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The Reaping (2007) 5.7
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5.7/10 from 34,667 users
Metascore: 36/100
Reviews: 175 user | 188 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com A former Christian missionary, who specializes in debunking religious phenomena, investigates a small town which seems to be suffering from the 10 biblical plagues. Director:Stephen Hopkins |
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Cast
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| Idris Elba | ... | ||
| AnnaSophia Robb | ... | ||
| Stephen Rea | ... | ||
| William Ragsdale | ... |
Sheriff Cade
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John McConnell | ... |
Mayor Brooks
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Jim Wakeman
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Brynn Wakeman
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Myles Cleveland | ... |
Kyle Wakeman
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Mark Lynch | ... |
Brody McConnell
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Gordon
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Isabelle
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The death of a child in mysterious circumstances sparks a series of events that seem to represent biblical plagues, which start occurring in, of all places, a town called "Haven" that is located deep in the bowels of Bible belt country in the bayous of Louisiana. A former Christian missionary turned religious phenomena debunker and her top open minded student turned personnel assistant are sent to investigate. Written by suspicious
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The Tenth Plague: Death Of First Born See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
6 April 2007 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
La moisson See more »Box Office
Budget:
$40,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£310,591 (UK) (20 April 2007)Gross:
$25,117,498 (USA) (1 June 2007)Company Credits
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Loren McConnell: [reaches a shaking hand up to Katherine's face] Faith.
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Written by James Brown
Performed by James Brown
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Initially Warner Bros. set the USA release date to August 11, 2006. It was then pushed back to November 8, 2006 and later March 30, 2007, and pushed back yet again just one more week to April 5, 2007. See more »Goofs
At the beginning of the film, when they claim to be in Concepción, Chile; the accent spoken is clearly from Central American people, not Chilean. See more »Quotes
Katherine Winter: How do I know? How do I know what's real?Loren McConnell: [reaches a shaking hand up to Katherine's face] Faith.
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The Warner's logo appears in blood which then melts away See more »Soundtracks
Tell Me What I Did WrongWritten by James Brown
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(My Synopsis) Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is a college professor at LSU who doesn't believe in miracles and goes around the world debunking them. She lost her faith when her daughter and husband were killed in Sudan when she was a newly ordained minister on her first mission. Whenever Katherine is called to investigate a miracle, she is able to prove that what people believe is a miracle can be explained using scientific facts and no divine intervention has occurred. Her next case is in her own backyard in Haven, Louisiana. Doug Blackwell (David Morrissey), a schoolteacher, is asking for Katherine's help. The river has turned to blood, and the townspeople believe that Loren McConnell (AnnaSophia Robb), a young 12-year old girl, has brought this plague upon the town. They also believe that this is the start of the Biblical ten plagues that are about to occur in Haven. Katherine and Ben (Idris Elba), her partner, go to Haven to investigate. At first Katherine is able to explain all the strange occurrences with science, but she soon comes to the realization that science can't explain all of them away. Katherine must reclaim her faith to fight these evil forces.
(My Comment) The storyline is a simple story about a woman who has lost her faith and meets it head-on by regaining her faith to fight an evil cult. From the previews you would think that this supernatural thriller would be scary, but you would be wrong. For the first 20-minutes, you are absorbed in the movie, and then the pace slows down to a crawl, then builds up to a spectacular ending. The CG special effects of the ten plagues were visually interesting, but that is about all there was. The movie did not lure me in and scare me as I thought it would. The worst thing was that they wasted Hilary Swank's talents in this movie. I think the writers probably came up with an ending at the last minute, because there wasn't must thought that went into it. I can't believe the writers even set it up for a sequel. (Warner Bros. Pictures, Run time 1:36, Rated R)(3/10)