The Reaping
The movie follows a former Christian missionary, who lost her faith after her family was tragically killed as she specializes in debunking religious phenomena, investigates a small town which seems to be suffering from the 10 biblical plagues.
13 November 1958, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
30 June 1964, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
6 September 1972, Hackney, London, England, UK
31 October 1946, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
11 May 1984
24 October 1973, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
July 06, 2010
He lays the photos out on the floor and the burn marks form a cross with a hook at the bottom, the unmistakable emblem of '70s hard rockers Blue Oyster Cult. Hey, didn't they have a big hit called "(Don't Fear) the Reaping"?
July 07, 2008
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?
April 10, 2007
What could Swank really have done with such a cliche-ridden screenplay, except turn it down?
June 25, 2007
If The Reaping had been sown with fresher ideas, you might actually care if the devil went down to Georgia, er, Louisiana.
April 09, 2007
A slick-looking but incredibly schlocky horror film.
April 19, 2007
I prophesy an early exodus from cinemas.
April 07, 2007
What, I shudder to think, were the projects Hilary Swank turned down in favor of this one?
April 09, 2007
The Reaping isn't quite bad enough, or even New Testament enough, to qualify as a sign of the impending apocalypse. But by the time it's over, you know you're getting close.
July 19, 2008
At no time does director Stephen Hopkins give us reason to care.
May 06, 2007
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.
May 28, 2007
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.
October 06, 2007
I did like the bugs.
