Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Bill Paxton | ... | Dad Meiks | |
Matthew McConaughey | ... | Adam Meiks | |
Powers Boothe | ... | FBI Agent Wesley Doyle | |
Matt O'Leary | ... | Young Fenton | |
Jeremy Sumpter | ... | Young Adam | |
Luke Askew | ... | Sheriff Smalls | |
Levi Kreis | ... | Fenton Meiks | |
Derk Cheetwood | ... | Agent Griffin Hull | |
Missy Crider | ... | Becky Meiks (as Melissa Crider) | |
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Alan Davidson | ... | Brad White |
Cynthia Ettinger | ... | Cynthia Harbridge | |
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Vincent Chase | ... | Edward March |
Gwen McGee | ... | Operator | |
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Edmond Scott Ratliff | ... | The Angel |
Rebecca Tilney | ... | Teacher |
FBI agent Wesley Doyle is startled by the declaration of youngster Fenton Meiks about how his father's delusions required him and his brother, Adam to become his 'demon-slaying' murder accomplices. But when Doyle accepts to be shown concealed victim graves, the plot twists in the present just as gruesome. Written by KGF Vissers
I was completely taken with this movie. I loved the whole good-and-evil thing, the feeling of powerlessness in childhood, the dark places, the doom.
Paxton's performance is terrific, but his direction takes "Hitchcockian" too far. "Inspired by" is one thing. "Shameful ripoff" is another. And then, suddenly, the last 10 minutes of this terrifying tale of delusion and isolation turns into "The X-Files." Disappointing.
But it's still worth seeing, if you can handle the gloom.