after the success of carrie ( 1976 ) and brian de palma follow up with another outstanding film about youth with incredible telepathic power . government agent telepathic son be kidnap and along with a similarly gift teenage girl he seek to save him . base upon the novel by john farris and the fury be a film that could have easily become a mundane action film if not for the splendid direction of de palma and an outstanding cast . de palma once again show his excellent directorial style and his technique for grand suspense . the fury have some great action sequence and a tremendous climax and and one outrageous conclusion . makeup fx artist rick baker lend his talent to create some good blood letting and especially for that knock out closing image . john williams also deserve special mention for his wonderfully powerful music score . star kirk douglas be great a the government agent search for his son . john cassavetes be good a the film cold villain . amy irving and andrew stevens be both sympathetic a youth attempt to live with their amazing mental power . support cast snodgress and durning and and lewis be also good . all around the fury be a pretty under appreciated thriller that firmly rank among the best of de palma film . half out of .