Disc Reviews
The Fury Blu-ray Review
Arrow Video continue their releases of Brian De Palma movies with his follow up to the Carrie adaptation he did with another look at psychic powers – this time with the altogether more barmy The Fury. Kirk Douglas is roped in to serve as our main protagonist – tracking down his young adult son (with telekinetic powers) who has been taken into the care of a former close friend (John Cassavettes).
We also get to meet Amy Irving’s School girl who is also discovering her own powers, and she is slowly placed in a world of danger when the powers that be try to intervene on her behalf.
The trouble is that initially Douglas seems to be playing in a wacky comedy. Everyone else is working in a horror/drama. While some of the goofy moments early on are funny, they really do not belong here. Especially with the turns the film takes later on.
The more interesting threads lay not with Irving’s other youngster with powers, but actually with the son when we finally catch up with him to see what a monster he has turned out to be and the potential reason behind it all.
The Fury was never as fully appreciated for its style or content like Carrie was, but there are still interesting questions brought up, and De Palma is hardly working on autopilot with this. Looking at it in Blu-ray is impressive. It only seems dated by the fashions and the soft focus.
Of course De Palma likes a bit of shock and awe in his films, and that is no more personified than in the final shots of the film. Talk about going out with a bang!
There are various interview extras for the film with some of the key crew..Sadly De Palma and the majority of the cast are absent however.
Steven Hurst