories are told: the son of Kirk Douglas is kidnapped as he has psychic powers, Amy Irving discovers she has psychic powers of her own so she enters a special school which I've seen many people say might as well have been run by Dr. Charles Xavier, and we find out why a moody teenager w/ such powers is a recipe for disaster. The movie also contains:
* Douglas doing the 70's version of parkour in Chicago while wearing just his boxer shorts
* A hilarious family we experience for a few minutes
* An indoor amusement park
* Dennis Franz w/ a full head of hear NOT playing a sleazy character
* Sex w/ an older person being used to persuade someone
Perhaps the novel this was based on was more coherent and flowed better.
Be that as it may, this movie was still a good time. “Lesser De Palma” was not a bad thing in this case. The strong performances from Douglas and Irving was an asset, along with John Cassavetes as a vile villain, some strong scenes... especially the finale. However, the strongest note came from the score of John Williams. It was aces and was a huge asset for the movie.
The 70's were rife with tales of people having psychic powers, (most likely staged) footage of such, and rumors of governments attempting to harness such powers for their gain. No surprise then that a governmental agency is the enemy here. Even if this is not the best De Palma by any means, it is far from a dumpster fire and had enough to satisfy me.
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