Fear

3.00
    Fear
    1996

    Synopsis

    Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who charms and seduces her, body and soul. But her perfect boyfriend is not all he seems to be. His sweet facade masks a savage, dark side that will soon transform Nicole's dream into a nightmare.

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    Cast

    • Mark WahlbergDavid McCall
    • Reese WitherspoonNicole Walker
    • William PetersenSteve Walker
    • Amy BrennemanLaura Walker
    • Alyssa MilanoMargo Masse
    • Christopher GrayToby
    • Tracy FraimLogan
    • Gary RileyHacker
    • Jason KristoferTerry
    • Jed ReesKnobby

    Recommendations

    • 88

      TV Guide Magazine

      Testosterone-driven entertainment with a moral, sleekly directed by James Foley.
    • 75

      San Francisco Chronicle

      It's a maddening, satisfying, junky, enjoyable picture.
    • 75

      San Francisco Examiner

      Forceful and well-acted. Fear truly lives up to its title.
    • 70

      Chicago Reader

      Foley has a fine sense of shading in depicting a slightly dysfunctional family. The problem with this subgenre is the way it has to demonize and dehumanize its villains in order to produce the desired effect, which brutalizes the spectator along with the story and characters. If you can accept this limitation, this is a very efficient piece of machinery.
    • 70

      Washington Post

      Fear is pretty much a cheap-thrills fix; the ideas, such as they are, function as window dressing. Still, cheap though these thrills may be, they are genuinely thrilling.
    • 60

      Empire

      Fear, a sort of pubescent Fatal Attraction, is derivative and often risible, in the competent hands of Foley it's also highly enjoyable.
    • 60

      Variety

      The thriller telegraphs most of its suspense payoffs, and the audience is almost always ahead of the game. What's most disappointing is that the characters begin as well-etched individuals, but are gradually turned into mere plot functions.
    • 50

      ReelViews

      A kinetic, visually dazzling thriller that's actually a notch above many of its predecessors - albeit only a small notch.

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