Instant Favorite.

How sad is this?

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Many people seem to have an aversion to the films of De Palma and nothing I am going to say will change their minds. I feel he may be a little too European for some Americans, a bit too aware. There again some just mention Hitchcock and role their eyes. So, for what it is worth, let me assure anyone interested that this is a very good watch. I am not suggesting that the storyline would bear too much detailed analysis but for those with a basic understanding of the theories of mind transference, telepathy, telekinesis and the like will get much from this. I found it exciting and involving, becoming scary and then very scary as an extremely emotional tale is told. Kirk Douglas, who I am not a great fan is faultless, John Cassavetes at his Rosemary's Baby's best and if Andrew Stevens is a little flat, it works within the tale and is well covered by the fantastic performance from Amy Irvine.

Since you know I don't normally go in for horror movies, it'll come as no shock to you that when I sat down to watch The Fury, I didn't know it belonged to that genre. Boy, was I in for a surprise! Lucky for me, it didn't get that scary until the end, so I was just able to enjoy an action-packed, suspenseful Kirk Douglas movie.The opening scene is very exciting. Kirk Douglas, his son Andrew Stevens, and his friend John Cassavetes, are enjoying a beach day, when they suddenly come under attack by terrorists! Kirk's son is killed, but when he hears from a psychic that his son is still alive, he's determined to find and retrieve him. Meanwhile, Amy Irving is discovering her own psychic powers while struggling in school. . .If you like paranormal flicks, with psychic visions and scary, uncontrollable powers, The Fury will be right up your alley. I liked it for the most part, since I'm a Kirk Douglas fan-and he does have his signature shirtless scene, ladies-but I did look away a couple of times during the scary bits. Horror fans will probably love this one, especially those who like the "classic" style of hysterics and extra-red blood.DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not your friend. When Amy Irving has her "episodes", the camera swirls, and it will make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!" Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to some violence and scary images, I wouldn't let my kids watch it.

Following the kidnapping of his son, a spy turns to a woman's psychic connections to find him from the former friend who's intending to use his son's psychic abilities into a psychotic killer he can manipulate for the government.Frankly there's not a whole lot to really enjoy here. Among the few strong points here is the strong action-packed opening, with the big action-packed shootout that takes place on the crowded beach that comes off rather nicely with the way it manages to start this off on the numerous plot-lines while also figuring on generating plenty of strong action along the way. With the majority of the film seemingly constructed as an action movie about taking down the spy ring enables for some rather nice action as well, with a decent foot- chase through a series of apartments and a fine shoot-out in the middle of a car chase help this one out as well, As well, the scenes of the two going through the tests trying to find him as well as the utterly cheesy fun of the unleashed powers at the carnival makes for some rather fun action-scenes here that go a long way toward helping this get more of a horror feel throughout here. As well, there's some fun to be had in the finale where it really brings out some nice action and a rather enjoyable sense of resolution letting it play out in this manner with all the different story lines coming to play out rather nicely along with the bloodshed to give this a strong finish. There is a couple of really big distractions to this film, as one of the biggest is the overly-stylish direction. The slow motion escape from the Institute is a prime example, going on so long that the scene starts to slip into self-parody rather than showcase the pathos of the sequence doing the whole scene that way rather than only a small portion. The fact that there's lots of scenes that go on far too long is another big problem, spread throughout that come off as padded and overlong that go on way longer than necessary. There's tons of scenes like this, including the various conversations in the hospital and the parts in the old folk's home are needlessly overlong. That carries over into the rest of the movie with this one being so long setting up the different tactics of getting her to cooperate with them or passing their tests that this one just isn't all that much of a horror film as the industrial spy subplot takes over so much of the film that it holds this one back by not letting those elements get a chance to be featured that there's not a lot of time to let those in. The other minor problem here is the stupidity of letting him be used in that manner, which makes no sense and is destined to fail, though the other issues here are more detrimental overall.Rated R: Graphic Violence and some Language

A government agent (Kirk Douglas) is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harbor his extremely powerful psychic abilities.I find it interesting that Brian De Palma chose this as the follow-up to "Carrie". I mean, really, another film about young people with psychic powers? But it is actually quite different in spirit and acts as more of a pre-cursor of "The Dead Zone" and "Scanners".We not only get the screen debut of Daryl Hannah, but an excellent score from John Williams that was highly praised by critic Pauline Kael, who called it "as elegant and delicately varied a score as any horror film has ever had".