Review of The Fury (1978) by Devon B — 30 Nov 2008

The Fury is an entertaining, yet disjointed thriller that seems to be a combination of David Cronenberg's "Scanners", and a 007 Bond film. The 007 character is played by Douglas, an agent for a super-secret government agency.

While living in the middle east, he's attacked by agents posing as terrorists, and left for dead. But it's his son and his son's psychic ability they're after as this agency uses psychics in their cold war battle with the Soviet Union.

Meanwhile, a 17-year old girl is also discovered who has psychic powers (when she uses them, everyone around her starts to bleed profusely), and it's up to Douglas to free her while at the same time using her to find his son.

Some bad editing in the first hour jumbles key plot elements, in that there seem to be holes in the story that sometimes make it unclear what is happening. I assume the film was edited down due to time constraints, but there were other, more extraneous scenes that could've been removed without affecting the story.

Also of note is the score by the famous John Williams and it's heavy reliance on the theremin, an instrument most famous for cheesy grade B thrillers from the 40s and 50s. I can't say whether the score was good or bad, but usually when it's that conspicious and distracting from the movie, it's not a very good score.