Product: Fear (LASER DSIC, NOT DVD) (1996)
Rating: 3.0
Good for Its Time
I saw this in high school. I am a big Reese Witherspoon fan and she's a wonderful, versatile actress. Mark Wahlberg is a talented actor as well but the older Fear gets the more forgotten it becomes.Fear is one of those movies that I loved back then but don't care for now. I was young so I didn't know how bland and cliched' the plot was. This was a typical fatal attraction film with no new sparks. The only difference was it was for a younger audience.Reese plays Nicole a sheltered teen with a father and stepmother. She has a trashy friend played by Alyssa Milano( who was not needed at all). Nicole hooks up with David ( Wahlberg ) not knowing that he's a lunatic who's lied about his past. He's developed a kind persona to woo her but it's all an act. Nicole's father is the only one who can see through his act. So we go through the same lame plot of teen girl fighting her father to be with the boy she loves. The film went from decent to silly in less than an hour. David starts knocking people off and Fear turns into some cheap thrills movie. He rapes Alyssa's character ( off screen ) for whatever reason then spends the rest of the movie stalking Witherspoon. I had a young mind then so I thought this film was good in 1996. Well it could have been a lot better. I am not saying don't watch this film because it's good to watch. Just don't expect more than the average teen thriller. The only difference in this and films like Joy Ride and The In Crowd is that the people in Fear can act.