Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

ericck90 Fukkk you Movie and your religion mongrels... Hate it, for people out there don't watch this thing, it's really bad, what is it with Hollywood enabling ignorance and superstitions.. Don't watch it, don't have anything to say, this is bad these people make me sick. Just need to complete 5 lines.

Wuchak Released in 2007, "The Reaping" is a about a former ordained missionary who's now a professor who debunks supposed miracles around the world (Hilary Swank). She and her assistant (Idris Elba) venture to a bayou town where, amazingly, the ten plagues of Exodus are manifesting (!). David Morrissey plays their host in the town while AnnaSophia Robb plays the 12 year-old focal point of the plagues. Are the plagues real or can they be scientifically explained? If they're real, who's the source, God or the devil? This is a haunting mystery horror film rather than a monster/slasher movie, so if you're looking for the latter don't bother. That said, this is an extremely well-made production. The visuals of the various plagues are awesome, particularly the bayou turning to blood, the locusts and fire raining from the sky. Moreover, Swank looks super sharp in the manner of Raquel Welch (neither are my type, but who can deny their looks that kill?). Elba is a likable partner and Morrissey seems creepy from the get-go. As for AnnaSophia, it's clear even at 12 years of age that she was gonna morph into a curvy cutie.Where the movie goes wrong are elements of the story/script. It starts out good and is intriguing for the first 45 minutes or so, but then the next 30 minutes seriously lag. When the plot twist is revealed in the last act it turned me off the first time I watched the film, but I was braced for it with my second viewing and was able to accept it. The ending, while cartoonish, is spectacular in the manner of the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." So this is a solid mystery/horror movie, but it could've been better if they worked out the kinks in the screenplay, like the draggy second act and unsavory plot twist.The film runs 99 minutes and was shot in St. Francisville, Louisiana (the bayou town), Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Shreveport & New Orleans, Louisiana, as well as San Juan, Porta Rico (the opening sequence) and Austin Texas.GRADE: B-

Pumpkin_Man This movie is a breathe of fresh air. I'm surprised it took me this long to watch it. It has a little bit of everything; the supernatural, the ongoing religion vs. science debate, a creepy little girl, and a satanic cult. It was a bit confusing at times, but I still really enjoyed it. Hilary Swank stars as Katherine Winter, a scientist who goes around and disproves the claims of miracles with scientific explanations. She is asked by Doug Blackwell to visit a small town called Haven that is thought to be under a Biblical plague caused by a young girl named Loren. Is there a scientific explanation as to why the rivers have turned to blood and raining frogs, or is it a supernatural cause of Biblical proportions? I highly recommend THE REAPING!!!

BA_Harrison I'm more inclined to believe what I read in The National Enquirer than in The Bible, and yet I am strangely drawn to biblical horrors, particularly enjoying the potentially cataclysmic nature of the stories, the fate of the whole of mankind often being at stake. While The Reaping is far from perfect, it's ten plagues not quite as devastating as I had hoped and director Stephen Hopkins' storytelling rather muddled at times, there is still plenty to enjoy about the film as a whole.Oscar-winner Hilary Swank is The Reaping's strongest suit, the actress putting in an excellent central performance as Katherine, a one-time missionary turned miracle debunker called in to investigate strange occurrences in the rural bible-belt town of Haven; her strong turn definitely helps to make what might have easily have appeared completely absurd seem much more plausible (it also doesn't hurt that she's also rather sexy in this—I've never been a fan until now, but she rocks the sweaty vest look!). Meanwhile, a young AnnaSophia Robb displays plenty of star potential as the swamp girl who cops the blame for the strange events, and David Morrisey amuses as concerned Haven resident Doug (I'm not sure how authentic his American accent is, but it made me laugh).Horror wise, this is all relatively tame stuff, with very little to turn the stomach (the most 'disturbing' image being that of a mouldy but slightly rubbery looking corpse), but there are some effective jump scares along the way and a few neat visual effects, with a sudden attack on a car by a bull and a swarm of deadly locusts being the film's most memorable moments. Throw in some spectacular pyrotechnics, and a not-entirely-unexpected 'twist' ending reminiscent of The Wicker Man, and what you have is a rather fun little time-waster, not the disaster of biblical proportions that many would have you believe.