i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Fantastic!

Boring

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

The Reaping (2007) Starring:Hillary Swank, AnnaSophia Robb,David Morrissey, Idris Elba,Stephen Rea,Andrea Frankle,William Ragsdale,John McConnell,David Jensen,and Yvonne Landry Directed by Stephen Hopkins Review HEAVEN OR HELL. GOOD OR EVIL. NOW OR NEVER. Hello Kiddies your pal the crypt-critic here has another film he doesn't hate himself for liking. I like the Reaping because that one thing a guy would enjoy in the bible,bring the violence. It also has a good story and acting as well. The Reaping follows and ordain minister played by Hillary Swank,who has made it her mission to prove that GOD doesn't exist.She is called to investigate a series of deaths in a small town known as Haven(you know like that SYFY show)that all seem to be plagues brought on by a little girl.Yep then the rivers run red, the locus wreak havoc and the bodies hit the floor. The film delivers an interesting premise challenging both science and religion,it has a surprising twist at the end and a stellar cast. Hillary Swank is good as always, David Morris keeps you shrouded in mystery wondering whether if he is good or bad.But my favorite performance in this comes from AnnaSophia Robb who plays the little girl causing all the plagues,to be honest I'm quite a fan of this actress and can't wait to see her in more films. AnnaSophia Robb plays one of the creepist little girls I've ever seen on film,she is conveyed through her eyes as threatening and she's believable and convinced me that this whole town was afraid of her. This is yet another film I believe is disliked for no good reason it's dark,it's eerie, and filled with atmosphere three things that are lacking in horror films now a days. Watch this I recommended this great film, I give The Reaping a four out of five.

Hillary swank didn't really do a great job carrying the lead role in this movie to be honest. The script is alright, it's not exactly award winning, it's really kinda lazy at times, too many clichés as well. The special effects might be the worst thing about The Reaping, the effects are just really weak and fake looking. The plot had some serious potential, but unfortunately, in my opinion, it was wasted. This movie may attract some horror, thriller fans, but do not be deceived by its somewhat cool look, this movie is just not nearly as good as you might think it is. There are so many better films of this genre that are far better. 3/10 for The Reaping.

Boy, what can i say? Horror movies of this kind are typical of what Hollywood has been producing for roughly the past 20 years! It's basically the tired old formula of the professional sceptic called to investigate some mysterious events,in this case, a small town that seems to be reliving the 10 Egyptian plagues of the old testament. What follows is the expected rehash of scenes and situations that are standard fare in these kinds of movies.Some of these are: The fleeing little girl that disappears and reappears during the movie and is suspected of being the evil cause of the bad goings on,the worried priest trying to warn the heroine that something like the end of the world is going to happen,the more or less clueless town folk that rapidly identify whom they think is responsible for everything,the hero-heroine that is determined to get to the bottom of this mystery but has a troubled past of her own, etc.. etc... In a nutshell: you've seen one you've seen them all! Don't waste your time on this.

I'm more inclined to believe what I read in The National Enquirer than in The Bible, and yet I am strangely drawn to biblical horrors, particularly enjoying the potentially cataclysmic nature of the stories, the fate of the whole of mankind often being at stake. While The Reaping is far from perfect, it's ten plagues not quite as devastating as I had hoped and director Stephen Hopkins' storytelling rather muddled at times, there is still plenty to enjoy about the film as a whole.Oscar-winner Hilary Swank is The Reaping's strongest suit, the actress putting in an excellent central performance as Katherine, a one-time missionary turned miracle debunker called in to investigate strange occurrences in the rural bible-belt town of Haven; her strong turn definitely helps to make what might have easily have appeared completely absurd seem much more plausible (it also doesn't hurt that she's also rather sexy in this—I've never been a fan until now, but she rocks the sweaty vest look!). Meanwhile, a young AnnaSophia Robb displays plenty of star potential as the swamp girl who cops the blame for the strange events, and David Morrisey amuses as concerned Haven resident Doug (I'm not sure how authentic his American accent is, but it made me laugh).Horror wise, this is all relatively tame stuff, with very little to turn the stomach (the most 'disturbing' image being that of a mouldy but slightly rubbery looking corpse), but there are some effective jump scares along the way and a few neat visual effects, with a sudden attack on a car by a bull and a swarm of deadly locusts being the film's most memorable moments. Throw in some spectacular pyrotechnics, and a not-entirely-unexpected 'twist' ending reminiscent of The Wicker Man, and what you have is a rather fun little time-waster, not the disaster of biblical proportions that many would have you believe.