Product: Fear (LASER DSIC, NOT DVD) (1996)
Rating: 3.0
suspenseful but a little silly
Fear is a teenage movie that actually has the right direction about dating and home life, yet gets a little carried away. Mark Wahlberg plays the villain and he does a good job. His part, unfortunately, is written awful. For example there's a scene where he kills someone. It just seems unrealistic that he would do such a thing. I liked the idea of a boyfriend who has a bad temper and is easily made jealous and when he beat up a kid I thought it was realistic. When he killed someone I thought it was just stupid. The movie does a lot of dumb things including playing the same songs over and over and having the characters keep wearing the same clothes every day. As far as story, it's entertaining because it's often kind of scary. For these reasons it's good, but it is covered in flaws and just barely manages to be successful. One thing that helps it is the nicely written overprotective father role. Don't think too hard and you'll enjoy it. Fun, but not the most intelligent.