Frailty

Frailty is a 2001 southern gothic psychological thriller film directed by and starring Bill Paxton, and co-starring Matthew McConaughey and Powers Boothe. It marks Paxton's directorial debut. The plot focuses on the strange relationship between two young brothers and their father, who believes that he has been commanded by God to kill demons disguised as people. Released on April 12, 2002, the film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $17 million. Plot In his office in Dallas, FBI Agent Wesley Doyle is visited by Fenton Meiks, who claims his brother Adam is the culprit in the "God's Hand" serial killings. Fenton says Adam has committed suicide, prompting Fenton to fulfill a promise to bury his brother in a public rose garden in their hometown of Thurman, Texas. He begins to talk about his childhood and suggests the bodies of the God's Hand victims are buried in that garden. While children in the summer of 1979, their father told them he had been visited by an angel and tasked by God with "destroying" demons disguised as humans; a mission which must be kept secret. Their father "is led" to 3 tools: an axe, gloves and a pipe; he also receives a list of names from the angel. He incapacitates a woman with the pipe and brings her home. While laying his hand on her, he claims to see a vision of her evil, kills her with the axe and makes the boys help him bury her body in the rose garden. Horrified, Fenton believes his father insane; Adam claims to see the visions and supports their father. After hearing this, Doyle drives Fenton to Thurman. On the way, Doyle says his mother had been murdered by someone that was never caught. Fenton then explains how they took the second victim (a supposed child molester) in broad daylight, with his father insisting God would blind any witnesses. One night, his father tells him he prayed for the angel to visit Fenton (for his lack of faith), but the angel instead visited him and told him something bad about Fenton. He makes Fenton dig a hole. Fenton abandons all faith in God. Their father makes the hole into a cellar and moves the shed on top of it.