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Frailty is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bill Paxton released in USA on 12 april 2002 with Bill Paxton
Frailty (2002)
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Add to a movie listFrailty is a 2002 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Bill Paxton, and co-starring Matthew McConaughey. It marks Paxton's directorial debut. The plot focuses on the strange relationship between two young boys and their fanatically religious, but seemingly-schizophrenic father, who believes that he has been commanded by God to kill demons disguised as people.
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Introducing himself as Fenton Meiks, a man visits FBI Agent Wesley Doyle claiming that his brother Adam is the "God's Hand" serial killer Doyle has been hunting. Meiks says Adam has committed suicide, prompting Fenton to fulfill a promise to bury Adam in a public rose garden in their hometown of Thurman. He begins to tell Doyle about the boys' childhood and suggests that the bodies of the God's Hand victims are buried in that rose garden. Meiks continues telling Doyle his story as the two drive to Thurman.Actors
Bill Paxton
(Dad Meiks)
Matthew McConaughey
(Meiks)
Powers Boothe
(FBI Agent Wesley Doyle)
Matt O'Leary
(Young Fenton)
Jeremy Sumpter
(Young Adam)
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