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DVD : The Reaping (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]In association with Amazon.comstarring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb, Stephen Rea directed by: Stephen Hopkins ![: The Reaping (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51t8c%2B98OtL._SL160_.jpg) List Price: $39.99 Price: $9.79 You Save: $30.20 (76%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: HD DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0012569810334 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 16, 2007 Running Time: 99 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: April 05, 2007 Sales Rank: 55423 MPN: WARHD81033 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Investigative scholar Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is a debunker of modern "miracles," bringing scientific light to superstition and fraud. But events in tiny Haven, Louisiana, defy even her expertise. There, the 10 Biblical Plagues seem to be reoccurring. And the more she seeks answers, the more she questions her own beliefs. Two-time Academy Award (R) winner Swank headlines this electrifying Dark Castle Entertainment production that reaps locusts, frogs, a river of blood and more - all to eye-filling, fear-inducing, heart-probing, must-see effect. Amazon.com: The Reaping capitalizes on cheesy clichés to begin with, rendering it even less scary than predecessors like Children of the Corn, The Devil's Rain, Satan's Blood, or All the Colors of the Dark. Overuse of CG special effects ruin this already bad film about Louisiana State University scientist Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank), who heads to the bayou to investigate what at first she denies is a Biblical plague. The river has turned to blood, frogs fall from the sky, cattle die, and the townspeople keel over covered with red bumps, while Katherine, who happens to have been an ordained minister before she became a university professor, struggles to justify these horrendous events sans religion. Eventually, Katherine's skepticism places her in danger, as the town lays blame on Loren McConnell (AnnaSophia Robb), bewitched daughter of a local Satan worshipping family, and the one whom Katherine tries to protect since Loren recalls her own deceased daughter. As Katherine and Loren battle as angel and devil, they learn to instead forge Team Faith against the townsfolk who are all part of a sinister, inbred, Satanic cult. The film is badly cast, and the acting is horrendous, save Hilary Swank, who at least looks sexy traversing the swamps with a hunting knife hooked through her belt. The Rosemary's Baby ending is the icing on the cake. There is nothing original about The Reaping, except that it might be the biggest rip-off of previous Satanic cult films ever made. —Trinie Dalton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Delectable Guilty Pleasure!Ok, let's be honest -- this is not a good film. It's not an ok film. And it's not a bad film. To me this is a film like, say, Roadhouse, Tremors or, I don't know -- Wild in the Streets? -- that is so irredeemably out there, so vividly rendered in just a straightaway un-ironic fashion, that it transcends its mere badness and actually becomes a fun, highly enjoyable guilty pleasure. This is really a perfect B-film -- Hilary Swank plays it rigidly straight as the rational ... Read More Rating: - The Swamp Has A Lot Of SecretsHilary Swank downgrades her usually solid selection of films with "The Reaping." It's a run-of-the-mill plague-ridden spooker that's not that spooky at all. The story is set in the backwoods of Louisiana (a recent trend thanks to perks offered by the state film commission) where a former missionary-turned-LSU professor/skeptic/debunker (Swank) is called upon to investigate strange happenings in the tiny town of Haven. With her student assistant in tow, Swank sets out to find scientific ... Read More Rating:  - We're talking the Bible, Ten Plagues of Egypt. How can you possibly go wrong?The Reaping kinda sucked. The music worked way too hard, heavy, over dramatic in a way that when done right can be hugely affective, like in The Exorcist, but that here was just melodramatic and a little B movie of the week. Suckage also turned out to be a theme because the entire movie was a failure at whatever it actually was attempting. The plot was convoluted, the dialogue was crappy, it wasn't scary and the only reason that I was grossed out was because I made the mistake of eating a grilled cheese ... Read More Rating: - Movie: 2/5 Picture Quality: 3~4/5 Sound Quality: 4/5 Extras: 1/5Version: U.S.A / Region Free Aspect ratio: 2.40:1 VC-1 BD-25 Running time: 1:39:23 Movie size: 15,33 GB Disc size: 17,42 GB Average video bit rate: 14.31 Mbps Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1623Kbps (48kHz/16-bit) English DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1623 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1623kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps) Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps ... Read More Rating: - The Reaping Starring Hilary Swank"The Reaping" is for the most part a good supernatural/horror film..... That is until the last 20 minutes of the storyline went completely haywire and the over-the-top special effects & the "End of Days" type theme killed the movie. The Pros: Hilary Swank does a fine acting job in this film. I also liked the initial theme of "The Reaping", where Swank's character, Katherine Winter, is a LSU theology professor who goes around debunking so called "religious phenomenon" with her partner as there ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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