Frailty. Bill Paxton. 2001.
Fenton Mieks walks into an fbi office one evening and announces to Agent Wesley Doyle that he is able to identify the Gods Hand Killer, a notorious serial killer.
He then proceeds to relay the story of his childhood revealing how his father played by director Paxton woke him and his brother up late one night to explain to them that they had received a mission from god. Apparently demons live among us, disguised as normal humans. God wants Dad Mieks and his boys to track down and slay said demons.
Bill Paxtons one and only directorial piece is a superb slice of American Gothic, set in and populated by a cast of native Texan actors. Including Matthew McConaughey, Paxton himself and Powers Boothe as Agent Doyle.
In places very dark and not without tinges of the blackest of black humour I love this film and it's a shame Bill Paxton didn't direct anything else because he clearly had as much talent behind a camera as in front.
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