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Fear X

Denmark, Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom

2003

91 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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DIR Nicolas Winding Refn

PROD Henrik Danstrup

SCR Hubert Selby Jr., Nicolas Winding Refn

DP Larry Smith

CAST John Turturro, Deborah Kara Unger, Stephen McIntyre, James Remar, Mark Houghton

ED Anne Østerud

MUSIC Brian Eno

Synopsis

When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry (Turturro), prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder. –IMDb

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Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1970. He moved with his parents at the age of 10 to New York, returning to Copenhagen at 17. After graduating from high school, Refn attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, but found the environment unbearable and was quickly expelled. Back in Denmark he was accepted by the Danish Film School but dropped out one month prior to the start of term. Having caught a short film by Refn on an obscure cable TV, a Danish producer offered him 3.2 million Danish kroner to turn the short into a feature. Thus at the age of 24, Refn found himself writing and directing his remarkable, hyper violent and uncompromising feature film debut: Pusher.

Pusher became a cult phenomenon and won Refn instant international critical acclaim. This spurred him to push the boundaries of his filmmaking further: the result was the close-to-the-edge, highly stylized and intricately gritty Bleeder, which premiered… read more

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Igor Leoni

12Apr12

This movie had the urge to become a cult film since its production. Bad character development, most of the key scenes are left to personal interpretation. A big mess in my book. One day Nicolas Winding Refn will wake up and find out he's not David Lynch by a long shot. I gave it an extra star for John Turturro, he deserves it.

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Tigrane

1Feb12

A weird, strange and haunting film.

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meancreek

21Nov11

Refn is a very inventive director but this piece is nowhere near as good as any of his other work. That's not to say it's bad because it's not but I just feel that it slips up in a number of places which obviously changes my whole outlook on the film. It's a disappointing film but Turturro prevails over the odds and delivers a career best performance matching Barton Fink. Very good in places but lackluster in others.

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The "Fear X" / "Monk" coincidence. Or is it?

By Michael Harbour on March 14, 2012

Interesting coincidence; Turturo starring in this movie about a security guard obsessed with investigating the murder of his wife in a parking garage just a year before he took on the role of the brother…  read review

FEAR X

By Hunter Duesing on October 18, 2011

“Fear X is a film that crawls just beneath your flesh that is both compelling and frustrating…  read review

Misunderstood Masterpiece

By Marcus WP on April 5, 2011

‘Fear X’ is part of a group of films that I consider to be “misunderstood masterpieces”. Not to be confused with underrated. Others include; ‘Trouble Everyday’, Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Solaris’ remake…  read review

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Fear X - am i the only one who likes this movie??

8 posts by 4 people over 1 year ago