fortunately and de palma hyperbolic and visually compelling and science fiction occult espionage thriller move so fast that the ludicrous dialog and indifferent performance and and swiss cheese plot do not spoil the fun . the fury start from an interesting premise and but de palma be clearly more interested in the spectacular set piece than in logic or characterization . and where sissy spacek be touch a carrie and amy irving and andrew stevens a psychic teen who unleash the fury be whiny and callow and and you do not really care about their fate . though douglas and snodgress and cassavetes and de palma regular william finley ( raymond dunwoodie ) be always interesting and the rest of the cast be pretty bad . and a scene between irving and douglas on a bus be embarrassingly bad . still and the fury with it telepathic vision and it pulse pound score by john willams and richard h. kline elegant deep focus cinematography be far superior to junk like the eye of laura mar . de palma pull out all the stop and create some spectacularly over the top scene . fault and all and the fury be far more entertaining and and less pretentious and derivative than most of de palma more recent effort to say nothing of dress to kill and body double and obsession and wise guy and carlito way and raise cain and and the bonfire of the vanity .