"Fear Itself" Family Man (2008)

Note Générale:

6,8/10   

Réalisateur:

Ronny Yu

Scénaristes:

Mick Garris (creator)
Daniel Knauf (written by)

Série TV:

"Fear Itself" (2008)

Date de diffusion originale:

19 juin 2008 (Saison 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Horreur

Intrigue:

Dennis Mahoney is an All-American dad: successful, loving, and all-around good guy. All that changes...

Plot Keywords:

Car Accident | Serial Killer | Split Screen | Child Murder | School Play

Avis des utilisateurs:

Solid as I didn't expect it to be.

Ensemble

Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Richard 'Family Man' Brautigan
Colin Ferguson	...	Dennis Mahoney / Richard 'Family Man' Brautigan
Josie Davis	...	Kathy Mahoney (as Josie Rebecca Davis)
Stephen Lobo	...	John Amir
Brent Stait	...	Deputy / Guard Toomey
Nicole Leduc	...	Courtney Mahoney
Gig Morton	...	Sean Mahoney
Michael St. John Smith	...	Sheriff Weller
Terence Kelly	...	Reverend
Tyler Playford
Roberta Mauer-Phillips
Mieko Ouchi
Chris Aanderson
Jodi Stecyk
Patricia Darbasie	...	EMS Tech

Durée:

USA:42 min (TV version)

Pays:

USA | Canada

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Classification:

USA:TV-14

Lieux de tournage:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Société:

Fear Itself Productions

Goofs:

Continuité: When Dennis Mahoney is leaving the house and his daughter says "I'm going to color a picture for you daddy" she is coloring with pink marker. The next second the pink disappears from the coloring book, the marker is nowhere to be seen and she is coloring with green.

Solid as I didn't expect it to be.

Finally, the first great episode of Fear Itself. After a mediocre first episode, and an average second one, The Family Man is really the one I was waiting for. Who would've thought that Ronny Yu (Freddy Vs Jason), would make such a great episode? I know I f*king didn't.

The Family Man is your usual body swap plot idea, but with a Horrifying twist. Dennis is your typical good guy, living the American dream, with a good job, and a cute wife and kids. While going to work on a Sunday, an unexpected car crash occurs, leaving him a bloody mess. Turns out the accident was caused by a serial killer nicknamed The Family Man. When Dennis meets this Family Man in the hospital, he learns that both of them actually died minutes ago. Several moments later, Dennis is awakened, only to find out that he is in the body of the killer. And the killer, well, you probably know by now. The script is actually well done; I don't have any complaints. The dialog, especially the exchanges between The Family Man and Dennis are actually good. The way the Family Man handles things while being in Dennis's body is bold, very intense interactions with the wife and kids. I'm really surprised at some of the things that NBC showed in this one, very good. And the ending...fantastic. Predictable to some degree, yes. But I loved it; the way a Horror movie should end with this type of context, and not with some hollywoodized happy ending.

The acting in this episode is very surprising, but not from Clifton Collin's standpoint, he is as great as always (the guy is heavily underrated), but from Colin Ferguson. The change between being a loving Christian devoted parent and husband, to a p*ssed off psychotic is very impressive. The kids are also good.

In the end, this is a great episode, directed by Ronny Yu out of all people (he was made great Kung Fu movies, but mediocre American movies). For some reason, seeing James Roday in next weeks episode as a killer is really, really ridiculous. But, we'll just have to see. The Family Man is the best episode yet, a solid 8.