- Actors: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving
- Directors: Brian De Palma
- Classification: 18
- Studio: CBS Fox
- VHS Release Date: 1 Oct 1999
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CJ3F
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 25,066 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What starts off as a very run of the mill action thriller, becomes quite an original blood thirsty horror. Kirk Douglas is in fine form, portraying humour (see the scene with grannie in the appartment), grit, emotion, and pure anger. If only the rest of the cast (inc Andrew Stevens and Carrie Snodgress) showed the same passion.
Well worth watching, very unique, and grabs your attention within the first two minutes. Might not be the best film ever made, but at 5/6 pounds, well worth buying, as it will give you 2 hours of edge of your seat thrills. Forget his son, give the true Mr Douglas a go.
Well worth watching, very unique, and grabs your attention within the first two minutes. Might not be the best film ever made, but at 5/6 pounds, well worth buying, as it will give you 2 hours of edge of your seat thrills. Forget his son, give the true Mr Douglas a go.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
The Fury is a deliberate attempt by director Brian dePalma to capitalize on the unexpected success of Carrie (released the previous year). All the usual elements found in many supernatural thrillers of the 70's are here in force, with blood-letting a-plenty - even by todays strandards it's gore quota is high - and stirrings of demonic conspiracy. Kirk Douglas spends most of the film in an agonizing search for his (kidnapped by those who wish to exploit his kinetic powers) and brings his customary grit and panache to the role. The brilliant John Cassavetes also does all that is required as the villain of the piece, but was probably just raising cash for his own next movie project! Amy Irving who survived the highschool apocalypse of Carrie, returns to the dePalma stable and is suitably maniacal. Brian dePalma turns in a movie which is slick, professional and not without menace, but the film just lies there, lacking that extra spark that would, by now, have elevated it to classic status.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Special government operative Peter Zandza, Kirk Douglas, attempts to rescue his telekinetic son, Robin (Andrew Stevens) from a sinister government agency. Along the way he is aided by Hester, Carrie Snodgress (the subject of a Nial Young song called Bar stool Blues) and another telekinetic teen, Gillian, played by Amy Irving from Carrie.
The Fury is Brian DePalma's most conventional looking movie of the 1970s. However it's still a good horror tinged thriller. John Cassavetes is great as the softly spoken and menacing Ben Childress. His explosive death is a spectacular stand out as is the spinning bloodbath of Fiona Lewis.
Imagery from this grumpy misanthropic delight has inspired eveything from episodes of the X Files to car adverts. And though The Fury is sometimes seen as a Scanners wannabe, it in fact predates Cronenberg's film by three years. Equally this movie has been dismissed as a Carrie knock off, but was arguably more than a little bit of an influence on Stephen King's Firestarter six years later. There's an early appearance by Darryl Hannah.
The picture quality of the DVD is fairly poor and there are no extras. I'd love to see this remastered,
The Fury is Brian DePalma's most conventional looking movie of the 1970s. However it's still a good horror tinged thriller. John Cassavetes is great as the softly spoken and menacing Ben Childress. His explosive death is a spectacular stand out as is the spinning bloodbath of Fiona Lewis.
Imagery from this grumpy misanthropic delight has inspired eveything from episodes of the X Files to car adverts. And though The Fury is sometimes seen as a Scanners wannabe, it in fact predates Cronenberg's film by three years. Equally this movie has been dismissed as a Carrie knock off, but was arguably more than a little bit of an influence on Stephen King's Firestarter six years later. There's an early appearance by Darryl Hannah.
The picture quality of the DVD is fairly poor and there are no extras. I'd love to see this remastered,
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Great film, bad picture quality.
I was really disappointed with the picture quality of the dvd, its the worst I've seen for quite some time. Read more
Published 9 months ago by L.
Ignored for a reason
Brian DePalma did some brilliant stuff in the 70s - Carrie, Sisters, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out are true classics. The Fury, however, is an inexplicable dud. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Now Zoltan
the fury
very good thriller remarkable performance kirk douglas and aimy irving well worth watching keeps you glued to your seat
Published on 24 Nov 2009 by Mr. Neil Preston
Interesting
I have just bought this edition last week. The edition is very good and the picture quality is i think the best i can get compared to my elder VHS versions. Read more
Published on 19 April 2008 by Szabolcs Badics
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