I knew The Reaping was a SEE IT the very first time I saw this trailer a few months back. However, it’s taken me a while to figure out why exactly. After all, supernatural thrillers are usually not my thing, and this movie looks way too similar to about twenty other recent films that I had absolutely no interest in seeing (The Skeleton Key, for example).
At first, I assumed that my interest in The Reaping was purely based on the plot (I do love the idea of revisiting the ten plagues without the help of Charlton “from my cold dead hands” Heston). However, I’m wondering now if there isn’t more to it. More specifically, I’m wondering if Hilary Swank has maybe performed some sort of weird hypnosis thing on me.
For some reason, every time I see Hilary Swank’s name attached to a film, it’s like there’s this little alarm that goes off in my head, alerting me that I must go see it. And try as I may to ignore the alarm, I always seem to find myself inside a packed theater, staring up at her giant image, $11 missing from my wallet.
The thing that I don’t get is that I don’t actually like Hilary Swank. I think she’s kind of weird looking and kind of annoying. I think if I found myself on a blind date with her, I’d probably be looking for the exits (of course, I’d still brag to all my friends that I went out with an Academy Award winner).
But the fact is, the girl knows how to act. And more importantly, she can carry a film, even when her character is a quadriplegic. So I guess I should stop fighting it and just resign myself to a lifetime of watching Hilary Swank movies. It’s really not that bad of a fate.
The Reaping is rated R and opens April 5. (Official Site)
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I’m also in the see it camp but Swank in a movie has actually started to turn on the avoidance alarm.
I’ll see almost anything that has a religious end of the world story and this one is no different. Should be fun. I hope.
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