The atheistic Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is a former Catholic missionary that lost her faith on God after losing her daughter and her husband in Sudan, sacrificed by the locals that blamed them for the long drought. Presently she investigates religious phenomena with the intent of debunking them, finding a scientific cause for the event. She is invited to go to the small town of Haven, in Louisiana, where the river turned into blood after the death of a boy. After her arrival, each of one of the ten biblical plagues happens in the location dazing Katherine, who discloses the evil secret of the dwellers.
"The Reaping" has an intriguing story of faith very well supported by Hilary Swank. There is a surprising final twist, and I am not sure if the screenplay is flawed and confused or I lost something but I have not clearly understood three points: why Father Costigan is attacked? Why the cult needs Katherine to kill the girl? And if Loren and Katherine are God's angel and her protector, why the baby would be the Antichrist in the very last scene? My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Colheita do Mal" ("The Harvest of Evil")
"The Reaping" has an intriguing story of faith very well supported by Hilary Swank. There is a surprising final twist, and I am not sure if the screenplay is flawed and confused or I lost something but I have not clearly understood three points: why Father Costigan is attacked? Why the cult needs Katherine to kill the girl? And if Loren and Katherine are God's angel and her protector, why the baby would be the Antichrist in the very last scene? My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Colheita do Mal" ("The Harvest of Evil")