Frailty

Russell 2021-12-11 08:01:20

No soul is reliable.
Wesley Dooley (Paos Booth) is the FBI agent responsible for investigating the infamous Texas killer "Hand of God". When a person who claims to know the true face of this serial killer walks into his office, he can't help but doubt its authenticity. This man named Fenton Mex (Matthew McConaughey) claimed that the killer was his brother, Adam, who committed suicide after killing all these people. But this is only a small part of Adam's long and complicated story, and Meeks hopes to know everything with Dooley so that he can understand his brother's real motive for the murder. The past and the present blended between these two strangers. After coming to the rose garden where Adam was buried, Meeks began his story.
This is the 1979 Mex brothers, 12-year-old Fenton (Matthew O'Leary) and 9-year-old Adam (Jeremy Sapt) and their father (Bill Paxton) enjoying the leisure country lifestyle. Their father is a kind and sensitive man. He is waiting for himself to slowly recover from the shock of losing his wife. The children are very happy and safe here until an unexpected event changes their lives, forever. One day, the father announced to the children that he was entrusted by the visiting angels to complete a sacred mission. God chose him and his sons to destroy the "demons" disguised as ordinary men and women. The angel will provide a list, and the Mex family must find these "demons" and kill them.
Adam believed it was true at the time and was very enthusiastic about it, and claimed to share the "God's justice" that his father had imagined, while Fenton was afraid and worried about his father's mental state. On the one hand, love for the family, on the other hand, the belief that this evil plan must be resisted, Fenton struggled with his inner demons to find a solution.
This terrible violence shattered the brothers' childhood and left an indelible mark on their future. Deeply affected by these unusual experiences, Fenton and Adam have their own extreme concepts of good and evil, and were led into that unforeseen fate...

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  • Aurore 2022-04-22 07:01:30

    too terrifying. The father actually murdered in front of the child.

  • Ruth 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    I don't know how to rate...orz.

Frailty quotes

  • [voice-over]

    Adam Meiks: [talks about his childhood home] We lived right behind the Thurman public Rose Garden. In the house where they used to keep the gardeners back in the fifties. Dad had gotten a good deal on it back when him and mom got married.

    Adam Meiks: [talks about his brother] Adam was three years younger than me. Our mama died giving birth to him, so, I basically took care of him for as long as I can remember.

    Adam Meiks: [talks about his father] Our dad worked as a mechanic over in Jupiter. He usually got home around 5:30 and we'd all have dinner together.

  • [Dad wakes up both Young Fenton and Young Adam to tell them about his first sign from God]

    Dad: I need you both to listen to me very carefully. Something's happen.

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] He said he had a vision, a vision from God.

    [Dad see's the reflection of white light off the trophy]

    Adam Meiks: An angel came to him and told him the truth of this world. And revealed God's special purpose for are family.

    Dad: The end of the world is coming, it's near. The angel showed me. There are demons among us, the Devil has released them for the final battle. It's being fought, right now. But, nobody knows it except us and others like us.

    Young Adam: I'm scared dad.

    Dad: There's nothing to be afraid of tiger. We've been chosen by God, he'll protect us. We've been given special jobs to do. We don't fear these demons, we destroy them. We pick them up one-by-one and we pitch them out of this world. That's God's purpose for us. The Angel called us God's hands.

    Young Adam: So we're like superheroes?

    Dad: That's right. We're a family of superheroes who are going to help save the world.

    Young Fenton: But dad, that doesn't make any sense.

    Dad: I know it sounds that way, son. But it's the truth.

    Young Adam: So, what are our superhero powers?

    Dad: Well... we can see the demons, when other people can't. And the Angel told me that God would be sending us three weapons to destroy them with.

    Young Adam: Magical weapons?

    Dad: I imagine so.

    Young Adam: When do we get 'em?

    Dad: I don't know the Angel just said soon. That's all I was told except that, we're not suppose to tell anybody about any of this, absolutely no one. If you do, you put them and ourselves in danger. Fenton... don't worry it's okay. It's a lot to understand. I wanted to wait to tell you 'til once I had the chance to figure it out myself. But the angel said I, I had to do it now. Fenton?

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] I didn't know what to say or how to feel.

    Dad: Do you understand what I told you? Judgment day is here.

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] I was too messed up to understander. End knowledge.

    Dad: Soon we'll all be in heaven. Me, you, Adam, with mommy...

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] I didn't realize it at that moment, at least not consciously, but my happy and mostly secure world had just flipped over, and there were dark things under there...

    Dad: Judgment day is here...

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] Very dark things.

    Dad: We've been chosen by God.

    Adam Meiks: [voice-over] And my little boy's mind just couldn't take it.