The Reaping: Review By Brian

I get it Swank is an oscar winner and she has to do movies like this becuase she's probably under contract with WB, and probably has a few more left before she's out.

That said, The Reaping isn't bad, but it's not good either. And it's not that Swank and her acting buddies in this film didn't do a good job, I just think the premise of the flick and the way the storyline played out onscreen was pretty cheesy at best.

Mistake #1: Chile. The beginning of the film. No need. It all leads up to Swank's speech in class, I get the picture, and Hollywood doesn't need to hold my hand up to this point. I get it. She has no faith, and think all miracles have a scientific explanation.

Mistake #2: Waste of screen time. Did we really need to see the backstory stuff with her kid and her husband. No. There is so little screen time with these two characters I barely have time to blink let alone construct some actual emotional attachment to these two.

Mistake #3: Wrath of God portrayed in a hail of bad digital FX. I can see your blue screen lines, and for as much as what FX were being thrown onto the screen, the actors weren't acting enough. Hail of fire? I think I saw one actor yawning.

In all, if you're a suspense horror buff, give this one a whirl. It's not terrible, but in no way should this little Oscar Winner be the tease that draws you into what should of, and could have been a really good flick.