Frailty
Release date: 2002-04-12
Votes: 1217
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."
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I enjoyed nearly every aspect of this film, especially that it didn't really on unnecessary violence or gore to tell a gripping story. Well done.
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