THE FURY is so bad that it's amazing. After the success of the overrated CARRIE, Brian de Palma was given a chance to direct another ESP thriller, with Amy Irving (also from Carrie) and the result is bad. I have never seen a movie so devoid of a story or sensible characters or logic. It's simply a mishmash of camera angles, bad acting and overblown music. There are so many unintentionally hilarious scenes in THE FURY that it's pointless to name all of them because it would take as long as the movie itself in order to do so. But here are my favorite scenes (spoilers ahead):
The acting by everyone is atrocious. Amy Irving cries throughout the movie. Kirk Douglas is embarrassing. Most of the actors don't even seem to know what they're doing. The music is bombastic. It's obvious that De Palma was given loads of money to come up with a new CARRIE-like flick and the result is rushed and nonsensical. THE FURY reminds me of a Philly cheese sandwich: it's not good for your health but it sure taste good with all that 1970s cheese in it.
- The scenes at the school with that bitchy Margot Kidder look-alike.
- When Gillian (Amy Irving) "witnesses" the experiments Robin is going through and Gillian is freaking out as she's watching the bad guys replaying the film footage of the kidnapping of Robin (Andrew Stevens), which occurred at the beginning of the movie. The kidnapping wasn't scary or remotely troubling. It's just a standard shoot-em up scene and yet when Gillian watches the kidnapping, she is shown to be shocked and horrified beyond belief. I wasn't even close to being scared or troubled by the scene as Gillian was, which makes her character look totally silly.
- When Gillian has a vivid ESP moment and she grabs the hand of a woman and blood starts pouring out of the woman's fingernails. Cutex overload?
- When Gillian leaves the building and everything happens in slow motion, which results with the death of Hester (Carrie Snodgress), in a car accident. Cue Kirk Douglas screaming and crying and fighting, all in slow motion. Very funny.
- When Robin attacks the Arab men on the amusement park ride. Hilarious moment.
- When Robin attacks his father (Douglas) and both of them end-up on the edge of a rooftop, where Robin falls to his death. The really funny thing about this moment is that Robin was levitating when his father found him. So why didn't Robin prevent himself from hitting the ground by levitating his body? That scene doesn't make any sense whatsoever. And it's incredibly funny.
- After Robin dies from the fall, his father, hanging on the rooftop, kills himself in anger by letting himself fall to the ground. This scene is straight out of AIRPLANE.
- When Gillian blows up the bad guy (Cassavetes). I was literally rolling on the floor, like the dismembered head in the movie. Shake and Bake?
The acting by everyone is atrocious. Amy Irving cries throughout the movie. Kirk Douglas is embarrassing. Most of the actors don't even seem to know what they're doing. The music is bombastic. It's obvious that De Palma was given loads of money to come up with a new CARRIE-like flick and the result is rushed and nonsensical. THE FURY reminds me of a Philly cheese sandwich: it's not good for your health but it sure taste good with all that 1970s cheese in it.