The impressive cast do their best to bring a sense of conviction to the piece, but it had to have been blind faith that brought them into such an unholy mess.
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04/28/07
The Reaping (2007)
8 %
Reviews Counted: 128 Fresh: 10 Rotten:118 Average Rating: 3.5/10
Consensus:
It may feature such accomplished actors as Hilary Swank and Stephen Rea, but The Reaping also boasts the apropos tagline "What hath God wrought?" It's schlocky, spiritually shallow, and scare-free.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Theatrical Release: 20-04-2007
Synopsis: In this thriller from director Stephen Hopkins (LOST IN SPACE, UNDER SUSPICION), Oscar winner Hilary Swank is Katherine Winter, a college professor who refutes mysteries and so-called miracles with scientific evidence. When science teacher Doug Blackwell (David Morrisey) invites... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, AnnaSophia Robb, Idris Elba, Stephen Rea
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Screenwriter: Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes
Story: Bruce Rousso
Producer: Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Herbert W. Gains
Composer: Philip Glass, John Frizzell
Screenwriter: Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes
Story: Bruce Rousso
Producer: Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Herbert W. Gains
Composer: Philip Glass, John Frizzell
Reviews
Top Critic
It's a sad state of affairs when the fit of Hilary Swank's casual slacks is more interesting than a plague of locusts.
04/24/07
Top Critic
Satanic horror films are always good for a laugh, and this one is no exception.
04/21/07
Top Critic
Here, for all fans of the world's most pathetic movies, is an apocalyptically disastrous horror flick set in the Bible belt.
04/20/07
With a touch of X Files, a smattering of The Omen and perhaps a little too much hokiness, it’s all agreeably daft fun.
04/20/07
The Reaping is frequently silly, occasionally cliched and slow to get going, but the acting is good and it rallies for an impressive climax.
04/19/07
Top Critic
Starting as an intriguing faith-themed thriller, this film quickly descends into gonzo nuttiness.
04/12/07
Although terrible, this film does raise ... interesting questions: Why does Hollywood keep ripping off THE OMEN? Why would anyone continue hiring Stephen Hopkins to direct a movie? Why would two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank agre to be in this mess?
07/07/08
If The Reaping had been sown with fresher ideas, you might actually care if the devil went down to Georgia, er, Louisiana.
06/25/07
The cumulative effect is likely to make viewers weary, but not so weary that they can't manage a chuckle or two during the film's cheesed-out final minutes.
05/28/07
Is this movie a good old-fashioned good versus evil potboiler or a newfangled political statement about anti-intellectualism? The Reaping could have gone either way, but it did neither, and it did so spectacularly.
05/06/07
The most positive thing about The Reaping is that it isn't as big a waste of time as last year's Omen remake; it's 14 minutes shorter.
05/02/07
Between effects-shots is a whole movie of people discussing how fascinating things are.
04/25/07
If you had to choose between watching this and suffering boils, take the option which at least you can treat with a cream rather than years of expensive therapy
04/24/07
... goes from barely tolerable to insufferable in the time it takes to unveil a stupid twist ending ...
04/20/07
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